S04E11 - Future Prisons

This week we look at the future of incarceration. We start with John Carpenter’s nihilistic antihero Snake Plissken attempting to Escape From New York (1981). Next up is Stuart Gordon’s blue goo and Explodium-filled coed panopticon; Fortress (1992). We finish with Martin Campbell’s privately-run, cannibal island prison Absolom in No Escape (1994) which begs the question, how is this supposed to be profitable? SPOILERS: we spoil the end of Fortress discussing the alternate ending.

Also: Cribbing for GoldenEye (1995). Solid Snake. The Corman School. Frank Doubleday or Salacious B. Crumb? The Hunted (2003). Gerald Ford pratfall. Sepulveda Dam. Clifton Collins Jr., we owe you an apology. Panopticon. AAA C-movies. Prison Break (2005). Fear City: New York vs the Mafia (2020). AAA B-list casts. Speak & Spell. Joan Allen, we owe you an apology. Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991). Kevin J. O’Connor. We play a game of “In the future…”