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Streets of Fire

1984

Walter Hill

Michael Paré, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis, Willem Dafoe ...

6.3

8,724

Action. Thriller. Drama. Romance. Musical Rock and Roll singer is taken captive by a motorcycle gang in a strange world that seems to be a cross of the 1950's and the present or future. Her ex-boyfriend returns to town and to find her missing and goes to her rescue.

	Author	Review
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"If it were sexier or less humorless, it might really work (...) A stimulating but finally exhausting exercise"	NEU
United States	Katie Rife AV Club	"A sublime marriage of sound and visuals that prioritizes visceral experience over such prosaic concerns as plot and character"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"This looks like it's going to be a new approach to the basic street and rock images. Unfortunately, the movie doesn't live up to its opening (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Philip French The Guardian	"It manages to be an urban western, a backstage rock musical and a biker flick set"	POS
United Kingdom	Kim Newman Empire	"Very of its time but enjoyable for all that (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Jake Cole Slant	"In spite of the material’s inherent absurdity, Hill infuses it with the empathy and evocative characterization that defined his early and best work (…) Rating: ★★★★½ (out of 5)"	POS

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