This is such a weird/cool curiosity. The plot is single-line simple, the hero characters are pretty one-dimensional and make horrible decisions, and the artistic choices are bizarre.
But it works.
It just captures that "it" factor. It's just perfectly filmed in a way that a group of super-serious gang members in facepaint are treated seriously in a way that doesn't come off as ridiculous. Instead it's just an ethereal sort of night where yeah, things like that happen. Deal with it and move on.
I do wonder how much better it would be without the romantic subplot and the "we're different than rich kids" soft messaging.
A well-crafted piece of moviemaking with great sound, atmosphere, cinematography, costume design and surprisingly well acted by a group of unknowns. I really liked the artistic comic book-style transitions and the raw energy in the fight scenes. In some ways a time capsule of New York at a time when it was ravaged by street gangs and crime, but in other ways it creates a universe all its own.
John Wick 4 owes a lot to The Warriors, putting its characters into a similar gauntlet while they get to where they're going before sunrise, and mots ubiquitously, making use of a sexy-voiced DJ who helps coordinate the attacks by differentiated gangs while she plays boppin' tunes. It's a simple story, but so stylish and unique in its presentation (the night photography alone) that you can easily see how it became a cult film. Like John Wick, it also creates a universe a weird side-step into a parallel reality where normal people don't really exist, only criminals (and in this case, cops) do, at once futuristic (in the way that Mad Max or Escape from New York are) and old-fashioned (the slang especially seems to come from earlier than 1979, but somehow also later than the 1965 novel). The Warriors is no doubt influential in other ways, like in the way gangs are cast and look through the 1980s? If you have a choice, there's no need to watch the Director's Cut which only creates comic book "PhotoShop Posterization" transitions, but it's not the end of the world if that's all you've got.
Vastly overrated in my opinion. It had so much potential to be something stylistic and cool but for me it was just incredibly boring. You'd think something with the premise of being set over a single night about a gang trying to get home whilst avoiding other gangs would be a lot more exciting. Maybe it was just the one dimensional characters and the atrocious, lifeless acting of the 'warriors' that completely made me lose interest
"It was Coney Island
They called Coney Island the playground of the world
There was no place like it in the whole world
Like Coney Island, when I was a youngster
No place in the world like it, it was so fabulous
Now it's shrunk down to almost nothing, you see"
Well, it thankfully shows its age! Stylistically, a time capsule. Troma producers might have watched it before planning their absurd "Surf Nazis Must Die" ..
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Kublai Khan
This is such a weird/cool curiosity. The plot is single-line simple, the hero characters are pretty one-dimensional and make horrible decisions, and the artistic choices are bizarre.But it works.
It just captures that "it" factor. It's just perfectly filmed in a way that a group of super-serious gang members in facepaint are treated seriously in a way that doesn't come off as ridiculous. Instead it's just an ethereal sort of night where yeah, things like that happen. Deal with it and move on.
I do wonder how much better it would be without the romantic subplot and the "we're different than rich kids" soft messaging.
Zeltaebar
A well-crafted piece of moviemaking with great sound, atmosphere, cinematography, costume design and surprisingly well acted by a group of unknowns. I really liked the artistic comic book-style transitions and the raw energy in the fight scenes. In some ways a time capsule of New York at a time when it was ravaged by street gangs and crime, but in other ways it creates a universe all its own.Armoreska
There's a Rockstar game adaptation/prequel, that's pretty goodjimjamjelly
Unique action-y flick with plenty of smart dialog.Nine99
20.000 hardcore members can't be wrong...Siskoid
John Wick 4 owes a lot to The Warriors, putting its characters into a similar gauntlet while they get to where they're going before sunrise, and mots ubiquitously, making use of a sexy-voiced DJ who helps coordinate the attacks by differentiated gangs while she plays boppin' tunes. It's a simple story, but so stylish and unique in its presentation (the night photography alone) that you can easily see how it became a cult film. Like John Wick, it also creates a universe a weird side-step into a parallel reality where normal people don't really exist, only criminals (and in this case, cops) do, at once futuristic (in the way that Mad Max or Escape from New York are) and old-fashioned (the slang especially seems to come from earlier than 1979, but somehow also later than the 1965 novel). The Warriors is no doubt influential in other ways, like in the way gangs are cast and look through the 1980s? If you have a choice, there's no need to watch the Director's Cut which only creates comic book "PhotoShop Posterization" transitions, but it's not the end of the world if that's all you've got.Boromir Lives
Vastly overrated in my opinion. It had so much potential to be something stylistic and cool but for me it was just incredibly boring. You'd think something with the premise of being set over a single night about a gang trying to get home whilst avoiding other gangs would be a lot more exciting. Maybe it was just the one dimensional characters and the atrocious, lifeless acting of the 'warriors' that completely made me lose interestMercator
The line to quote is obvious:MrArarat
This is a must watch film, for a saturday night when you are alone in your house, and some rain is falling down.It will break your brain apart.
george4mon
i love this film!Crockett
One of my favorites.mcmakattack
"It was Coney IslandThey called Coney Island the playground of the world
There was no place like it in the whole world
Like Coney Island, when I was a youngster
No place in the world like it, it was so fabulous
Now it's shrunk down to almost nothing, you see"
cobweb
Trip hop group Chinese Man used Cyrus' speech for the introduction of their album The Groove Sessions, Vol. 2 .Earring72
Fun b-movie with simple but cool action. Loved it in the 80ies......and after seeing it again after so many years…...still doTorgo
Well, it thankfully shows its age! Stylistically, a time capsule. Troma producers might have watched it before planning their absurd "Surf Nazis Must Die" ..Showing items 1 – 15 of 19