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Post by stefancrosscoe on Jun 13, 2018 13:19:54 GMT
 "Can you dig it?"A small time outfit known as the Warriors becomes the center of everybody's attention when they find themselves being falsely accused of killing the leader of New York's most powerful and fearsome unit during an important and heavily crowded meeting between most of the citys street gangs.
As an result, the remaining crew of the Warriors must now rely on each other in order to overcome a desperate and dangerous journey into the night if they ever want to stand a chance of heading back home to Coney Island. But that is easier said than done as the word is out along with a small army of bloodthirsty rival gangs, all ready to pull the plug on them.I had never even heard of this film until I began seeing all these bad ass looking posters plastered all over town and specially at many subway stations. This I think was during spring/summer of 2005, and yet I did not pick up the PS2 video game which was getting extremely positive reviews at the time, but somehow I knew I would sooner or later gonna have to check it out. I did, almost a year later on and have not regretted that one bit, as it was to be one of the best and most enjoyable video game experiences which I have ever had. Few games have made me sit that many hours stuck on replay, just soaking up the atmosphere and tension, and enjoying re-playing the game over and over. Of course, I probably should have started out with the film, as that would probably be the most logical way but it was not that easy at the time to find a DVD copy. My region free DVD player had some trouble and so I looked all over for a region 2 copy, and thankfully I ended up finding one which turned out to be the theatrical version from 2001 but with a very "random" and not exactly striking looking artwork to it, and I almost missed it because of that. During summer of 2006 I must have seen the movie at least 5-6 times over a short period of time and I loved it, even more than the video game. It just sucked me right in with a fantastic setting, atmosphere and one of the most bad ass introductions ever, and of course the colorful and memorable characters also played an huge part as well. However, it have been a long while since the last time I saw it and in between the heavy rumours of a remake I guess have either completely frozen or just not seem to be realized at the moment. Also I have yet to see the director's cut, which I actually ended up picking up on impulse in 2007, thinking it would mean more scenes and of course getting the bonus material. But from what I heave read and heard, it is mostly very negative views of that version, and when I will re-watch the movie, I am gonna be sure to first see the european theatrical DVD version and then maybe later on give the 2005 director's cut a go. Next year is the films 40th anniversary and I have just now recently noticed that a 2017 Blu-ray have been out under the title of Ultimate Director's Cut and I wonder if that is the same copy as the 2005 one, or if it is "safe" to go for that one if I am to upgrade on my old DVD copy. Anyway, the film is packed to the maximum with memorable and classic scenes, however the one which always stuck with me ever since I first saw it is the part where the remaining group of the Warriors, all battered and bruised is on their way back to Coney Island with the subway. Suddenly a small group of well dressed, joyful and happy campers arrives, probably coming straight off either a late night at the disco or more likely a school prom and ends up sitting right next to Swan and Mercy. Then the newly arrived spectators begin staring at them like they were some kind of a endangered species, while Mercy tries to hide her face in shame, but not before Swan grabs her hand while constantly staring back at the clean cut teenagers who soon leaves knowing they will probably head back to safety, while the Warriors are once more alone again, awaiting for their final subway station which will lead them to an uncertain future of what is left of their own gang and home. |
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Post by politicidal on Jun 13, 2018 23:22:02 GMT
I really liked the set-up and some of the characters but found this mostly boring with the action not especially memorable.
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Post by Primemovermithrax Pejorative on Jun 14, 2018 0:07:12 GMT
Interesting but doesn't really engage me thoroughly. I liked the baseball gang best.
Michael Beck deserved more of a career I think.
He was good in this as well as the Alcatraz movie.
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Post by movielover on Jun 14, 2018 0:30:28 GMT
I really like this movie. When I think of cult classic, I think of The Warriors and Escape from New York.
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Post by Captain Spencer on Jun 14, 2018 3:27:13 GMT
I thought The Warriors was quite a good action flick. Though not without its flaws (I found some of the dialogue to be weak and some of the acting just mediocre), it scores points for having a really cool concept and some mysterious elements like that underground network. And of course the fight scenes were a knockout, typically well directed by Walter Hill.
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Post by stefancrosscoe on Jun 14, 2018 12:59:19 GMT
I really like this movie. When I think of cult classic, I think of The Warriors and Escape from New York. Both films have a bit of the same style/atmosphere. Gritty, mostly shot at night time, colorful gang members and a small bunch of outcasts getting together in a desperate battle for survival against a much larger pack of enemies and with a very long way off to safety as well. Also they along with Mad Max pretty much set the tone or standard for a whole lot of low budget, italian rip-offs which at times were actually not that bad, in fact some very enjoyable but few of them came close of re-capturing the originals. Still, I rather have those kind of enjoyable and sleazy post-apocalyptic b-movies than what goes around as DTV/VOD trash these days. |
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Post by Morgana on Jun 14, 2018 14:40:54 GMT
"Can you dig it?"A small time outfit known as the Warriors becomes the center of everybody's attention when they find themselves being falsely accused of killing the leader of New York's most powerful and fearsome unit during an important and heavily crowded meeting between most of the citys street gangs.
As an result, the remaining crew of the Warriors must now rely on each other in order to overcome a desperate and dangerous journey into the night if they ever want to stand a chance of heading back home to Coney Island. But that is easier said than done as the word is out along with a small army of bloodthirsty rival gangs, all ready to pull the plug on them.I had never even heard of this film until I began seeing all these bad ass looking posters plastered all over town and specially at many subway stations. This I think was during spring/summer of 2005, and yet I did not pick up the PS2 video game which was getting extremely positive reviews at the time, but somehow I knew I would sooner or later gonna have to check it out. I did, almost a year later on and have not regretted that one bit, as it was to be one of the best and most enjoyable video game experiences which I have ever had. Few games have made me sit that many hours stuck on replay, just soaking up the atmosphere and tension, and enjoying re-playing the game over and over. Of course, I probably should have started out with the film, as that would probably be the most logical way but it was not that easy at the time to find a DVD copy. My region free DVD player had some trouble and so I looked all over for a region 2 copy, and thankfully I ended up finding one which turned out to be the theatrical version from 2001 but with a very "random" and not exactly striking looking artwork to it, and I almost missed it because of that. During summer of 2006 I must have seen the movie at least 5-6 times over a short period of time and I loved it, even more than the video game. It just sucked me right in with a fantastic setting, atmosphere and one of the most bad ass introductions ever, and of course the colorful and memorable characters also played an huge part as well. However, it have been a long while since the last time I saw it and in between the heavy rumours of a remake I guess have either completely frozen or just not seem to be realized at the moment. Also I have yet to see the director's cut, which I actually ended up picking up on impulse in 2007, thinking it would mean more scenes and of course getting the bonus material. But from what I heave read and heard, it is mostly very negative views of that version, and when I will re-watch the movie, I am gonna be sure to first see the european theatrical DVD version and then maybe later on give the 2005 director's cut a go. Next year is the films 40th anniversary and I have just now recently noticed that a 2017 Blu-ray have been out under the title of Ultimate Director's Cut and I wonder if that is the same copy as the 2005 one, or if it is "safe" to go for that one if I am to upgrade on my old DVD copy. Anyway, the film is packed to the maximum with memorable and classic scenes, however the one which always stuck with me ever since I first saw it is the part where the remaining group of the Warriors, all battered and bruised is on their way back to Coney Island with the subway. Suddenly a small group of well dressed, joyful and happy campers arrives, probably coming straight off either a late night at the disco or more likely a school prom and ends up sitting right next to Swan and Mercy. Then the newly arrived spectators begin staring at them like they were some kind of a endangered species, while Mercy tries to hide her face in shame, but not before Swan grabs her hand while constantly staring back at the clean cut teenagers who soon leaves knowing they will probably head back to safety, while the Warriors are once more alone again, awaiting for their final subway station which will lead them to an uncertain future of what is left of their own gang and home. I liked it a lot, when I saw it, which was a long time ago. I probably wouldn't like it so much if I watched it again now. |
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Post by chalk2 on Jun 14, 2018 19:58:53 GMT
I enjoyed it back then and each of the numerous times I've seen it through the years.
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Post by Larcen26 on Jun 14, 2018 20:17:26 GMT
It's a terrible movie that I watch completely un-ironically.
I would say it's so bad it's good, but it's different than the usual movie you might describe like that.
Xanadu is so bad it's good.
Maybe The Warriors is terrible, but you just don't care...
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Jun 15, 2018 9:10:41 GMT
I was too young to see it at the movies in '79 but caught it on TV many years later. Good film. The gang that wore the baseball uniforms and clown makeup reminded me a bit of the gangs in "A Clockwork Orange."
The scene with the prom kids on the subway was very well done I thought, conveying without words the gulf between different peoples, in this case the rich kids and the poor ones.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 15, 2018 13:27:00 GMT
If I remember right, there was a Bob Dylan song in the film and I paid to see it just to hear new Dylan material. The place where I saw it only charged a dollar so I thought it was worth the money. This is the only film I ever walked out of without falling asleep first. Just too boring. Dylan was not at his best either.
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Jun 15, 2018 17:39:51 GMT
If I remember right, there was a Bob Dylan song in the film and I paid to see it just to hear new Dylan material. The place where I saw it only charged a dollar so I thought it was worth the money. This is the only film I ever walked out of without falling asleep first. Just too boring. Dylan was not at his best either. You might be mistaking Joe Walsh for Bob Dylan here. |
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Post by The Herald Erjen on Jun 15, 2018 17:43:07 GMT
Interesting but doesn't really engage me thoroughly. I liked the baseball gang best. Michael Beck deserved more of a career I think. He was good in this as well as the Alcatraz movie. Yes, the Alcatraz movie was very good. And Houston Nights was a good TV series, so of course it was doomed to only one season. |
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Post by chalk2 on Jun 17, 2018 6:26:18 GMT
The thing about the Warriors that made me laugh years later was that although you never see the DJ's face, I immediately recognized that mouth as the bitchy woman at the PTA in Lean On Me (1989).
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Post by darkreviewer2013 on Dec 2, 2018 2:59:41 GMT
For all their differences, this movie somehow reminds me of the original Mad Max. They were both released in 1979 and, despite the radically different settings, both depict bleak and ever so slightly alluring dystopias where isolated individuals or groups face off against murderous opponents. The Warriors is the superior movie though.
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Post by forca84 on Dec 15, 2018 18:45:42 GMT
It's on the remake block. (Of course). Guess we'll see if it actually happens.
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