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The Warriors: The Beginning

Original title: The Warriors
Year: 1979
Running time: 94 min.
Country: United States
Director: Walter Hill
Screenwriter: David Shaber, Walter Hill. Novel: Sol Yurick
Music: Barry De Vorzon. Theme: Joe Walsh
Cinematography: Andrew Laszlo
Cast: Michael Beck, David Harris, James Remar, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Thomas G. Waites, Dorsey Wright, Brian Tyler, David Patrick Kelly, Joel Weiss, Marvin Foster, Tom McKitterick, Marcelino Sánchez, Terry Michos, Roger Hill, Lynne Thigpen, Ginny Ortiz, John Snyder, Mercedes RuehlSee 5 More
Producer: Paramount Pictures, Lawrence Gordon Productions
Genre: Action | Crime. Street Gang. Cult Movie
Synopsis: 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 buildings and the like, all ripe for exploration and adventure. As the tale opens, the titular Coney Island has traveled to the Bronx to attend a city-wide meeting of all gangs; at that event, however, the psychotic leader of a rival gang, The Rogues (David Patrick Kelly of Dreamscape) assassinates the head of the city's foremost gang, but The Warriors are pegged as culpable. This sends the gang fleeing through the labyrinthine city. With every thug in Manhattan in vicious, homicidal pursuit, they must also overcome all obstacles in their way. Throughout, Hill keeps the onscreen violence absurd, exaggerated and unrealistic, downplaying death to an extreme degree; despite this fact, the film sparked a massive amount of controversy and an ugly backlash for allegedly inciting violence and destruction in several theaters where it initially played. James Remar, Michael Beck and Deborah Van Valkenburgh lead the ensemble cast. (Nathan Southern: All Movie Guide)

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#118 Best Action Movies

Critics' reviews

"The movie is like visual rock, and it’s bursting with energy (...) There’s a night-blooming, psychedelic shine to the whole baroque movie."

Pauline Kael: The New Yorker
"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"

Janet Maslin: The New York Times
"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)"

Roger Ebert: rogerebert.com
"[Hill] made an enduring cultural artifact that also happens to be a fucking great action movie"

Tom Breihan: AV Club
"I find the spectacle fading from my memory in a jumble of dislocated colors and motions. In retrospect, it seems too studiously unreal."

Andrew Sarris: Village Voice
"Fast, violent, dark, and thrilling (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"

Almar Haflidason: BBC
"The primary thrill of the Warriors comes not from observing these gangs but from the sensation of joining one"

Charles Bramesco: The Guardian
"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)"

Adam Smith: Empire

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