The Warriors

1979 "These are the armies of the night. They are 100,000 strong. They outnumber the cops five to one. They could run New York City. Tonight they're all out to get the Warriors."
7.5| 1h34m| R| en
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Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' death. Before you know it, the cops and every gangbanger in town is hot on the Warriors' trail.

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Protraph Lack of good storyline.
Nessieldwi Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.
Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.
josegonsalves-84577 The Warriors is a great film directed by Walter Hill about a group of lads embroiled with other gangs fighting for honor and turf on a strange surreal night. The film has gained critical acclaim and cult status only in recent years and was quite unsuccessful upon release. The reevaluation could be down to it being seen as a social commentary on youth and tribalism which has taken a much larger scale ever since its release. Indeed today many young people are a part of groups animatedly fighting against others with opposing agendas- which is not to say this film is only subversive. There is a lot of running and fighting and taking cover and hiding. The film flows and the violence even resembles poetry as the film progresses. The setting of the big apple in the isolation of the night lends itself perfectly to the characters and situation. The warriors is a great film not just because of its content but because of how relevant it has become.
janicebowman Walter Hill is one of the most underrated filmmakers out there. It is staggering to think that he not only wrote the screenplay for Alien in 1979 but also directed another great cult film of the same year- The Warriors). This is a great film- raw, gritty and totally a product of its time. Rival gangs are shown arriving at a get together- this is a great piece of filmmaking, that opening sequence. We get to meet the characters and get to know the backstory and setup and all of this in a straightforward, no nonsense way. The warriors are the main bunch and we see them run across the deserted streets of New York trying to make sense of everything. This is one of the classic example of "all nightery films" which have to my knowledge been fantastic films.
michaelmstudent This movie wasn't bad but it wasn't good, the writer had errors everywhere, I get he was trying to make this realistic but come on. Why did the train skip a stop? How did two people beat up 8 people, I mean they didn't even look that strong so how?
jairomstudent One thing i liked was that they were fighting anybody who came in their way. Another thing i liked was that they used hands or old weapons. Last thing i liked was that all the gangs had different outfits on.