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New York City is not safe for The Warriors.

  • May 12, 2009
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The Warriors is Walter Hill's street gang masterpiece. It's so cheesy and highly entertaining. The Warriors, along with all of the street gangs in the New York City area are invited to a "street gang "convention" headed by the leader of the city's biggest gang Cyrus. Cyrus has a vision, to unite all the gangs and take over the city. Each gang brings their leader and eight "representatives" to the meeting. The film follows the gang with it's main emphasis on the Warriors.

These are no ordinary street gangs. They're as flamboyant as their names. You have gangs of mimes, baseball playing clowns, greaser gangs, rejects from the "Wanderers" (by the way another great film about street gangs), skinheads, kung-fu gangs, a lesbian gang , a redneck gang and one gang that actually "pays" to get on the subway! Despite the movie being filled with cartoonish gangs, this movie took a lot of heat for "glorifying" the gangs and caused major problems with violence amongst the movie going patrons in several cities.

If you're in the mood for a good old fashion cheese fest filled with hard edge violence, bad dialog and over the top acting then this movie's for you. Grab some popcorn and a couple a beers cause it's movie time!

P.S. Check out the musical solo by Luther (David Patrick Kelly) accompanied by coke bottles!

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review by . July 26, 2012
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The Warriors is a 1979 American cult action/thriller film directed by Walter Hill and based on Sol Yurick's 1965 novel of the same name. Like the novel, the film borrows elements from the Anabasis by Xenophon.
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Cast: David Patrick Kelly, Thomas G. Waites, Steve Chambers, Vic Magnotta, Jaime Perry, Michael Beck, Frank Ferrara, Harold Miller, Harry Madsen, James Remar, Sonny Landham, John Snyder, Gregory Cleghorne, Mercedes Ruehl, Steve James, Irwin Keyes, Rob Ryder, Dorsey Wright, Donna Ritchie, Johnny Barnes, Billy Anagnos, Lynne Thigpen, David Harris, Joel Weiss, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Paul Greco, Larry Silvestri, Victoria Vanderkloot, Jeff Scott, Jerry Hewitt, Brian Tyler, Tom McKitterick, Marcelino Sanchez, Terry Michos, Roger Hill, J.W. Smith, Craig R. Baxley, Gary Baxley, Leon Delaney, John Gibson, George Lee Miles, Lisa Maurer, Doran Clark, Laura Delano, Hubert J. Edwards, André Engel, Marvin Foster, Michael Garfield, Eddie Earl Hatch, Michael Jeffrey, Brian Taylor, Carrotte, Tommy Huff, Mike James, Don Ritchie, Craig Baxley, Jr., Konrad Sheehan, William Williams
Genre: Action, Drama, Adventure
Release Date: February 9, 1979
MPAA Rating: R
Runtime: 1hr 34min
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