The full of action story has stunning characters and a wonderful chemistry between Swan, performed by Michael Beck, and Mercy, performed by Deborah Van Valkenburgh. 'The Warriors' is a cult movie directed by Walter Hill with the story of a gang falsely accused of murdering a charismatic leader that spend the night trying to get back home. The long journey back home of The Warriors begins. The Warriors try to return to Coney Island while all the gangs decide to hunt them down. There is a riot in the Central Park and the police arrive and put the group under siege. Out of the blue, the punk Luther (David Patrick Kelly) shots Cyrus and blames The Warriors, a gang from Coney Island. He explains that if the gangs unite, they would be 60,000 members against 20,000 policemen and they could rule New York. Cyrus invites the most relevant gangs for a meeting at the Central Park, a neutral turf in a moment of truce. In a near future, Cyrus (Roger Hill) is a respected leader that intends to unite the gangs in New York. Reviewed by claudio_carvalho 8 / 10 The Long Journey Back Home David Patrick Kelly (COMMANDO) proves to be something of a scene-stealer as the villain of the piece. It has dated and it does feel rather tame by modern standards - and it's fair to say that Hill's later works like SOUTHERN COMFORT are considerably better - but THE WARRIORS still has its charms. There are a handful of fun action scenes which are acceptable, but this film works best thanks to the suspense, which is ever-present.

There aren't any big name actors here to distract the viewer, just lots of effective and suspenseful shooting on the dark streets of New York at night. The action-focused storyline is a simple one: members of a gang are stranded across town and forced to evade rival gang members and police in their bid to return home to safe turf. Supposedly devised as a grittily realistic rebuttal to the stylised romanticism of WEST SIDE STORY, this has dated in its own way, and now stands out as the epitome of '70s fashion and ideas. THE WARRIOR is Walter Hill's magnum opus about gang warfare in New York. Reviewed by Leofwine_draca 6 / 10 Dated but still fun The Warriors slowly cross the dangerous Bronx and Manhattan territories, narrowly escaping police and other gangs every step of the way. They now have to cross the territory of rivals in order to get to their own 'hood. A gang called The Warriors are blamed for killing Cyrus as he gives his speech. Cyrus, the leader of the most powerful gang in New York City, the Gramercy Riffs, calls a midnight summit for all the area gangs, with all asked to send nine unarmed representatives for the conclave.

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