The Warriors (1979)

Simply A Masterpiece

Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

Fantastic!

Admirable film.

Cyrus (Roger Hill) is the leader of the most powerful gang in New York and organises a rally in New York City with all of the other gang members to take over the city. At this rally Cyrus is assassinated (by one of the gangs) and one particularly gang known as The Warriors are blamed for this assassination. Following Cyrus' assassination every gang member in New York is hunting for The Warriors and they must try to make it back to their home town in Coney Island against seemingly impossible odds...In its most simplest form The Warriors is a chase picture and in its most simplest form this is what makes it fun and enjoyable. This is most evident in the first half of the film with the gangs first escape (which is pretty tense). It carries on in this vein when The Warriors encounter The Orphans; there is still a modicum of tension, but it does lose impetus slightly in this particular scene as it feels more like Wild West than gang-warfare.The speedy pace and intensity in the second half doesn't quite match up to what I witnessed in the first half; when The Warriors become separated the group dynamic sort of becomes lost and undoubtedly the weakest part of the film was when 3 of The Warriors hook up with the girls at Union Square. It's obvious from the moment that they meet the girls who they are and what they are doing so there's no suspense or element of surprise and it's actually The Warriors own egos that results in them being caught short. Whilst The Warriors is a fun film and is fairly enjoyable; it moves fast, it boasts some good fight scenes and some great or maybe not so great hairstyles it sadly misses out on being a brilliant film. There's no real depth to the film and the gang-culture/rivalry isn't really explored; they seem to all be at war, but why? With a bit more effort, this could have been an excellent social commentary. As it is The Warriors is an entertaining film, but it is rather shallow and simplistic and is perhaps not as great as it could have been.There are other weaknesses with the film such as poor/hammy acting and rather poor editing, but in its simplest form this is a fun romp that tickes enough boxes to make it worth watching, but not quite enough for it to be considered a masterpiece.

One man joined nine memebers of several gangs together. Now, that one man is dead, and The Warriors are to blame for the murder. Now, its one night of survival for The Warriors, as they quickly become the target of the other gangs, which they must either fight, or run from via subway. Each gang taken down is one less threat to The Warriors, and each trip to the subway is one step closer to home, but with so much against them, will they all make it there alive. Plus, they have one more threat, The Rouges, the ultimate gang responsible for the death, and the one gang that pinned the murder on The Warriors, who are innocent of the crime. Walter Hill does an excellent job directing, and the stars still shine for The Warriors, despite this project being almost 40 years old. So get your warrior on, and come out to play with them, in this fantastic cult gang classic

This movie is halfway between grind-house, and a seventies Blaxploitation movie, if you can imagine what that would be like. It has neon, misogyny, Kung-Fu-style street brawling, mirrored-sunglasses wearing bad guys and bizarre gangs. Top that of with a heavy synth soundtrack, and you've got one hell of a movie.

The Warriors are a gang in 1970s New York City.The good ol' days when gangs all wore ridiculous costumes and fought with their hands. Cyrus,the leader of the biggest gang in the city,has called a meeting and every gang sends reps to the Bronx. Cyrus explains his plan for the gangs to work together and take over the city and he is immediately murdered.The Warriors get blamed and have to make it home with every gang member in the city trying to kill them.This movie has two of the best quotes of all time "Can you dig it?!?!?" and "Warriors,Come out to plaaaaay".They get quoted in as many TV shows as Scarface or The Godfather does.This movie is great from start to finish.A definite must see.