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The Warriors
1979 · Film · 94 min
Directed by Walter Hill
Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' death. Before you know it, the cops and every gangbanger in town is hot on the Warriors' trail.
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>It's a constant discourse in my country to think of today as "dangerous" and idealize some earlier decades where you'd "leave the door open" while by all metrics crime was actually higher.
This highlights a great point about past media. Films like The Warriors, Class of 1999, and even A Clockwork Orange play into this notion that juveniles have become worse and worse and we can expect a hellscape from future generations of young people.
Truth, though, is that Gen Zs are so laughably well behaved compared to those my age were that we finally have a period where this genre simply has no place. I hear things from my nephews and nieces about "staying home for the weekend" and think of all the money my sister wasted on a home security system to make sure they don't sneak out and get arrested all the time like we did. Leave that door wide open with soundproofing and they still have no desire to sneak out, especially because nobody else their age is out anyway.
Some people dont realize 1979 Warriors was a documentary :)
I watched the movie "Warriors" and thought it was silly. Felt more like a campy musical
I recommend John Carpenter's "assault on precinct 13" if you want a movie about gang culture. A movie that is still relevant today with the current police violence and counter violence in American streets.
I have a similar hobby: locating luxury houses that I see in movies, using Google Maps. After identifying buildings in the background, it's a question of looking for the right swimming pool. I've never been to Miami or Los Angeles but I've pinpointed locations in both. Just found a place in Trousdale Estates. It's nice when you find it and verify it's a real place, with the same palm tree and the garden chairs.
The Warriors had a... slightly different scenery. I watched it at the time, on video. The (2006) in the title made me think it was a remake, but it seems to be the date of the article.
See this excellent documentary:
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080120/?ref_=nv_sr_5
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Warriors_(film)
The Warriors is a 1979 American crime film directed by Walter Hill and based on Sol Yurick's 1965 novel of the same name. This novel was, in turn, based on Xenophon's Anabasis. The story centers on a New York City gang who must make an urban journey of 30 miles (48 km), from the north end of The Bronx to their home turf in Coney Island in southern Brooklyn, after they are framed for the murder of a respected gang leader. It was released in the United States on February 9, 1979.
A cult classic. The central theme is, indeed, similar- the guy who has summoned the Warriors is killed and they must make their way back home through hostile territory. It never occurred to me.
Don't believe I've seen the word anywhere but El Reg for a long time.
When I first heard samples from The Warriors (years before I saw the film) I misheard "Good news, boppers" as "Good news, boffins". I have never gained employment as a radio DJ.
Looks like its time for SF to film a sequel to The Warriors. As if we needed any more reminders of the state of dystopia we find ourselves in.