Warr-i-ors, come out to play-yay!

[MrScorpio]

"Can you dig it?"






"Clink-clink!"

[Corvo Bianco]

1. What is this

I hope random nothings meant to work me into a frenzy.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

2. The last ride!

[Ron Obvious]

3. A much underrated movie!

Just like The Wanderers which came out around the same time.

I have to admit that when I first saw it, all the different gangs looked badass, whereas now I think they look a bit...... silly.

[Afromania]

4. Lynne Thigpen, that is all.

[DarthDem]

5. Liked Her as a Judge on Law & Order and as the D.A. on L.A. Law

She recurred many times on both shows, as I recall. Both shows were good about not expecting us to believe that Los Angeles County has one or two sitting judges and one DA who tries everything.

[sl8]

6. "... Now for that group out there that had such a hard time getting home, sorry about that. ...

I guess the only thing we can do is play you a song."

[sl8]

7. The movie was based on the novel of same name, which was, in turn, based on Xenophon's 'Anabasis'.

None of which I knew until ten minutes ago.

Thanks, Wikipedia.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Warriors_(film)

[Aristus]

8. Loose adaptation of an old Greek legend.

Filmed in the hellscape of 1970's New York City.

Hollywood prettyboys as gang members.

A Clockwork Orange baseball team.

A stereotypical 'scary black man in sunglasses.'

And a 'Greek chorus' consisting of a sinister radio DJ.

It shouldn't have worked. It ought to have been laughed off the screen.

And yet, appealing actors and a deft, surreal directorial touch made it a nail-biting, must-see (again and again) flick.

I'll never forget the first time I saw it. I was knocked out of my seat.