The Warriors is certainly a movie that is both defined by its time and also ahead of it. So it can't be called a movie which summed up an era ( like Saturday Night Fever ) nor can it be a movie which opened up new worlds ( like Star Wars ).
This is set in a sort of dystopian world in the near future, where gangs of young men/women are rife. Enter Cyrus, a an with a vision to unite the gangs to help take over the city of New York. To this end he invites hundreds of gangs to a sort of rally during a truce. However, this is broken when he is assassinated by a member of the Rogues; after which the Warriors are framed and they have to find a way to get back to their home turf whilst being targeted by every gang in NYC.
The premise for this is quite good and although this has an R rating in Australia ( lord knows why ) there is actually very little violence. Instead there is a great amount of tension as the gang try to scrap their way back home. However, there are a couple of problems. One of them is the fact that the dialogue for a dystopian future still sounds like the dialogue for two 70's kids in a pinball arcade and sometimes it really seems clumsy. Secondly is the 'villian'- who shot Cyrus in the first place. He's just a nothing character that is pathetically boring to watch. One wonders how in the world he became leader of the Rogues.
Overall though the Warriors does have some good scenes and the comic book shot-to-shot idea is incredibly original. These pros outweigh the cons enough to make this worth a look.
This is set in a sort of dystopian world in the near future, where gangs of young men/women are rife. Enter Cyrus, a an with a vision to unite the gangs to help take over the city of New York. To this end he invites hundreds of gangs to a sort of rally during a truce. However, this is broken when he is assassinated by a member of the Rogues; after which the Warriors are framed and they have to find a way to get back to their home turf whilst being targeted by every gang in NYC.
The premise for this is quite good and although this has an R rating in Australia ( lord knows why ) there is actually very little violence. Instead there is a great amount of tension as the gang try to scrap their way back home. However, there are a couple of problems. One of them is the fact that the dialogue for a dystopian future still sounds like the dialogue for two 70's kids in a pinball arcade and sometimes it really seems clumsy. Secondly is the 'villian'- who shot Cyrus in the first place. He's just a nothing character that is pathetically boring to watch. One wonders how in the world he became leader of the Rogues.
Overall though the Warriors does have some good scenes and the comic book shot-to-shot idea is incredibly original. These pros outweigh the cons enough to make this worth a look.