The Warriors

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 ...more

"Warriors come out and play," screeches a rival unnamed gang, and do they ever. This violent, dark Walter Hill picture is set in the pre-Giuliani idea of a New York that is ravaged and run by highly stylized street gangs. Each faction has not only their owned neighborhood, but also their own costumes and weapons of choice: the baseball bat wielding Furies, the tough girl gang the Lizzies, and the evil hoodlums who murder the gang guru Cyrus (Roger Hill) while he is trying to unite all the ...more