The Film: Yes, it reunites Kurt Russell and John Carpenter, and brings Russell's beloved Snake Plisskin back to the screen. Sadly, it's awful.

In what feels like a unofficial remake, Snake is called in to infiltrate the island of Los Angeles to recover a doomsday device which the president's daughter has stolen. Yawn…

Carpenter Chats: "The weekend before we started principal photography, I was sitting around my house, brooding.

"My wife and my son said, 'What's wrong with you?' I said, 'I'm worried that I don't know the style.' The original Escape was written in 1974 and wasn't made until 1981. That was a young man's idea, it was a vision of somebody who saw things differently. Now, I'm an old veteran. Am I going to be able to get back in the saddle again?

"Well, with the first shot I realized, 'What am I worried about?' It's like riding a bicycle. Or for me, like flying a helicopter. You just start it up and there you go."

Remade? Everyone is more interested in New York, but if that remake ever takes off, who knows?