The Warriors

Image Not Available Director: Walter Hill Dvd Release: 2nd July, 2001 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: PAL, Widescreen, Region 2 Encoding

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The Warriors is a 1979 film directed by Walter Hill about the journey of eight young members of a New York City street gang as they flee the vengeance of rival gangs. The film, very obviously a 70s movie, is seldom taken seriously today, but at the time was somewhat controversial, as many believed it incited real life gang violence. The plot of the film, focuses on how nine members of the American Indian -themed gang The Warriors flee a giant gang truce meeting following the murder of the rival leader who led the convocation. The Warriors are wrongly accused of the murder & have to flee from The Bronx to their home turf of Coney Island, on the opposite side of the city. Thousands of rival gang members search for them guided by an underground radio DJ, who broadcasts reports of the Warriors progress & whereabouts. The film has gained something of a cult status, largely for its retro feel. The gangs, both the Warriors & their rivals, are not terribly threatening by todays standards. Posters Of The Warriors

Walter Hill is an American film Director & a member of the movie brat generation. Hill broke into the film industry after working on The Getaway for Sam Peckinpah. Hills main passion has been the Western through the work of John Ford but the majority of his successes have been with slick urban thrillers. Hill scored a couple of cult hits in the late seventies with The Driver, The Warriors & Southern Comfort & had a lucrative Production role in the Alien series of films. Hills The Long Riders released in 1980 was a modern western epic in the style of Peckinpah that failed to find an audience but he enjoyed a major box office hit with the Eddie Murphy vehicle 48 Hrs. Following on from this Hill managed a solid gold box office bomb with Streets of Fire, a retro noir musical relying on a cast of unkown actors, that made back less than a third of its budget. Posters Of Last Man Standing

Editors Choice: Undisputed, Supernova, Last Man Standing, Wild Bill, Red Heat, Another 48 Hours, Streets Of Fire, Johnny Handsome, View DVDology

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