The Warriors Movie (1979)
In the near future, a charismatic leader summons the street gangs of New York City in a bid to take it over. When he is killed, The Warriors are falsely blamed and now must fight their way home while every other gang is hunting them down.
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. A gang called The Warriors are blamed for killing Cyrus as he gives his speech. They now have to cross the territory of rivals in order to get to their own 'hood. The Warriors slowly cross the dangerous Bronx and Manhattan territories, narrowly escaping police and other gangs every step of the way.
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. A gang called The Warriors are blamed for killing Cyrus as he gives his speech. They now have to cross the territory of rivals in order to get to their own 'hood. The Warriors slowly cross the dangerous Bronx and Manhattan territories, narrowly escaping police and other gangs every step of the way.
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(1979) The armies of the night number 100,000; they outnumber the police 5 to 1; and tonight they're after the warriors-- a street gang blamed unfairly for a rival gang leaders death.This contemporary action-adventure story takes place at night,underground,in the sub-culture of gang warfare that rages from Coney Island...
Starring: Michael Beck and James Remar
Director: Walter Hill
Starring: Michael Beck and James Remar
Director: Walter Hill
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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. A gang called The Warriors are blamed for killing Cyrus as he gives his speech. They now have to cross the territory of rivals in order to get to their own 'hood. The Warriors slowly cross the dangerous Bronx and Manhattan territories, narrowly escaping police and other gangs every step of the way.Details
- Rated: R
- Runtime: 1:32 hours
- Genre: Action, Thriller
- Director: Walter Hill
- Writer: Sol Yurick (novel), David Shaber (screenplay), Walter Hill (screenplay)
- Actors: Michael Beck, James Remar, Dorsey Wright, Brian Tyler
- Language: English
- Country: USA
- Production Company: Paramount Pictures
- ASIN: B0035S996U
- Year Released: 1979
- Release Date: Feb 8, 1979
- DVD Date: Jan 15, 2001
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