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The Warriors
1979
Violent action story of the street gangs of New York who struggle to survive against each other. The action takes place at night in the sub-culture of gang warfare that rages from Coney Island to Manhattan to the Bronx. Read more
| Starring | Michael Beck, James Remar, Dorsey Wright, David Harris |
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| Director | Walter Hill |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
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The Warriors
Violent action story of the street gangs of New York who struggle to survive against each other. The action takes place at night in the sub-culture of gang warfare that rages from Coney Island to Manhattan to the Bronx.
| Starring | Michael Beck, James Remar, Dorsey Wright, David Harris, David Patrick Kelly, Thomas G. Waites, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Mercedes Ruehl, Brian Tyler, Tom McKitterick |
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| Director | Walter Hill |
| Studio | PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 29 mins Blu-ray: 1 hr 30 mins Watch now: 1 hr 33 mins HD DVD: 1 hr 29 mins |
| Certificate | DVD: , Watch Online: |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Thriller |
| Language | English |
| Dubbed | German |
| Hearing-impaired | English |
| Subtitles | Arabic, Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Polish, Romanian, Swedish, Turkish |
| Released | DVD: 02 Jul 2001 Blu-ray: 13 Oct 2008 Watch now: 31 Mar 2009 HD DVD: not available Production year: 1979 |
| Watch now | £2.49 |
| Format | DVD |
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This vivid and violent gangland thriller from director Walter Hill is, essentially, an urban western. It centres on a New York gang whose members battle their way back to home turf following the murder of a rival gang leader during a ceasefire meeting. Despite the gritty storyline and locations, there's a doomed, romantic feel to the film and a poetic quality to the exhilarating fight scenes. Hill sketches the characters with some sympathy and is rewarded with excellent performances from the largely unknown cast, led by Michael Beck and Drugstore Cowboy's James Remar.
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Slick exploitation movie, a retelling, in urban teenage terms, of Xenophon's epic retreat with his Ten Thousand following the death of Cyrus; the pace is fast, and the action violent, though stylised.
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17 out of 31 people found this review helpful
Can you dig it?
The story concerns a small street gang from Coney Island, who attend a huge summit of all the gangs in New York. When Cyrus, the gang lord in charge is murdered, the Warriors take the blame. They rush home to Coney Island, with every other gang, plus the N.Y.P.D. on their trail. For all the violence in this movie, there is a high camp factor. Most of this comes from the various colourful gangs. There are the High Hats, the Boppers, the Punks, the Orphans, and of course, the Baseball Furies.
The Warriors is an entertaining film, but does lag in parts, and the plot is not the greatest ever written, but, the action scenes are incredible, and some of the dialog is highly amusing, but there are some boring stretches to battle through. The music is superb and the movie is worth watching for this alone.
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- JediSi
- Posted 10 Nov 2007 15:14
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
What can I say, rival gangs meet to hear a speech by the master gang leader Siras. He gets shot by a crazy gang member and dies. Everyone flees the scene as chaos reigns and the police arrive. A member of the Warriors saw the person that shot Siras.To protect himself Mr. Insane lays the blame on the Warriors. They go on the run and fight their way back home to Coney Island. Lots of gang action, fighting here there and everywhere. Males will love this movie. Being female I thought it was great!. Rent it now!!!.
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Warriors, The - HD DVD Version
Urban lawlessness of New York City street gangs is the theme of this violent drama about a Coney Island gang trying to get back to their turf after being set up for murder at a multi-gang gathering....
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The Warriors
Violent action story of the street gangs of New York who struggle to survive against each other. The action takes place at night in the sub-culture of gang warfare that rages from Coney Island to Manhattan to the Bronx....
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