The Warriors (The Ultimate Director's Cut)

Probably has attained a cult status since I first saw this film almost 30 years ago. For years, I couldn't understand the reason why I kept coming back to view this apparent stinker.It finally dawned on me that the casting is superb. There seem to be no "actors" at all in this sea of hundreds. Practically everyone is youth/ gangland NYC circa 1980. The plot is childishly simple: the Warrios have supposedly killed Cyrus, the self appointed street leader of NYC, and every gang, along with the police,is after them in an all night chase back to Coney Island, the Warriors' home turf. The word finally gets out that the Warriors are not to blame, and true justice is administered on the sands of late autumn. The gang walks away, having lost 2 members, but regaining their domain,which is all that really matters to these future fathers of inner city pride. 1

I absolutely loved this movie and the game too. This is for anybody that likes a good old fasioned fist to fist street brawl along with weapons of course.

The Warriors was a film about street gangs in New York City in the late 70's / early 80's. It certainly doesn't represent what gang life is like today. In fact, I don't think that this would properly represent what gang life was like then either. But, this is a good movie. The characters are not really believable as gang members though. This story follows a group of nine gang members from the Warrior street gang located near Coney Island in New York. A City Wide meeting has been called and each gang must send nine members of their respective gangs to this meeting. Chaos breaks out during the meeting and the warriors are blamed for the problem. Now the gang has to make it back to Coney Island alive while being hunted down by thousands of rival gang members across the city. As corny as some of the scenes are, this movie is still a classic.

My Review of the HD DVD Version of The Warriors (Ultimate D.C.)

The Best way to Breakdown the Pros & Cons of this Disc

(1) THE GOOD: The High-Definition transfer is Amazing for a film that's almost 30yr old (The cinematography, POV Shoots give more detail to this ahead of it's time cult flick. Old NY Never looked so alive!

(2)THE BAD: A direct HD Transfer from the 2nd Standard Disc Ultimate Director's Cut DVD

(3)THE UGLY: No Exclusive to Hi-Def Content?!?! PARAMOUNT has a Great back catalog of films But, seems 2 have missed the boat on adding new extras to allot of there HD DVD line-Up....

If you have the Standard DVD Version of Warriors and are a Huge fan I highly recommend replacing the old dvd to the HD Version
The HD Transfer is 10/10
The all around Complete HD Disc 9/10

Warriors is my favorite non martial arts beat down fest. Classic old school gang fights supported by a nice gritty look. The atmosphere fits so perfectly with this film. It completely captures the mood that is set and the soundtrack fits every scene.

A nice story of a gang being blamed for a murder. Now out of their element they have to bop they're way back to Coney Island from the Bronx. The film does a good job telling a story about a crew with the odds stacked against them. Every gang in the city plus the cops are after them. The fight scenes are well played with a good length to them and nothing is highly exaggerated.

This is a very fun film to me and I watch it alot. I heard the special edition is not even worth checking out. But this film is worth seeing. I think anyone who is a fan of classic brawling would enjoy this.