This film is a very charming cross-genre -- a mix of action thriller, horror, science fiction, and comedy, with some terrific actors in it. Kurt Russel does a hysterically funny Clint Eastwood imitation as "Snake" Plyskin, Donald Pleasance is, as usual, brilliant as the kidnapped President of the United States, Ernest Borgnine is his usual funny/creepy self as the cab driver ferrying Kurt Russel around "bad neighborhoods" in New York, and singer Isaac Hays is wonderful as the Duke of New York. You will have fun in New York!