The Warriors was a cult classic I never got to sit down and enjoy. The movie from 1979 is pretty much balls out from minute one. It's a supposedly futuristic story about New York city being divided into the different sections run by different street gangs of varying toughness. The Warriors are a badass group from Coney Island who rock sicks leather vests. There is a huge meeting of all the gangs headed by Cyrus, a man who can bring the gangs together and take over the city. He reminds them there are 60,000 gang members and 20,000 cops in the city, CAN YOU DIIIIIGGGGG IIIITTTTTT? He is promptly shot and the Warriors are wrongfully blamed and they are hunted all the way back to Coney Island. There is hardly any downtown from the crazy scraps along the way from the different gangs. It's just a great premise executed very well with a small budget. I was surprised more actors didn't come out of this film as regular actors getting work. There are some obvious moments where the small budget is an issue, but I think it's a very good film.
Bottom Line: 8.2 out of 10. It's simply very entertaining and unique. It's a film I'm going to watch again in the near future and just soak it in. Short on character development, but the story is important, not them.
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