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Overview

User Rating:
7.6/10   23,159 votes
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Director:
Writers:
Sol Yurick (novel)
David Shaber (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
9 February 1979 (USA) more
Tagline:
They outnumber the cops three to one. more
Plot:
A gang called The Warriors are framed for killing a gang leader trying to unite all the gangs in the area. With other gangs gunning for them they must get back to the home turf of Coney Island... Alive. full summary | full synopsis
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for violence and language. (director's cut)
Runtime:
92 min
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Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
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Certification:
UK:15 (re-rating) (2005) | UK:18 (video rating) (1987) | UK:X (original rating) | France:-16 (re-rating) | Canada:R (Ontario) | Iceland:16 | Netherlands:16 | Sweden:15 (1979) (re-rating) | Sweden:(Banned) (1979) (original rating) | USA:R (MPAA #25367) | Australia:R | Canada:18+ (Quebec) | Canada:18A | Finland:(Banned) (1979) | Finland:K-18 (DVD rating) (2001) (uncut) | Finland:K-18 (video rating) (1985) (cut) | France:-18 (cut) | France:X | Italy:VM18 | Norway:18 | Singapore:M18 | West Germany:18

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Trivia:
Due to lack of Lights, extra light posts were added to the park scenes. more
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Crew or equipment visible: When they meet up at Union Square and go to look for Swan, as they're walking away, you can see a cameraman's foot sticking out from behind one of the pillars. more
Quotes:
Cochese: We're going in there with nothing?
Snow: We're going like everybody else: nine guys, no weapons.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Lost Boys: The Tribe (2008) (V) more
Soundtrack:
Last Of An Ancient Breed more

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34 out of 41 people found the following review useful.
I'll shove that bat up your ass and turn you into a Popsicle, 8 October 2005
10/10
Author: movieman_kev from United States

The Warriors, headed by Swan (Michael Beck), framed for killing Cyrus, a gang leader that would've united all of them, have to get home to Coney Island while all the rival gangs are gunning for them in this slightly surreal, slightly futuristic classic. All of the actors were brilliantly casted and well acted, not the least being David Patrick Kelly as highly memorable villain, Luther (Waahhrriioors come out to pllllllaahhhhyyyaaaa, is all I have to say). The new Director's cut which adds a prologue text crawl that ties it more firmly to an ancient Greek tale, as well as comic book wipes that transitions some scenes, may dumb it down a tad and spell it out for the audience too unsubtly, but it does NOT diminish from the overall greatness of the movie in the least. The superb director/ writer Walter Hill has made some all-time classics with "48 Hrs.", "The Getaway", "the Driver", Red Heat", among others. ALL of them much loved by me and to say that this film is hands down the best of all is quite a compliment indeed. Followed by a video game based on it by Rockstar that looks simply amazing and a planned remake that will in no way even hope to be as half as good as the original (It won't even have the great Baseball Furies, I mean, come on now!!)

My Grade: A+

Director's Cut DVD Extras: An Introduction Walter Hill; A little over an hour long documentary cut into 4 featurettes (The Beginning: From Novel To Screen, The Battleground: Casting the Warriors, The Way Home: Making The Warriors, and The Phenomenon: Releasing the Warriors); Theatrical trailer; Video Game Trailer; and Trailers for "P Diddy's Bad Boys of Comedy", "Airplane: Don't Call me Shirley Edition", "Hustle & Flow", "Macgyver", "George Lopez: Why you crying?", & "the Godfather"

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