A street gang known as the Warriors must fight its way from the Bronx to its home turf on Coney Island when its members are falsely accused of assassinating a respected gang leader.A street gang known as the Warriors must fight its way from the Bronx to its home turf on Coney Island when its members are falsely accused of assassinating a respected gang leader.A street gang known as the Warriors must fight its way from the Bronx to its home turf on Coney Island when its members are falsely accused of assassinating a respected gang leader.
Marcelino Sánchez
- Rembrandt
- (as Marcelino Sanchez)
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- TriviaSol Yurick wrote the original book as a rebuttal to the romanticized view of street gangs presented in West Side Story (1961) based on his experience as a New York City welfare department worker.
- GoofsWhen walking, the girl is wearing high-heel sandals. However when she is running with the Warriors as they are chased by the cops in the subway station, she is wearing "practical" shoes.
- Crazy creditsIn the original version, the end credits are followed by 3 minutes of black screen as the Joe Walsh song "In the City" plays.
- Alternate versionsThe Ultimate Director's Cut runs around one minute longer, adding a voiceover introduction from director Walter Hill describing a legendary Greek army's attempt to fight its way home, and comic-book freeze frame shots bridging various scenes in the film.
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Interesting, action-filled, gang-drama
Interesting, action-filled, gang-drama.
A delegation from a gang, the Warriors, goes to a meeting of all the major gangs in New York. The convener of the meeting, Cyrus, wants to unite all the gangs into one huge crime army. However, he is shot and killed by a disgruntled gang member and the Warriors are blamed. Now they have to fight their way home...
Regarded as a bit of cult classic, the Warriors isn't brilliant, but it is quite entertaining. Decent plot - though some of the traps and twists can be spotted a mile off - and good action scenes.
Performances aren't bad - the machismo, swagger and, to an extent, overacting are laid on thick but this suits the characters and movie.
A delegation from a gang, the Warriors, goes to a meeting of all the major gangs in New York. The convener of the meeting, Cyrus, wants to unite all the gangs into one huge crime army. However, he is shot and killed by a disgruntled gang member and the Warriors are blamed. Now they have to fight their way home...
Regarded as a bit of cult classic, the Warriors isn't brilliant, but it is quite entertaining. Decent plot - though some of the traps and twists can be spotted a mile off - and good action scenes.
Performances aren't bad - the machismo, swagger and, to an extent, overacting are laid on thick but this suits the characters and movie.
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- Oct 11, 2015
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- Also known as
- Ratnici podzemlja
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Box office
- Budget
- $4,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $22,490,039
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $3,529,675
- Feb 11, 1979
- Gross worldwide
- $22,495,288
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