cyberpunk pioneer william gibson credits the film as an influence on his novel neuromancer "i was intrigued by the exchange in one of the opening scenes where the warden says to snake you flew the gullfire over leningrad didnt you? it turns out to be just a throwaway line but for a moment it worked like the best sf where a casual reference can imply a lot" popular videogame director hideo kojima has referred to the movie frequently as an influence on his work in particular the metal gear series solid snake is partially influenced by snake plissken in metal gear solid  sons of liberty snake actually uses the alias "pliskin" to hide his real identity during most of the game j j abrams producer of the  film cloverfield mentioned that a scene in his film which shows the head of the statue of liberty crashing into a new york street was inspired by the poster for escape from new york empire magazine ranked snake plissken  in their "the  greatest movie characters" poll