“Escape From New York” was a very good movie. In the movie, New York City had been converted into a maximum security prison. The president’s plane is shot down over the city. The movie never explains why the president was flying over a maximum security prison. Snake Plissken (played by Kurt Russell) is sent in to rescue the president from the Duke of New York (played by Isaac Hayes). So, yeah, kind of a documentary. If you haven’t watched it, I recommend you do so.
The success of that movie led to a sequel, again featuring Snake Plissken, called “Escape From L.