Walter Hill asked actor David Patrick Kelly who played Luthor for that ending scene and needed something extra from him. David said he was inspired by that scene when he lived in a sketchy neighborhood and his neighbor used to call out to him like that.
Shan great review and a great movie pick. Could I recommend Sorcerer from 1977? It is a film by William Friedkin and a remake of a French classic. It would make a really good review for you and I think you would enjoy it. Concerning The Warriors. The comic book panels were added for the director's cut. The movies has very little to do with the book. The idea: big meeting, leader gets shot the gang has to get home. That is it. The fights and Mercy were added for the film. The novel itself was based on a Greek classic Anabasis, thus the opening comic book panel and the big leader being named Cyrus.
Ajax, the guy arrested in the park, is James Remar. He's an actor with a long list of TV and movie credits, including Raiden in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. This was his second credited role and he's still acting in his late 60's. Swan was Michael Beck, his next big movie was Xanadu which was a giant flop (not his fault). his career was slowed down afterwards. Luther, the one who shot Cyrus, was played by David Patrick Kelly. He's very memorable in the movie Commando. He's still acting in his early 70's. The DJ was Lynne Thigpen who died in 2003. She has a long list of credits in TV, including the game show Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego.
"Warriors. Come out to play" is iconic, and one of the better bad guys. Saw this at the theatre with the sweetest young lady, who tried to start a fight in the parking lot with strangers afterwards.
Fun fact the warrior that got run over by the train was actually supposed to live but he was such a pain in the ass during filming they decided to kill him off
Streets of Fire (1984) is the 'spiritual sequel' Walter Hill made a few years later, which is also great. Both movies had a BIG influence on video games... especially "beat em ups" like Double Dragon, Final Fight and Streets of Rage.
Renegade arcade game. First arcade game to pick up bats and beat up your attackers. Then Double Dragon. Streets of Fire was Awesome. I have it on Blu-ray. James Remar would have been awesome if he was in it. He would have made a good Bomber.
This is the new version where they added comics transitions but I suggest you to watch the original version as well. It's much better in my opinion, especially the ending.
This movie scared a lot of people. There was related violence and rumors of it. Many theaters asked for extra police protection or brought in additional security. For movies like this though, I have to use a classic Joe Bob Briggs line, "Kudos to the director for not letting the plot get in the way of the action." :)
@@GenX7119 It scared certain folk in that they thought it would promote real gang violence and exacerbate the problem of gang culture in the late 1970s. That's what Tampahop meant.
It did happen in a number of cities. I remember reading about in the newspapers at the time. Because it was about gangs and fights and stuff all of the gangs in each city wanted to see this movie "about them." Without fail, two rival gangs would show up to see it at the same time (usually just at random) and fight it out for real. Theatre owners decided it wasn't worth the risk or hastle after they read the news about it and wouldn't show it.
Me and my friend were obsessed with gang movies when we were at school. The Warriors was our favourite! And Walter Hill is a fantastic director all his films are worth a look. The comic book panels here are an addition for a special edition release, and were very controversial at the time, the original theatrical cut and video did not have them and they're really not needed.
@@tempsitch5632 Why not? I love both Blade Runner & Apocalypse Now, yet don’t like either Ridley Scott’s or Francis Ford Coppola’s director’s cuts. Just cause you like an actor, director, band etc., that doesn’t make them completely immune to criticism. In this case it’s not even that, the OP simply didn’t like the use of the comic panels. Neither do I, but I still think Walter Hill has done some great work, including this movie.
I was thinking the same. A bit over the top cringe, but the alternate universe made them pull it off. SoF is a better movie, a lot more humorous and the music alone makes it worth the time.
Some of the extras at the meeting were actual gang members. The actors playing the skinhead-gang Turnball AC's all went to a café for lunch in their outfits and everybody in there were scared for real because they thought they were a real gang starting to make a fight or robbing the place. The Baseball Furies were created by Walter Hill of two things he liked - baseball and the band KISS. The "Come Out And Play-ay!" line was improvised by David Patrick Kelly and it was based on a creepy neighbour who always said "David, come out to play!" when he was a kid. Robert DeNiro was asked to play Cowboy, but turned it down, and so was Tony Danza also, but he turned it down to instead be in the TV-show Taxi.
The comic panels where not in the original cut of the movie, this is a different version which is apparently the most common version of this movie now. Yes, that is the guy from Mortal Kombat Annihilation and playing Dexter's step dad, James Remar. He also played the bad guy in 48 Hrs. There's a video game of this movie on PS2, Xbox and I guess PC, where half of the levels are a prequel story and the rest follows the movie. Some of the actors reprised/voiced their characters in the game such as Remar as Ajax, Michael Beck as Swan, Dorsey Wright as Cleon, David Harris as Cochise, Thomas G. Waits as Fox and Deborah Van Valkenburgh as Mercy. Just like the movie, the game is awesome!
The film is based on Sol Yurick's 1965 novel The Warriors, which was, in turn, based on Xenophon's Anabasis (Greece 370 BC), in the book the gang is called The Dominators.
I was in high school and worked for the local theater corporation when this film came out. The employees were warned that the movie had inspired violence and authorities felt that it should be banned. Most of those reports were publicity stunts that hyped the opening of the film. But, the concept of a unification of city gangs was a legitimate fear of law enforcement at the time. I'm glad you dug this old film out of mothballs Shan. Thanks for the review.
I love this movie. I'm so happy someone decided to react to it. I'm even happier that it was you(Shan) who did it. I love your reactions and can't wait to see what comes next. Best of luck Shan, you always do amazing reactions.
The character of Fox was killed off because of tensions between actor Thomas Waites and director Walter Hill. The last few cuts in which Fox appears were filmed from angles that would not reveal his face, as the crew member brought in as a replacement-just to be killed off-didn’t *remotely* approximate Waites’ appearance. Hill’s hasty decision to kill off Fox so angered him-as, presumably, did also the clandestine, slapdash filming of the scene-that Waites demanded that his name be omitted from the credits.
The original theater cut hits harder - the comic transitions break the pace and the surreal immersion. I remember when this was one of the must-see flicks of the midnight movie scene back in the 80's. The work is a great nod to Xenophon but is better without spelling it out in the opening scene.
I'm almost 100% sure that Retoscoping and the comic book appearance between scenes has been added within the last 20 yrs. I recall seeing this movie on many occasions and not remember it.
The Warriors came out when I was in high school. Been favorite ever since. Terrific casting, wardrobe, and locations. Solid performances. Many of the actors worked in theater and were stage trained. Great soundtrack. I can dig it!
Great review! And Walter Hill, right from the start, had a great run: Hard Times (1975) The Driver (1978) The Warriors, then the outstanding The Long Riders and especially Southern Comfort (both 1981) and 48 Hours. He always made interesting choices, directing comedies (Brewster's Millions, 1985) or fantasy (Crossroads, 1986.) And let's not forget he was the executive producer of the HBO series Tales From The Crypt!
Hard Times one of Bronson’s best I remember my brother took me to see it at the theater, excellent and The Long Riders also, hopefully Shan can work those in !
Of note, this version is the directors cut, and the comic book panels were added for the DVD release if I am not mistaken, and a lot of the editing was changed from the original release.
I remember being sick and staying home from school. I slept most of the afternoon and I woke up and turn on the tv just in time for this movie to start. It was great and I actually started to feel better watching it.
I was in junior high when this came out. There were a lot of cities in the US that banned this movie, because there were gang fights outside of theaters showing it...whether those fights actually happened or not, the closures were real. The last thing the authorities wanted, was a real version of a Cyrus, locally or nationwide.
Holy smokes an all time classic I saw at the theater and still holds up in my opinion and Walter Hill has written directed or produced some of my favorites and you rarely hear about him , thanks Shan!
"Can...you..dig..it!?" Great line from this movie! Mt dad saw this and said it was a pretty cool movie, about a street gang, framed for a crime they didn't commit, try to fight other street gangs in order to get to their home in Coney Island.
I remember this film well. I was 20 years old on its release in 1979. I saw it at the flicks with a bunch of friends. We were all into 1950s rock’n’roll so, even though this was a modern movie, it was reasonably enjoyable although by no means a work of cinema class. However, in the same year (1979) another gang-style movie was released, which better satisfied our 1950s/60s fascination. This was “THE WANDERERS”. In my opinion, this was a far superior film which also had the bonus of an 1950s/60s soundtrack, with original early 1960s songs and a humorous/comedy flavour to it.
David Patrick Kelly (Luther) is probably my favorite of the actors in this film. He shot Cyrus, and had the line, "Warriors...come out and play-ayyyy". He did 'Commando' with Schwarzeneggar, Spike Lee's 'Crooklyn', 'The Crow' with the late Brandon Lee, and 'DreamScape' with Dennis Quaid, Kate Capshaw, & Max Von Sydow. He is a charcter actor who crosses the lines of film, tv and theater all the time. One of my favorite performances of his was in a staged version of Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' at Lincoln Center that was recorded for public television. The production starred Paul Rudd (Orsino), Helen Hunt (Viola), and Kelly as Feste the clown. In the show he played the mandolin and sang. Michael Beck (Swan) is a character actor and audiobook reader (he read some of John Grisham's legal thrillers). He also was in one of the biggest box-office flops shortly after he made this. He played Sonny Malone in the movie musical 'Xanadu' sharing the screen with Olivia Newton-John and the legendary Gene Kelly (in Kelly's final film appearance). He even danced with Kelly and Olivia during the song "All Around The World" performed by Electric Light Orchestra. 'Xanadu' is in many ways not a great movie, but it is a cult movie I dearly love because it is so fun and infectious with an amazing musical score of songs performed mainly by Olivia & ELO. Another movie Beck showed up in that was pretty bad that I love was Hal Needham's 'MegaForce' with Barry Bostwick, Persis Khambatta, and Henry Silva. He played the second in command of MegaForce named Dallas. Deborah Van Valkenburg (Mercy) after this movie mainly did an 80s sitcom with Ted Knight called 'Too Close For Comfort' but appeared in another Walter Hill film, the musical fantasia 'Streets of Fire' with Michael Pare, Diane Lane, and Willem Dafoe. The actor you first recognized was James Remar who played Ajax. Hands down the most successful of the actors in this. He is one of those "aren't you that guy who was in that film/tv show?: because he seems to be in everything! One look at his IMDb and your mind gets blown at how many things he's done...including cartoon voice work. I have always loved this movie. It's not great, but its fun and has a really cool vibe. Can you dig it? Yeah, I do!
My dad had us watch this movie when we were kids. Some of my sisters even dressed up as the baseball gang for Halloween when they were teens, lol. Love this movie😎😎😎
This movie has one of the best intros. When the music kicks in it just keeps you going. The dark, empty streets, fluorescent lights and surrounding filth create an unforgettable heavy atmosphere and strong vibe of danger, roughness and alienation. That is "The Warriors" main strength.
I wasnt even a teenager when this came out. I was barely a teenager by the time I had seen it. (This b4 the days when u could rent movies btw... VCR/ VHS were years away from being invented.) Of course, me n my older brother and EVERYONE of our friends loved it... the "Warriors come out to play....."...along with the clanking of the beer bottles was a classic catchphrase throughout our teenage years... (apparently the clanking of the beer bottles was ad-libbed by the actor who did it... so I've heard... At any rate, ice seen it a couple more times since becoming an adult and of course, it wasn't nearly as good as my young teenager memory recalled... but still enjoyable... Definitely one of the favorite movies of most every teenage boy in the 80's...
Now that's a real great action classic. 1979 was a great year for Walter Hill. Not just because The Warriors, also he was the producer and wrote the final draft of the script the Sci-Fi Horror masterpice ALIEN with David Giler.
Saw the theatre release and walked straight out into a record shop and bought the soundtrack album. I have the film in my collection, and I use "Baseball Furies Chase" to accompany my exercise warm-up to this day.
I saw this at a drive-in with my girl friend on a double date. What made this movie cool for us back then was that the protagonists were all young and not the usual Clint Eastwood Charlton Heston aged leads. Very much like the type of Anime heroes I'd see several years later.
The song at the end is In The City by the great Joe Walsh. The Warriors is fun. So many careers got started with this movie. The bit where David Patrick Kelly is clinking the bottles and calling out for the Warriors to come out and play is just a classic bit.
Aww, I liked the interaction between the warriors leader & the girl with the prom kids on the train. Especially when he stopped her from fixing herself up. Oh well...
This is one of my favorite movies from my childhood. I was 14 years old and I thought it was incredible. Check out Southern Comfort from Walter Hill. It’s awesome.
Damn, Shan! You're hitting some classics that no one else has! I'm really digging it! (yes, pun intended) Please keep going down this road of being different from other channels! I love your analysis/breakdowns! I can't afford patreon, as I'm disabled and on a fixed income, but I know a lot about movies from the 60s through the 80s, because I lived it. Edit: "Bad Boys" from 1983 has similar cinematography. That movie starred Sean Penn in his youth. "Red Dawn" from 1984 has an all star cast of young "up and comers" including Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, Lea Thompson, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Grey, and others. "Cool Hand Luke" (1967) starred Paul Newman, George Kennedy, and Struther Martin.
Thank you John and for the recommendations too. Just so you know, you don't have to be a patron, just a like and a comment go a long way. Thank you again :)
@@shanwatchesmovies You always get a Like from me, and I have notifications turned on so I don't miss any. You're one of my favorite reaction channels, as you always give honest yet valid criticisms to the movies you watch. I had a friend back in the mid 1980s who worked at a local theater. He was always sneaking a few of us in to see the newest releases. It was a good time, even though we didn't always like the movie we saw. But for myself, I had been into special effects and movie makeup ever since I was a kid(before the original Star Wars came out). So, like you, I tend to look at how a movie is made, as much as I look for the story itself.
James Remar, who played Ajax, was the villain in 48 Hours. He also played Radan in Mortal Kombat. The leader of the Rogues was named Luther and played by David Patrick Kelly who also appeared as a weasel-like bad guy in the Schwarzenegger movie Commando.
One of my favorite Walter Hill movies is an edge of your seat movie called "Southern Comfort". In that one, Walter puts a group of soldiers in a situation where they have to fight to stay alive.
James Remar was the actor you recognized. He was Raiden in Mortal Kombat Annihilation and in countless movies and TV shows. The villain is a young David Patrick Kelly you may recognize him as T- Bird from The Crow and he's in Twin Peaks and, like Remar, in countless movies and shows. That bathroom action set piece is a personal favorite. Colorful characters, fantastic editing, and a style that shows its time and is yet timeless.
Such a cult classic I am glad to see someone react to it. Thank you for having such an open mind to watch and react to a movie that is not on the main stream radar but oh so worth the watch. I love how Dee Snyder played tribute to this movie with his opening to "Come Out And Play". Instead of "Warriors" he said "Twisted sister" but such a class act to do.
@@shanwatchesmovies You're doing a great job Shan. I try to watch all of your reactions and most of them are movies I've never seen. Always good picks.
You're the second YT channel to do a reaction to this movie. You would think there would be more like the 100,000 reactions to Groundhog Day or Pulp Fiction but you'd be wrong. Lots of great movies get no reactions, it's like heavy metal reactors, stick with Big 4, play it safe and go for the views. Glad to see this reaction, I've suggested it on dozens of channels over the last 3 or 4 years, same with Natural Born Killers...the first YT reaction to that movie just happened a week ago.
Thanks, Shan. I've always had a soft spot for this movie and would recommend another film from the same era. The Wanderers. It's well worth a reaction.
my personal fave. Don't get me wrong, I like The Warriors but there's just something about the Wanderers I love. You actually get to know and like the characters. "Don't F* with the Wongs" lol
The film itself is structured like a baseball game. They must "homerun" without being "eliminated". The subway stations are the bases and Coney is home plate. I watched this classic dozens of times since i was a little kid. One cult scene after the other. Nighttime '70s NY atmosphere is frightning but also exciting and mysterious. It's a parallel universe. Normal people almost doesn't exist (except that great scene when the prom kids fall silent sitting across a dirty and wasted Mercy, she tries to fix her hair but Swan grabs the hand and stops her in an act of pride, without lower his gaze even for a moment). Swan is a badass epic one-liner machine, James Remar in his youth was already a talent, just like in his brief scene with Al Pacino on Cruising.
Three things.. 1) Have those illustrated transition panels & the mini intro monologue always been there ? They seem really unfamiliar. 2) If you are interested in delving into the movie's universe to find out more about the gangs & their turf etc... or just fancy experiencing the feeling of roaming the late 70s streets of NYC - cracking some heads - There's The Warriors video game 'Rockstar' made for the PS2 ( i think it uses their Grand Theft Auto San Andreas game engine or similar ) No idea if it holds up today, but when I had it - I remember thinking they'd captured the atmosphere & tone of the film. 3) Keep doing the reactions - love your James Bond ones especially.
I remember watching this in the theatres when it came out. There was so many memorable lines. For instance " Warriors , come out and play " - " Can you dig it ??!! "
Thank you for doing this movie I watched this movie when it was released with a few other 16-18 year old teenage boys.It was truly a teenage male fantasy, staying out all night running from the cops, fighting other groups of boys.It really added a feeling of Danger at least until we exited the theater and realized we were still in Northern Minnesota in the winter (not much gang activity going on at that place and time).
David Patrick Kelly did not get enough credit for bringing that "Warriors, come out to play" genius line, that even today is still used and remembered. This was the icing on the cake; it is also sad that he did not participate to any of the Warriors reunions. Nobody ever gave an explanation as to why he avoided them entirely. It was said that during the shooting of the movie, he avoided socializing with the other actors, to keep "in character", and cultivate his "acting hatred and craziness". This guy was just as important to the movie success as Swan. I saw the movie in Europe in 1980. After seeing it, I decided to go to New-York, and visited Coney Island and the Stauch Baths location where the Warriors graffiti was still visible, and before the location was taken down. I went underneath the board walk, at the exact place where one of the scene was shot, before the ending of the movie. It was in 1983. I will never forget that the Warriors is the movie that game me the urge to visit New-York.
This movie was a massive influence on the development of 2-d arcade and console beat-em-up action games like Double Dragon and all beat-em-ups that followed such as Bad Dudes, Final Fight, Streets of Rage, etc etc the whole genre pretty much
Ajax was played by James Remar. He's had a very successful film and television career. As for Walter Hill, I like his films. He's like John Ford in a way, character-driven movies using common people encountering/overcoming uncommon situations. Streets of Fire is another Waler Hill film to check out, especially with a young Diane Lane and Willem Dafoe. (And Michael Pare playing tough guy Tom Cody, Please to meet you....)
Another underrated gem from director Walter Hill that is worth watching is the siege film “Trespass” (1992). Not only does this film mark the only time that rappers-turned-actors Ice-T and Ice Cube have shared the big screen, but it's also a kickass action flick (replete with plenty of gun battles and explosions) in which the late great Bill Paxton and the equally great William Sadler star as firemen who run afoul of a gang when searching for treasure in an abandoned building. A pre-Back to the Future Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale wrote the script for this in the 70s and it shows; Trespass is just the kind of lean and mean action thriller (populated by character actors, no less) that was commonplace during that decade. If you liked Hill’s earlier efforts like “The Warriors” and “48HRS”, you’ll surely enjoy this one.
Walter Hills 'The Long Riders' is an interesting movie you might like to react to. It is a good 80's western and what always stood out to me was it's use of slow-mo and sound editing in the action scenes, 20 years before The Matrix was released, making it a spiritual father to bullet time in my opinion.
Sam Peckinpah is more likely the originator of the extensive use of slow-mo in gunfights though. His style inspired future filmmakers like John Woo. The Wild Bunch released long before The Long Riders.
@@alexandrem798 I never claimed Walter Hill was the originator of slow-mo in gunfights but The Long Riders is a clear precursor to me to what would become bullet time. There is definitely a through line going back to Peckinpah and The Wild Bunch. But Shan mentioned only having seen 48 Hours from Hill and his Long Riders is a noteworthy step in the development of stylistic depictions of violence so I wanted to highlight that.
I love Walter Hill movies! My favorite Hill movies are, of course "The Warriors" and "Streets of Fire", "48 Hrs.", "The Long Riders", "Southern Comfort", "Extreme Prejudice", "Red Heat", "Johnny Handsome", "Crossroads".
Important to know the time period this movie came out - 70s/early 80s, at the height of American urban decay, disorder and relentless crime. Movies about lawless dystopian near-futures and vigilantes were all the rage. Dirty Harry, Paul Kersey and the Punisher all came out during this time. The Warriors is highly stylized - the depictions of the gangs and their matching outfits are kind of goofy, and as someone who grew up in Coney Island when this movie came out I can say definitively that there were no white boys in that hood. The warriors as a multi-cultural united colors of Benneton gang was funny back then, and its funny now. Still the movie is a blast and a great product of its time.
more fun facts; the aggressive Warrior Ajax was in 48 Hours as were a few other actors in this movie, including the guy who shot Cyrus, he played Luther in 48 Hours, one of the cops was also in 48 Hours as Punky Brewster. Another fun fact, the guy who played Cyrus was a last minute fill in, as the original choice who was a real gang member, disappeared the night before shooting began. Real gangs were in that big meeting, as were real undercover cops who kept an eye on them. Marcy, the chick who took off with the Warriors broke her wrist while filiming one of the scenes so production crew gave her a jacket to cover it up. The last song played in the movie that you said you recognize is "In The City" by Joe Walsh. Like somebody already mentioned, Thomas Waites who played Fox, the one thrown onto the subway tracks was fired as he was obnoxious and difficult to work with on set. The gang Warriors were based on a real gang in NYC and the truce between the gangs was based on a true story from NYC that took place in 1971. Tony Danza was originally cast to play Vermin, the guy with the curly hair on the Warriors. The budget was somewhere between $250,000 - $300,000. The comicbook cut out was not in the original movie, it was only in the directors cut put out in 2006.
The only shame is that you watched the Director's Cut. Those comic book inserts really ruined a few great moments and kind of took away from the immersion into that terrible time in New York City.
I like both versions, tbh. I don't object to the inserts; I think they add to the comic-book feel overall, but I also agree that the original has an atmosphere which keeps the tension going better.
@@thomasknash - That is the absolute number one reason I recommend anyone watch the regular version instead. The Director's Cut utterly ruined that frightening and great tense moment just terribly. Such a questionable choice.
my dad introduced me to this movie when I was in high school in the mid/late 90's..it was pretty awesome so I showed it to all my friends and they thought it was great too..that was the original version.. currently I have the director's cut on DVD and it has this comic book stuff in it and I can say it cheapens it tremendously..and I'm an on/off comic collector..
Yeah, the girl (from the Orphans) feels self-conscious and starts fiddling with her hair, and the main Warriors guy stops her. That's when they first bonded, I think.
10:32 It was his reading of this scene, which got James Remar the part. If I recall, he handcuffed himself to a chair, and scared the casting crew so much with his intensity, that they hired him 👍👍👍👍
I’d just looked at three reactions to Joe Walsh’s In The City and was reminded of this film that was released in my teen years. I remember it was scrutinized as somewhat controversial at the time. Now I want to watch it again. Always enjoy your reactions.
A lot of these scenes, especially at the beginning, were filmed where I grew up in The Bronx. It doesn't look like this anymore, lol, but it is nice to see the old neighborhood.
Saw this in the theatre as a young lad. First movie I ever saw that had hard swearing in it. It was a kind of coming of age moment. I loved it then, and appreciate it more now for it's brilliant camp.
Great Reaction, one of my guilty pleasure movies this one. You should check out Romper Stomper, it's Russell Crowe's breakout movie that not many outside of Australia know about but was massive here in Australia. Gang violence in Melbourne, Australia, that's all I'll say, great movie and stellar acting.
It's imperfect but it's a cult classic, loved the music in this as well. It god a fairly successful video game adaptation, and a comic set after the story where they bust Ajax out. The film had a lot of stuff that other media parodied as well; mainly the Baseball Furies and 'Warriors, come out to Play-ay', Simpsons did a full episode parodying it with Bully gangs
Now onto The Wanderers. That has a classic soundtrack. Pretty good movie and is about gangs in American schools in the 80’s, I believe. Also, someone mentioned in the comments about “Romper Stomper”. As an Aussie that movie is a hard watch. It is a classic but it is not a true reflection of Australia. And the soundtrack is extremely unique. I’ve never heard a soundtrack like that in a movie. Perhaps Russell Crowes greatest performance?
Great film, and hugely influential. The gangs with their distinct looks are all over videogames from the 80s and beyond, and the film itself got its own adaptation from Rockstar which does a great job of both following the movie and expanding upon it. Definitely worth digging up if you've got a PS2 or original Xbox to hand. Those comic book panels though, Comic Sans and all, I think they were a bit misjudged and it's a real shame that it's so hard to find a copy without the 2005 additions.
I was certain there was a third release and somehow completely forgot about the PSP version, as well as the PS4 re-release. Must’ve just thought “eh, it’s licensed so it’ll never show up again” but I’m very happy to be wrong on that!
And, to be honest, Ajax flipping the bird to a bus full of bald-headed psychos, armed with two-by-fours, was the _real_ bad idea! Outrunning a bus _overloaded_ with bald-headed psychos was simply the smarter of two unpleasant alternatives.
Shan when U saw them running thru Central Park, U saw Ajax slap the Cowboy 3 times in the ass while they were running thru the park. Take a very close look at Ajax right hand. It's funny. This was a culture movie that really didn't make it to long in the movie theatres. They would call it a B-type movie that now it's an icon movie. They can never do another Warriors movie. It will never be the same. The Soundtrack is bad ass, especially in the intro of the movie & the running thru the park with the Furies. The guy that shot Cyrus, in the movie he was called Luther, well it's funny because in the 48hrs movie he was also there with James Remar who played Ajax, n he was also called Luther. U need to react to 48hrs with Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte & James Remar who plays the bad guy. Thanks for ur reaction.
if you do end up picking up the book, prepare yourself, its dark and depressing, it sets up the atmosphere amazingly and shows a mindset of the characters you follow, also the gang in the book is called the Coney island dominators instead of the dominators (they reused the gang name in the ps2/xbox game for a rival gang of the warriors)
This a great cult classic that didn't so well at the box office but later became a midnight jewel. Another great older movie is Colossus: The Forbin Project from 1970, I think you'd enjoy it.
Walter Hill asked actor David Patrick Kelly who played Luthor for that ending scene and needed something extra from him. David said he was inspired by that scene when he lived in a sketchy neighborhood and his neighbor used to call out to him like that.
Shan great review and a great movie pick. Could I recommend Sorcerer from 1977? It is a film by William Friedkin and a remake of a French classic. It would make a really good review for you and I think you would enjoy it.
Concerning The Warriors. The comic book panels were added for the director's cut. The movies has very little to do with the book. The idea: big meeting, leader gets shot the gang has to get home. That is it. The fights and Mercy were added for the film. The novel itself was based on a Greek classic Anabasis, thus the opening comic book panel and the big leader being named Cyrus.
Ajax, the guy arrested in the park, is James Remar. He's an actor with a long list of TV and movie credits, including Raiden in Mortal Kombat: Annihilation. This was his second credited role and he's still acting in his late 60's. Swan was Michael Beck, his next big movie was Xanadu which was a giant flop (not his fault). his career was slowed down afterwards. Luther, the one who shot Cyrus, was played by David Patrick Kelly. He's very memorable in the movie Commando. He's still acting in his early 70's. The DJ was Lynne Thigpen who died in 2003. She has a long list of credits in TV, including the game show Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego.
@68K David Patrick Kelly is also the cleaner in the John Wick films.
@@jackstat Luther in 48 Hrs
"Warriors. Come out to play" is iconic, and one of the better bad guys. Saw this at the theatre with the sweetest young lady, who tried to start a fight in the parking lot with strangers afterwards.
Please tell me you married that lovely gal!
Missy Elliot did it in her video
One of the most iconic improvised moments in cinema. Completely unscripted. David Patrick Kelly made up the taunt that day while they were shooting.
@@TheWaynos73 A good bad guy. I was happy to see Arnold let him go in Commando.
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Fun fact the warrior that got run over by the train was actually supposed to live but he was such a pain in the ass during filming they decided to kill him off
Yep. He was also supposed to be the "love interest" of Mercy, not Swan.
Oh no, he's watching the Director's Cut with the comic book stuff mixed in 😂😂
I hate that version, it cuts so many scenes and ruins the atmosphere and the pacing of the movie.
Luckily I have the DVD with the original version.
HORRIBLE version.
Streets of Fire (1984) is the 'spiritual sequel' Walter Hill made a few years later, which is also great. Both movies had a BIG influence on video games... especially "beat em ups" like Double Dragon, Final Fight and Streets of Rage.
I ❤'d Double Dragon in 1988 😆
Renegade arcade game. First arcade game to pick up bats and beat up your attackers. Then Double Dragon.
Streets of Fire was Awesome. I have it on Blu-ray.
James Remar would have been awesome if he was in it. He would have made a good Bomber.
This is the new version where they added comics transitions but I suggest you to watch the original version as well. It's much better in my opinion, especially the ending.
I wish he watched the original cut. I personally find this to be one of the worst director’s cuts ever.
The comic book cuts are terrible. Not only is the ending ruined but the beginning as well. So glad I have a copy of the original version
A lot of shots get fucked up. People need to watch it on Netflix to avoid that
yeah no idea what the comic transitions add to it but... i don't dislike them... however.. they take away from the original experience.
This version came out in 05. Fun fact this was the director true vision but couldn't afford it because of budgets.
This movie scared a lot of people. There was related violence and rumors of it. Many theaters asked for extra police protection or brought in additional security. For movies like this though, I have to use a classic Joe Bob Briggs line, "Kudos to the director for not letting the plot get in the way of the action." :)
lmaoo no it scared YOU!! i was a little kid and it didn't scare me...u was just weak
It was very controversial in it's time.
@@GenX7119 It scared certain folk in that they thought it would promote real gang violence and exacerbate the problem of gang culture in the late 1970s. That's what Tampahop meant.
Gang bangers from NYC wanted the smoke with the actors.
It did happen in a number of cities. I remember reading about in the newspapers at the time. Because it was about gangs and fights and stuff all of the gangs in each city wanted to see this movie "about them." Without fail, two rival gangs would show up to see it at the same time (usually just at random) and fight it out for real. Theatre owners decided it wasn't worth the risk or hastle after they read the news about it and wouldn't show it.
Me and my friend were obsessed with gang movies when we were at school. The Warriors was our favourite! And Walter Hill is a fantastic director all his films are worth a look. The comic book panels here are an addition for a special edition release, and were very controversial at the time, the original theatrical cut and video did not have them and they're really not needed.
Not needed, but as another one who has long considered this a favorite, I liked seeing them here (for the first time). I'd buy the special edition.
You conpliment Hill but don’t like his Director’s cut ?
Agreed: I hated the re-release.
@@tempsitch5632 Why not? I love both Blade Runner & Apocalypse Now, yet don’t like either Ridley Scott’s or Francis Ford Coppola’s director’s cuts. Just cause you like an actor, director, band etc., that doesn’t make them completely immune to criticism. In this case it’s not even that, the OP simply didn’t like the use of the comic panels. Neither do I, but I still think Walter Hill has done some great work, including this movie.
the atmosphere in this film is what always brings me back for a rewatch
The DJ was Lynn Thigpen, also known as the Chief from the Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego television series!
You need to watch “Streets of Fire.” It’s stylistically similar to “The Warriors.”
I was thinking the same. A bit over the top cringe, but the alternate universe made them pull it off. SoF is a better movie, a lot more humorous and the music alone makes it worth the time.
Same director, too. Walter Hill.
Some of the extras at the meeting were actual gang members. The actors playing the skinhead-gang Turnball AC's all went to a café for lunch in their outfits and everybody in there were scared for real because they thought they were a real gang starting to make a fight or robbing the place. The Baseball Furies were created by Walter Hill of two things he liked - baseball and the band KISS. The "Come Out And Play-ay!" line was improvised by David Patrick Kelly and it was based on a creepy neighbour who always said "David, come out to play!" when he was a kid. Robert DeNiro was asked to play Cowboy, but turned it down, and so was Tony Danza also, but he turned it down to instead be in the TV-show Taxi.
The comic panels where not in the original cut of the movie, this is a different version which is apparently the most common version of this movie now. Yes, that is the guy from Mortal Kombat Annihilation and playing Dexter's step dad, James Remar. He also played the bad guy in 48 Hrs. There's a video game of this movie on PS2, Xbox and I guess PC, where half of the levels are a prequel story and the rest follows the movie. Some of the actors reprised/voiced their characters in the game such as Remar as Ajax, Michael Beck as Swan, Dorsey Wright as Cleon, David Harris as Cochise, Thomas G. Waits as Fox and Deborah Van Valkenburgh as Mercy. Just like the movie, the game is awesome!
The film is based on Sol Yurick's 1965 novel The Warriors, which was, in turn, based on Xenophon's Anabasis (Greece 370 BC), in the book the gang is called The Dominators.
Definition of a cult classic. Being from NYC, I remember dressing up as a Fury for Halloween when this came out.
I was in high school and worked for the local theater corporation when this film came out. The employees were warned that the movie had inspired violence and authorities felt that it should be banned. Most of those reports were publicity stunts that hyped the opening of the film. But, the concept of a unification of city gangs was a legitimate fear of law enforcement at the time. I'm glad you dug this old film out of mothballs Shan. Thanks for the review.
I love this movie. I'm so happy someone decided to react to it. I'm even happier that it was you(Shan) who did it. I love your reactions and can't wait to see what comes next. Best of luck Shan, you always do amazing reactions.
Thank you so much :)
The character of Fox was killed off because of tensions between actor Thomas Waites and director Walter Hill.
The last few cuts in which Fox appears were filmed from angles that would not reveal his face, as the crew member brought in as a replacement-just to be killed off-didn’t *remotely* approximate Waites’ appearance.
Hill’s hasty decision to kill off Fox so angered him-as, presumably, did also the clandestine, slapdash filming of the scene-that Waites demanded that his name be omitted from the credits.
The original theater cut hits harder - the comic transitions break the pace and the surreal immersion. I remember when this was one of the must-see flicks of the midnight movie scene back in the 80's. The work is a great nod to Xenophon but is better without spelling it out in the opening scene.
I'm almost 100% sure that Retoscoping and the comic book appearance between scenes has been added within the last 20 yrs. I recall seeing this movie on many occasions and not remember it.
Yeah, they aren't in the original.
Walter Hill gave the film the “Lucas treatment”.
The Warriors came out when I was in high school. Been favorite ever since. Terrific casting, wardrobe, and locations. Solid performances. Many of the actors worked in theater and were stage trained. Great soundtrack. I can dig it!
Great review! And Walter Hill, right from the start, had a great run: Hard Times (1975) The Driver (1978) The Warriors, then the outstanding The Long Riders and especially Southern Comfort (both 1981) and 48 Hours. He always made interesting choices, directing comedies (Brewster's Millions, 1985) or fantasy (Crossroads, 1986.) And let's not forget he was the executive producer of the HBO series Tales From The Crypt!
Hard Times one of Bronson’s best I remember my brother took me to see it at the theater, excellent and The Long Riders also, hopefully Shan can work those in !
Of note, this version is the directors cut, and the comic book panels were added for the DVD release if I am not mistaken, and a lot of the editing was changed from the original release.
I remember being sick and staying home from school. I slept most of the afternoon and I woke up and turn on the tv just in time for this movie to start. It was great and I actually started to feel better watching it.
I was in junior high when this came out. There were a lot of cities in the US that banned this movie, because there were gang fights outside of theaters showing it...whether those fights actually happened or not, the closures were real. The last thing the authorities wanted, was a real version of a Cyrus, locally or nationwide.
My older brotehr was in high school when this film came out and as I remember it it really resonated with him and his athlete friends .
Holy smokes an all time classic I saw at the theater and still holds up in my opinion and Walter Hill has written directed or produced some of my favorites and you rarely hear about him , thanks Shan!
Couldn't agree more!
"Can...you..dig..it!?" Great line from this movie! Mt dad saw this and said it was a pretty cool movie, about a street gang, framed for a crime they didn't commit, try to fight other street gangs in order to get to their home in Coney Island.
the actor who played Luther in 48 Hours is the one who shoots Cyrus. his trick with the bottles and the accompanying dialog is iconic in movie lore.
He plays the protagonist in the 1984 movie "Dreamscape" as well, and he is even creepier in that!
You can’t forget his role in Commando either.
I remember this film well. I was 20 years old on its release in 1979. I saw it at the flicks with a bunch of friends. We were all into 1950s rock’n’roll so, even though this was a modern movie, it was reasonably enjoyable although by no means a work of cinema class.
However, in the same year (1979) another gang-style movie was released, which better satisfied our 1950s/60s fascination. This was “THE WANDERERS”. In my opinion, this was a far superior film which also had the bonus of an 1950s/60s soundtrack, with original early 1960s songs and a humorous/comedy flavour to it.
David Patrick Kelly (Luther) is probably my favorite of the actors in this film. He shot Cyrus, and had the line, "Warriors...come out and play-ayyyy". He did 'Commando' with Schwarzeneggar, Spike Lee's 'Crooklyn', 'The Crow' with the late Brandon Lee, and 'DreamScape' with Dennis Quaid, Kate Capshaw, & Max Von Sydow. He is a charcter actor who crosses the lines of film, tv and theater all the time. One of my favorite performances of his was in a staged version of Shakespeare's 'Twelfth Night' at Lincoln Center that was recorded for public television. The production starred Paul Rudd (Orsino), Helen Hunt (Viola), and Kelly as Feste the clown. In the show he played the mandolin and sang.
Michael Beck (Swan) is a character actor and audiobook reader (he read some of John Grisham's legal thrillers). He also was in one of the biggest box-office flops shortly after he made this. He played Sonny Malone in the movie musical 'Xanadu' sharing the screen with Olivia Newton-John and the legendary Gene Kelly (in Kelly's final film appearance). He even danced with Kelly and Olivia during the song "All Around The World" performed by Electric Light Orchestra. 'Xanadu' is in many ways not a great movie, but it is a cult movie I dearly love because it is so fun and infectious with an amazing musical score of songs performed mainly by Olivia & ELO. Another movie Beck showed up in that was pretty bad that I love was Hal Needham's 'MegaForce' with Barry Bostwick, Persis Khambatta, and Henry Silva. He played the second in command of MegaForce named Dallas.
Deborah Van Valkenburg (Mercy) after this movie mainly did an 80s sitcom with Ted Knight called 'Too Close For Comfort' but appeared in another Walter Hill film, the musical fantasia 'Streets of Fire' with Michael Pare, Diane Lane, and Willem Dafoe.
The actor you first recognized was James Remar who played Ajax. Hands down the most successful of the actors in this. He is one of those "aren't you that guy who was in that film/tv show?: because he seems to be in everything! One look at his IMDb and your mind gets blown at how many things he's done...including cartoon voice work.
I have always loved this movie. It's not great, but its fun and has a really cool vibe. Can you dig it? Yeah, I do!
You forgot Lynn Thigpen as the DJ, more famous for being the Chief on Where in the World is Carmen Sandiego!
@@Kladyos You're right!
My dad had us watch this movie when we were kids. Some of my sisters even dressed up as the baseball gang for Halloween when they were teens, lol. Love this movie😎😎😎
This movie has one of the best intros. When the music kicks in it just keeps you going. The dark, empty streets, fluorescent lights and surrounding filth create an unforgettable heavy atmosphere and strong vibe of danger, roughness and alienation. That is "The Warriors" main strength.
I wasnt even a teenager when this came out. I was barely a teenager by the time I had seen it. (This b4 the days when u could rent movies btw... VCR/ VHS were years away from being invented.) Of course, me n my older brother and EVERYONE of our friends loved it... the "Warriors come out to play....."...along with the clanking of the beer bottles was a classic catchphrase throughout our teenage years... (apparently the clanking of the beer bottles was ad-libbed by the actor who did it... so I've heard... At any rate, ice seen it a couple more times since becoming an adult and of course, it wasn't nearly as good as my young teenager memory recalled... but still enjoyable... Definitely one of the favorite movies of most every teenage boy in the 80's...
Now that's a real great action classic.
1979 was a great year for Walter Hill. Not just because The Warriors, also he was the producer and wrote the final draft of the script the Sci-Fi Horror masterpice ALIEN with David Giler.
Saw the theatre release and walked straight out into a record shop and bought the soundtrack album. I have the film in my collection, and I use "Baseball Furies Chase" to accompany my exercise warm-up to this day.
I saw this at a drive-in with my girl friend on a double date. What made this movie cool for us back then was that the protagonists were all young and not the usual Clint Eastwood Charlton Heston aged leads. Very much like the type of Anime heroes I'd see several years later.
The song at the end is In The City by the great Joe Walsh. The Warriors is fun. So many careers got started with this movie. The bit where David Patrick Kelly is clinking the bottles and calling out for the Warriors to come out and play is just a classic bit.
Aww, I liked the interaction between the warriors leader & the girl with the prom kids on the train. Especially when he stopped her from fixing herself up. Oh well...
This is one of my favorite movies from my childhood. I was 14 years old and I thought it was incredible. Check out Southern Comfort from Walter Hill. It’s awesome.
That's a good one.
Damn, Shan! You're hitting some classics that no one else has! I'm really digging it! (yes, pun intended)
Please keep going down this road of being different from other channels! I love your analysis/breakdowns! I can't afford patreon, as I'm disabled and on a fixed income, but I know a lot about movies from the 60s through the 80s, because I lived it.
Edit: "Bad Boys" from 1983 has similar cinematography. That movie starred Sean Penn in his youth. "Red Dawn" from 1984 has an all star cast of young "up and comers" including Patrick Swayze, Charlie Sheen, Lea Thompson, C. Thomas Howell, Jennifer Grey, and others. "Cool Hand Luke" (1967) starred Paul Newman, George Kennedy, and Struther Martin.
Thank you John and for the recommendations too. Just so you know, you don't have to be a patron, just a like and a comment go a long way. Thank you again :)
@@shanwatchesmovies You always get a Like from me, and I have notifications turned on so I don't miss any. You're one of my favorite reaction channels, as you always give honest yet valid criticisms to the movies you watch. I had a friend back in the mid 1980s who worked at a local theater. He was always sneaking a few of us in to see the newest releases. It was a good time, even though we didn't always like the movie we saw. But for myself, I had been into special effects and movie makeup ever since I was a kid(before the original Star Wars came out). So, like you, I tend to look at how a movie is made, as much as I look for the story itself.
I have this version. A lot of good tense building parts were cut off because of the comic panels.
James Remar, who played Ajax, was the villain in 48 Hours. He also played Radan in Mortal Kombat. The leader of the Rogues was named Luther and played by David Patrick Kelly who also appeared as a weasel-like bad guy in the Schwarzenegger movie Commando.
My father translated the ancient epic in greek class when he was a child. I saw the movie with my neighbours as a child.
Superb choice of movie. Thanks for doing great movies that not many other people do.
Been a superb choice if he didn’t watch the director’s cut.
One of my favorite Walter Hill movies is an edge of your seat movie called "Southern Comfort". In that one, Walter puts a group of soldiers in a situation where they have to fight to stay alive.
James Remar was the actor you recognized. He was Raiden in Mortal Kombat Annihilation and in countless movies and TV shows. The villain is a young David Patrick Kelly you may recognize him as T- Bird from The Crow and he's in Twin Peaks and, like Remar, in countless movies and shows. That bathroom action set piece is a personal favorite. Colorful characters, fantastic editing, and a style that shows its time and is yet timeless.
Such a cult classic I am glad to see someone react to it. Thank you for having such an open mind to watch and react to a movie that is not on the main stream radar but oh so worth the watch. I love how Dee Snyder played tribute to this movie with his opening to "Come Out And Play". Instead of "Warriors" he said "Twisted sister" but such a class act to do.
You're the first I've seen react to this. It's one of my favorite movies of all time.
Thank you, I really try and diversify my film choices man!
@@shanwatchesmovies You're doing a great job Shan. I try to watch all of your reactions and most of them are movies I've never seen. Always good picks.
@@ZaveAres HEAR! HEAR!
"Rembrandt" (The Warriors' tag artist) was also the parking garage attendant in "48 HRS."
I loved this movie. Michael Beck. James Remar. Mercedes Ruhl. David Patrick Kelley. A fantasy of gangland without drugs or crime or reality.
I love Walter Hill movies! The Driver, Hard Times,48 hours,Extreme Prejudice, Last Man Standing, Undisputed, Johnny Handsome....
Matthew Dunham + dont forget Southern Comfort , Streets of Fire , Red Heat , Bullet to the Head & The Long Riders to name a few more..
You're the second YT channel to do a reaction to this movie. You would think there would be more like the 100,000 reactions to Groundhog Day or Pulp Fiction but you'd be wrong. Lots of great movies get no reactions, it's like heavy metal reactors, stick with Big 4, play it safe and go for the views. Glad to see this reaction, I've suggested it on dozens of channels over the last 3 or 4 years, same with Natural Born Killers...the first YT reaction to that movie just happened a week ago.
Thanks, Shan. I've always had a soft spot for this movie and would recommend another film from the same era. The Wanderers. It's well worth a reaction.
I'll check it out!
Yes! The Wanderers is a great choice for a movie. I'd nearly forgotten about it. Lol
my personal fave. Don't get me wrong, I like The Warriors but there's just something about the Wanderers I love. You actually get to know and like the characters. "Don't F* with the Wongs" lol
+1
The Wanderers is a far better level of production, if a slightly more nostalgic look at things.
The film itself is structured like a baseball game. They must "homerun" without being "eliminated". The subway stations are the bases and Coney is home plate.
I watched this classic dozens of times since i was a little kid. One cult scene after the other. Nighttime '70s NY atmosphere is frightning but also exciting and mysterious. It's a parallel universe. Normal people almost doesn't exist (except that great scene when the prom kids fall silent sitting across a dirty and wasted Mercy, she tries to fix her hair but Swan grabs the hand and stops her in an act of pride, without lower his gaze even for a moment).
Swan is a badass epic one-liner machine, James Remar in his youth was already a talent, just like in his brief scene with Al Pacino on Cruising.
The tune playing during the ending credits is by Joe Walsh (Of Eagles and James Gang fame). The tune is titled "In The City."
Three things..
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Have those illustrated transition panels & the mini intro monologue always been there ? They seem really unfamiliar.
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If you are interested in delving into the movie's universe to find out more about the gangs & their turf etc... or just fancy experiencing the feeling of roaming the late 70s streets of NYC - cracking some heads - There's The Warriors video game 'Rockstar' made for the PS2 ( i think it uses their Grand Theft Auto San Andreas game engine or similar )
No idea if it holds up today, but when I had it - I remember thinking they'd captured the atmosphere & tone of the film.
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Keep doing the reactions - love your James Bond ones especially.
I was 18 when my cousins and I saw this. We got so hyped up. I spent months learning how to spin a bat.
I remember watching this in the theatres when it came out. There was so many memorable lines. For instance " Warriors , come out and play " - " Can you dig it ??!! "
I grew up with this movie and watch it every year the soundtrack and costume design is almost 70s to 80s horror which is my favorite genre
Thank you for doing this movie I watched this movie when it was released with a few other 16-18 year old teenage boys.It was truly a teenage male fantasy, staying out all night running from the cops, fighting other groups of boys.It really added a feeling of Danger at least until we exited the theater and realized we were still in Northern Minnesota in the winter (not much gang activity going on at that place and time).
David Patrick Kelly did not get enough credit for bringing that "Warriors, come out to play" genius line, that even today is still used and remembered. This was the icing on the cake;
it is also sad that he did not participate to any of the Warriors reunions. Nobody ever gave an explanation as to why he avoided them entirely.
It was said that during the shooting of the movie, he avoided socializing with the other actors, to keep "in character", and cultivate his "acting hatred and craziness". This guy was just as important to the movie success as Swan.
I saw the movie in Europe in 1980. After seeing it, I decided to go to New-York, and visited Coney Island and the Stauch Baths location where the Warriors graffiti was still visible, and before the location was taken down. I went underneath the board walk, at the exact place where one of the scene was shot, before the ending of the movie. It was in 1983.
I will never forget that the Warriors is the movie that game me the urge to visit New-York.
This movie was a massive influence on the development of 2-d arcade and console beat-em-up action games like Double Dragon and all beat-em-ups that followed such as Bad Dudes, Final Fight, Streets of Rage, etc etc the whole genre pretty much
Another classic. Rather watch this 10 times than anything Hollywood is putting out today. Your reviews are a joy!
I remember seeing this at the drive in when I was a kid back in the day.
Ajax was played by James Remar. He's had a very successful film and television career. As for Walter Hill, I like his films. He's like John Ford in a way, character-driven movies using common people encountering/overcoming uncommon situations. Streets of Fire is another Waler Hill film to check out, especially with a young Diane Lane and Willem Dafoe. (And Michael Pare playing tough guy Tom Cody, Please to meet you....)
Another underrated gem from director Walter Hill that is worth watching is the siege film “Trespass” (1992). Not only does this film mark the only time that rappers-turned-actors Ice-T and Ice Cube have shared the big screen, but it's also a kickass action flick (replete with plenty of gun battles and explosions) in which the late great Bill Paxton and the equally great William Sadler star as firemen who run afoul of a gang when searching for treasure in an abandoned building. A pre-Back to the Future Robert Zemeckis & Bob Gale wrote the script for this in the 70s and it shows; Trespass is just the kind of lean and mean action thriller (populated by character actors, no less) that was commonplace during that decade. If you liked Hill’s earlier efforts like “The Warriors” and “48HRS”, you’ll surely enjoy this one.
I was curious about that park in the opening scene, according to IMDB, the park is IN Coney Island, so they really didn't have far to travel.
Walter Hills 'The Long Riders' is an interesting movie you might like to react to. It is a good 80's western and what always stood out to me was it's use of slow-mo and sound editing in the action scenes, 20 years before The Matrix was released, making it a spiritual father to bullet time in my opinion.
Sam Peckinpah is more likely the originator of the extensive use of slow-mo in gunfights though. His style inspired future filmmakers like John Woo. The Wild Bunch released long before The Long Riders.
@@alexandrem798 I never claimed Walter Hill was the originator of slow-mo in gunfights but The Long Riders is a clear precursor to me to what would become bullet time. There is definitely a through line going back to Peckinpah and The Wild Bunch.
But Shan mentioned only having seen 48 Hours from Hill and his Long Riders is a noteworthy step in the development of stylistic depictions of violence so I wanted to highlight that.
oh man this is such a classic from my youth. Kids dressed as the baseball furies for Halloween lol
I love Walter Hill movies! My favorite Hill movies are, of course "The Warriors" and "Streets of Fire", "48 Hrs.", "The Long Riders", "Southern Comfort", "Extreme Prejudice", "Red Heat", "Johnny Handsome", "Crossroads".
Important to know the time period this movie came out - 70s/early 80s, at the height of American urban decay, disorder and relentless crime. Movies about lawless dystopian near-futures and vigilantes were all the rage. Dirty Harry, Paul Kersey and the Punisher all came out during this time.
The Warriors is highly stylized - the depictions of the gangs and their matching outfits are kind of goofy, and as someone who grew up in Coney Island when this movie came out I can say definitively that there were no white boys in that hood. The warriors as a multi-cultural united colors of Benneton gang was funny back then, and its funny now.
Still the movie is a blast and a great product of its time.
The comic book style was added on the re-release and the original is hard to find now. People are definitely split on the change.
FYI the DJ lady is the same one that played the lead detective in Where in the worl is Carmen San Diego and she played in Lean On Me
more fun facts; the aggressive Warrior Ajax was in 48 Hours as were a few other actors in this movie, including the guy who shot Cyrus, he played Luther in 48 Hours, one of the cops was also in 48 Hours as Punky Brewster.
Another fun fact, the guy who played Cyrus was a last minute fill in, as the original choice who was a real gang member, disappeared the night before shooting began.
Real gangs were in that big meeting, as were real undercover cops who kept an eye on them.
Marcy, the chick who took off with the Warriors broke her wrist while filiming one of the scenes so production crew gave her a jacket to cover it up.
The last song played in the movie that you said you recognize is "In The City" by Joe Walsh. Like somebody already mentioned, Thomas Waites who played Fox, the one thrown onto the subway tracks was fired as he was obnoxious and difficult to work with on set.
The gang Warriors were based on a real gang in NYC and the truce between the gangs was based on a true story from NYC that took place in 1971.
Tony Danza was originally cast to play Vermin, the guy with the curly hair on the Warriors.
The budget was somewhere between $250,000 - $300,000.
The comicbook cut out was not in the original movie, it was only in the directors cut put out in 2006.
The only shame is that you watched the Director's Cut. Those comic book inserts really ruined a few great moments and kind of took away from the immersion into that terrible time in New York City.
...so that's why I dont remember the comic book inserts. Lol
I like both versions, tbh. I don't object to the inserts; I think they add to the comic-book feel overall, but I also agree that the original has an atmosphere which keeps the tension going better.
Yeah I despise the director’s cut. I think it destroys the tension when the Warriors encounters the Furies.
@@thomasknash - That is the absolute number one reason I recommend anyone watch the regular version instead. The Director's Cut utterly ruined that frightening and great tense moment just terribly. Such a questionable choice.
Feels like "A Clockwork Orange" turned into a comic book serial about all the gangs in NYC. I need to re-watch "The Warriors".
my dad introduced me to this movie when I was in high school in the mid/late 90's..it was pretty awesome so I showed it to all my friends and they thought it was great too..that was the original version..
currently I have the director's cut on DVD and it has this comic book stuff in it and I can say it cheapens it tremendously..and I'm an on/off comic collector..
Ah man, the scene on the train with the rich kids sitting opposite was a great scene - you should have showed it.
Yeah, the girl (from the Orphans) feels self-conscious and starts fiddling with her hair, and the main Warriors guy stops her. That's when they first bonded, I think.
10:32 It was his reading of this scene, which got James Remar the part. If I recall, he handcuffed himself to a chair, and scared the casting crew so much with his intensity, that they hired him 👍👍👍👍
I’d just looked at three reactions to Joe Walsh’s In The City and was reminded of this film that was released in my teen years. I remember it was scrutinized as somewhat controversial at the time. Now I want to watch it again. Always enjoy your reactions.
A lot of these scenes, especially at the beginning, were filmed where I grew up in The Bronx. It doesn't look like this anymore, lol, but it is nice to see the old neighborhood.
Saw this in the theatre as a young lad. First movie I ever saw that had hard swearing in it. It was a kind of coming of age moment. I loved it then, and appreciate it more now for it's brilliant camp.
Streets of Fire (1984) w/ Willem DaFoe and The Long Riders (1980) w/ everybody and his brother are two of my other favorite Walter Hill films.
Great Reaction, one of my guilty pleasure movies this one. You should check out Romper Stomper, it's Russell Crowe's breakout movie that not many outside of Australia know about but was massive here in Australia. Gang violence in Melbourne, Australia, that's all I'll say, great movie and stellar acting.
It's imperfect but it's a cult classic, loved the music in this as well. It god a fairly successful video game adaptation, and a comic set after the story where they bust Ajax out. The film had a lot of stuff that other media parodied as well; mainly the Baseball Furies and 'Warriors, come out to Play-ay', Simpsons did a full episode parodying it with Bully gangs
You are finally watching the Warriors!! I've requested this over a yr ago!!!
Hope you enjoyed it!
Now onto The Wanderers. That has a classic soundtrack. Pretty good movie and is about gangs in American schools in the 80’s, I believe.
Also, someone mentioned in the comments about “Romper Stomper”. As an Aussie that movie is a hard watch. It is a classic but it is not a true reflection of Australia. And the soundtrack is extremely unique. I’ve never heard a soundtrack like that in a movie. Perhaps Russell Crowes greatest performance?
Great film, and hugely influential. The gangs with their distinct looks are all over videogames from the 80s and beyond, and the film itself got its own adaptation from Rockstar which does a great job of both following the movie and expanding upon it. Definitely worth digging up if you've got a PS2 or original Xbox to hand.
Those comic book panels though, Comic Sans and all, I think they were a bit misjudged and it's a real shame that it's so hard to find a copy without the 2005 additions.
It's also on the PSP, looks awesome on the small screen.
I think there is a $10 digital version for slightly more recent consoles.
I was certain there was a third release and somehow completely forgot about the PSP version, as well as the PS4 re-release. Must’ve just thought “eh, it’s licensed so it’ll never show up again” but I’m very happy to be wrong on that!
The game was my introduction to the movie
🤘good reaction this is one of my childhood favorites. Another is Assault on Precient 13 . The original didn't have that comic book
Water Hill's Streets of Fire is one of my favorites
The Riffs named themselves after a North African tribe who gave the French Foreign Legion quite a hard time back in the early 20th century.
And, to be honest, Ajax flipping the bird to a bus full of bald-headed psychos, armed with two-by-fours, was the _real_ bad idea! Outrunning a bus _overloaded_ with bald-headed psychos was simply the smarter of two unpleasant alternatives.
Shan when U saw them running thru Central Park, U saw Ajax slap the Cowboy 3 times in the ass while they were running thru the park. Take a very close look at Ajax right hand. It's funny. This was a culture movie that really didn't make it to long in the movie theatres. They would call it a B-type movie that now it's an icon movie. They can never do another Warriors movie. It will never be the same. The Soundtrack is bad ass, especially in the intro of the movie & the running thru the park with the Furies. The guy that shot Cyrus, in the movie he was called Luther, well it's funny because in the 48hrs movie he was also there with James Remar who played Ajax, n he was also called Luther. U need to react to 48hrs with Eddie Murphy, Nick Nolte & James Remar who plays the bad guy. Thanks for ur reaction.
if you do end up picking up the book, prepare yourself, its dark and depressing, it sets up the atmosphere amazingly and shows a mindset of the characters you follow, also the gang in the book is called the Coney island dominators instead of the dominators (they reused the gang name in the ps2/xbox game for a rival gang of the warriors)
I remember this was the first movie I saw in the theater I was a young teenager and a gang when we went to watch this
Me and my friends became obsessed with this film when we first saw it in the early 00s and it's still in my top 10
another great movie by the same director is Streets of Fire, ( 1984 ) with a young Diane Lane and Rick Moranis and Williem Defoe!
This a great cult classic that didn't so well at the box office but later became a midnight jewel. Another great older movie is Colossus: The Forbin Project from 1970, I think you'd enjoy it.