If you are looking for a movie with tons of action, the kind of which you see in the Arnold and Stallone movies, then this movie is not for you. Many a times we really enjoy these movies where there is not a trace of realism and all that is shown is one man tearing apart a complete army. Of course, the other extreme of movies is where everything is realistic and there is something called a story, plot and a climax. This movie fits neither of the categories and that is what makes this movie really special and unique.
This movie starts out with a gang meeting. A gang leader wants to unite all the gangs to form one big crime empire. No sooner has he finished delivering the speech motivating all gangsters to unite than he is shot by a gangster in the crowd. He immediately shouts out that a member of the Warriors gang did it. And now, everyone is convinced that The Warriors are to be blamed and start hunting them. This story follows the attempts of the Warriors as they try to escape from all the rival gangs and the cops as well.
Most of the movie happens in the dark of the night. And there is nothing unbelievable that happens throughout the movie. The Warriors are not super humans and quite many gang members succumb to traps of temptation and some lose their lives. The streets, stations and the alleys are all convincingly realistic. So, one thing we know about the movie is that it is not a typical action movie. It has a tone of realism. Yet this realism has its limitations. It is not meant to show you how gangs work in actuality. No. The methods of the gangs are made-up and the movie is not meant to be a documentary on gang wars.
The movie is a weird but good balance between the thematic tones of action movies and reality based movies. An enjoyable movie overall though time and now, one tends to lose interest here and there as the movie slows down a bit. A very important point about the movie worth nothing is that this movie was made in 1979 and yet there is nothing about the movie that feels outdated. The movie is really made well.
This movie starts out with a gang meeting. A gang leader wants to unite all the gangs to form one big crime empire. No sooner has he finished delivering the speech motivating all gangsters to unite than he is shot by a gangster in the crowd. He immediately shouts out that a member of the Warriors gang did it. And now, everyone is convinced that The Warriors are to be blamed and start hunting them. This story follows the attempts of the Warriors as they try to escape from all the rival gangs and the cops as well.
Most of the movie happens in the dark of the night. And there is nothing unbelievable that happens throughout the movie. The Warriors are not super humans and quite many gang members succumb to traps of temptation and some lose their lives. The streets, stations and the alleys are all convincingly realistic. So, one thing we know about the movie is that it is not a typical action movie. It has a tone of realism. Yet this realism has its limitations. It is not meant to show you how gangs work in actuality. No. The methods of the gangs are made-up and the movie is not meant to be a documentary on gang wars.
The movie is a weird but good balance between the thematic tones of action movies and reality based movies. An enjoyable movie overall though time and now, one tends to lose interest here and there as the movie slows down a bit. A very important point about the movie worth nothing is that this movie was made in 1979 and yet there is nothing about the movie that feels outdated. The movie is really made well.