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The Warriors

1979

Walter Hill

Michael Beck, David Harris, James Remar, Deborah Van Valkenburgh ...

7.0

17,172

Action Walter Hill's hip, super-stylized action film unfurls in a dystopian near-future, when various gangs control New York City. Each gang sports a unique moniker ('The Warriors,' 'The Baseball Furies,' 'The Rogues'), with a costume underscoring its "theme"; each, in turn, is also responsible for one geographic area. Hill sets up the landscape as a massive, violent playground - replete with bridges, vacant subway tunnels, parks, abandoned ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Pauline Kael The New Yorker	"The movie is like visual rock, and it’s bursting with energy (...) There’s a night-blooming, psychedelic shine to the whole baroque movie."	POS
United States	Janet Maslin The New York Times	"The film is as handsome to watch as it is preposterous to listen to (...) The actors in 'The Warriors' seem likely to have given wooden performances even if Mr. Hill hadn't directed them to"	NEU
United Kingdom	Almar Haflidason BBC	"Fast, violent, dark, and thrilling (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"There's great vitality and energy (...) But when the characters talk, they seem to be inhabiting a tale rehearsed many times before (…) Rating: ★★ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	Tom Breihan AV Club	"[Hill] made an enduring cultural artifact that also happens to be a fucking great action movie"	POS
United States	Andrew Sarris Village Voice	"I find the spectacle fading from my memory in a jumble of dislocated colors and motions. In retrospect, it seems too studiously unreal."	NEG
United Kingdom	Charles Bramesco The Guardian	"The primary thrill of the Warriors comes not from observing these gangs but from the sensation of joining one"	POS
United Kingdom	Adam Smith Empire	"Very dated look at street crime in pre-Giuliani New York, which is more of a camp historical document than a thrilling ride (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU

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