jimbo-53-186511 Cyrus (Roger Hill) is the leader of the most powerful gang in New York and organises a rally in New York City with all of the other gang members to take over the city. At this rally Cyrus is assassinated (by one of the gangs) and one particularly gang known as The Warriors are blamed for this assassination. Following Cyrus' assassination every gang member in New York is hunting for The Warriors and they must try to make it back to their home town in Coney Island against seemingly impossible odds...In its most simplest form The Warriors is a chase picture and in its most simplest form this is what makes it fun and enjoyable. This is most evident in the first half of the film with the gangs first escape (which is pretty tense). It carries on in this vein when The Warriors encounter The Orphans; there is still a modicum of tension, but it does lose impetus slightly in this particular scene as it feels more like Wild West than gang-warfare.The speedy pace and intensity in the second half doesn't quite match up to what I witnessed in the first half; when The Warriors become separated the group dynamic sort of becomes lost and undoubtedly the weakest part of the film was when 3 of The Warriors hook up with the girls at Union Square. It's obvious from the moment that they meet the girls who they are and what they are doing so there's no suspense or element of surprise and it's actually The Warriors own egos that results in them being caught short. Whilst The Warriors is a fun film and is fairly enjoyable; it moves fast, it boasts some good fight scenes and some great or maybe not so great hairstyles it sadly misses out on being a brilliant film. There's no real depth to the film and the gang-culture/rivalry isn't really explored; they seem to all be at war, but why? With a bit more effort, this could have been an excellent social commentary. As it is The Warriors is an entertaining film, but it is rather shallow and simplistic and is perhaps not as great as it could have been.There are other weaknesses with the film such as poor/hammy acting and rather poor editing, but in its simplest form this is a fun romp that tickes enough boxes to make it worth watching, but not quite enough for it to be considered a masterpiece.

Eric Stevenson Of all the movies I've ever seen in my entire life, this is the most loved film that I did not like. I am so sorry and I truly wish that everyone loves this movie as much as they want, while I just thought it was okay. First of all, it's quite anti-climatic. I mean, we get all of this buildup and it just amounts to one guy getting stabbed? A lot of the movie was fairly boring. I expected this to be an action-packed adventure.Anyway, there were still a lot of good things. The little action it did have was very nice. I love the comic book layout and the panels coming to life. I thought the acting was fine and the sets and costumes were really good. It's just that this had absolutely nothing that unique in it. It's gotten to the point where I've seen so many movies I want to be wowed all the time. **1/2

John austin The Warriors still stands up decades later as adrenaline fueled action in a tense, dark urban landscape that almost looks like a sci fi backdrop due to the great direction and cinematography of Walter Hill and Andrew Laszlo. The Warriors are a racially integrated gang from Coney Island who get implicated in the sudden assassination of a gang overlord. They have to make their way back home to Coney Island and become the target of every underworld outfit in New York City.It's been said that the theater lobbies would break out into fights after this movie was shown, and it's easy to see why. The action scenes are almost lyrical- every bit as good as the martial arts classics from earlier in the decade. I can easily see how impressionable people could get totally caught up in it back then.This movie launched a few decent show biz careers including James Remar, Michael Beck & Debra Van Valkenburgh. Rumors of a remake a few years ago proved unfounded, and they shouldn't even try. They'll never be able to create anything close to what they made here in 1979.

O2D The Warriors are a gang in 1970s New York City.The good ol' days when gangs all wore ridiculous costumes and fought with their hands. Cyrus,the leader of the biggest gang in the city,has called a meeting and every gang sends reps to the Bronx. Cyrus explains his plan for the gangs to work together and take over the city and he is immediately murdered.The Warriors get blamed and have to make it home with every gang member in the city trying to kill them.This movie has two of the best quotes of all time "Can you dig it?!?!?" and "Warriors,Come out to plaaaaay".They get quoted in as many TV shows as Scarface or The Godfather does.This movie is great from start to finish.A definite must see.