Do yourself a favor - if you are a fan of this film, DO NOT BUY THE ULTIMATE DIRECTOR'S CUT!!! You will regret it immediately. Animated transitions from scene to scene? The heavy handed Anabasis crap that they shoehorned into the story? Even the clarity of the images threw me off! Put it this way - two minutes into the UDC DVD, I was back on Amazon to purchase the original version. Yes - the audio has been cleaned up - so tf what? Walter Hill is one director who is clearly out of touch with the impact of his own work. It should've never been touched! This film demands its grain. It demands the classic look and feel that gave it its classic cult status. I know there are cinephiles out there who must have everything in HD, BluRay, whatever. Don't do it. Some things should stay old school.

One of my favorite movies...ON T.V.
The actual movie version was horrible with tons of horrible language!

Ce Blu ray est Free Zone ... J'ai une PS3 Europe 40G.
Avec audio Anglais 5.1 Français mono et sous-titres Français...génial

This movie is made of the win. I wish that there was more special features or that the movie was extended or something, but overall this movie is a very interesting view on a dystopian future where gangs have style, and "waste" people instead of killing them... most of the time. If you've ever seen A Clockwork Orange it's kinda like that, but more about action than psychological, and not really as intelligent, but that's okay.

This DVD came to me in very good cosmetic condition. It runs perfectly and has yet to skip once.

I'm not giving The Warriors 1 star, but this review is for the directors-cut dvd. I anticipated this release and the day it came out I bought it and invited a few friends over to watch it. I was MORTIFIED at how this thing was edited. The picture was clear, there were now comic strips edited in, and partial scenes were animated. WHAT. THE. F$@#?! I had only watched this movie on vhs and that's how I believe it should be watched-- in it's old, fuzzy, cheesy glory. This dvd is one more reason why you should never re-touch a classic. LAME.

This is truly a classic, and a great one. Some people have tried to review this movie on the basis of accuracy or reality, but that just won't do. You might as well argue how the Millenium Falcon had gravity or why good guys never get hit by bullets in action movies, etc. No, no, to fully enjoy this movie you have to surrender some sense of reality and accept this movie as is.

With that in mind, this is simply a wonderful movie. The action is intense and the characters are flavorful. Given the "cheesiness" factor, I thought the acting was great. And the lines, though many times were moronic were also unforgettable.

For example, who can forget Luther with his 3 bottles and "Warriors, come out and plaaaay".

Or Mercy "Those guys are after you".
Swan "I know they're after my a**, but now they know I know it".

Or Mercy "This is a mens room!"
Vermin "Are you kidding?!"

I mean, they're so bad they're good, you know what I mean?

Still, the other gangs were menacing and the atmosphere was good throughout the movie, backed up by good mood music. The Furies were frightening with their makeup, baseball bats and numbers, and so were the Punks in the station. The movie could have done with a few more fight scenes, the only 2 real fight scenes were the above ones.

My verdict: When I first saw this movie when it came out, it was part scary and very exciting. Over time, I've seen this movie a few more times and with today's gangs and run of the mill serial killers much more scary than their 70's counterparts this movie still has the atmosphere.

We are more wise, that's why the movie is less scary and believable and the dialog funny now, but it's a great cult classic, and that's what it is. The characters like Swan, Cochise, Ajax, Mercy, Luther, etc. are our old friends, and we watch the movie to see them say their cheesy lines or to watch the chase through the park and the station over and over again. No one should ever miss this movie.

This is a very entertaining movie, although I seriously doubt if street gangs have ever been so unintentionally humorous. Compared to the reality of what street gangs do, these gangs seem more like contestants for a reality show. That is not a slam on the movie, I believe the movie was just a sign of the times. It's a shame Michael Beck didn't get better roles after this film, although I've read that his casting in the absolute stinker "Xanadu" may have seriously derailed his career. Still, I think he's great as the impromptu leader of the representatives of the Warrior gang. Overall I think this is a fun movie. The words "fun" and "street gang" usually don't belong in the same sentence, but this movie is purely entertaining.

Some may love or hate the minor transition tweaks done to this version but it still is the great movie I always remembered seeing many years ago. I enjoyed the directors interviews as well as the comments by the original cast members as they reflect on the making of the movie.

...and probably more so than when it was first released in theaters. In this version, they made some minor adjustments when transitioning to a few scenes to where they give it a brief comic book look. When I fist saw it I was a little upset (I guess I'm sort of a purist when it comes to movies, minus visual clarity improvements), but after understanding the origin of the movie and seeing the effect a few times, I kind of liked it. The bonus features are good, especially for fans of the movie. Get it while you can.

This was an on time delivery of the product that I order. It actually came a couple of days before I anticipated which made it even better. I was giving this to someone as a gift and thought I would have to give it to them after the fact but it came before scheduled. Thank you for the prompt shipping.

Have you ever seen a movie years (decades) ago and you loved it then? Over the years the movie in your heart and mind gets even better through your memory. Then when you re-watch it years later, it's so blown out of proportion through your memory that you're let down. Not so with The Warriors. This movie is just as good as ever. The atmosphere of the movie is great. The story of survival is great. The old-school gangs are done very well. At just over an hour and a half, it's a good pick to watch when one is pressed for time. I highly recommend The Warriors. It was good in 1979 and it's still good in 2008.

This version is a sad joke.
The original movie gets 4 or 5 stars, this "ultimate directors cut" should get zero.

Here's the original: The Warriors

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.

DId not enjoy the directors cut. One of my favorite movies, but the directors cut ruined it for me. Get the ORIGINAL.

The Warriors (Walter Hill, 1979)

When I was a kid growing up in the seventies, there were three movies that defined all that was cool. Phantasm was (and still is) the essence of horror. Death Race 2000 was the epitome of the action comedy. And The Warriors was a textbook on how to make a darker action film. I watched it a few nights ago for the first time in twenty years or thereabouts, and while as an adult it's easier to see some of the shortcomings Walter Hill would develop as he gained experience, there's still no denying that The Warriors is, in fact, all that and a bag of chips.

This is not the New York City you know. The gangs to be found in Walter Hill's epic chase flick would probably be stomped into the ground in five seconds flat. All of them are far too fashion-conscious to actually survive on the streets. But in the context of the film, they look cool, and that's what counts. Once you have seen the Furies in action, you will never forget them-- Yankee uniforms, baseball bats, and very strangely painted faces. The Warriors themselves, reflecting upon seventies fashion from the safe distance of the next century, are almost inviting themselves to be beaten to a pulp; leather vests with no shirts? Oh, please. But somehow, it still works.

The plot: Cyrus (Roger Hill), the leader of the Riffs, the city's largest gang, calls a meeting at which nine representatives from each of the city's gangs will show up. The Warriors, from Coney Island, are one of those gangs. During the meeting, during which Cyrus preaches banding together and taking the city for their own, he is shot and killed by Luther (Dreamscape's David Patrick Kelly), one of the Rogues, who in the confusion is able to lay the blame at the feet of Cleon (Dorsey Wright), the Warriors' lead delegate. With the shooting, the all-city gang truce is off, leaving the eight remaining Warriors to make it all the way back across the five boroughs to their home turf. They have to cross the territory of seemingly every other gang in the city to do so, and to make matters worse, the Riffs are also looking for them. Just to add to the fun, there's tension in the ranks between Swan, the Warriors' warleader (Michael Beck), and an upstart, Ajax (James Remar), who believes he should be next in line to lead the gang to glorious times.

Yeah, it's pretty cheesy. But Hill pretties it up a good deal, and to be fair, when he's on his game, he's a great action film director. And Hill was certainly on his game here. Even the lulls in the action are fraught with tension, though one wonders on occasion whether they should be. Still, for all that, it's a very fun movie, and it does what it's supposed to do-- entertain the viewer for ninety minutes and change. How much more do you really need from an action film? ****

I had been hearing about The Warriors for years, but never had the opportunity to watch it. Once it hit Blu-ray, I finally put it in my rental queue to see what all the fuss was about. After my initial viewing, I just had to order a copy of my own immediately. I definitely know why this film is regarded as the cult classic as it is. Great characters and a simple, yet engaging story. A gang, wrongly accused of a crime, must fight ther way back home. No fancy effects, no silly one-liners. Just a group of guys going through a brutal fight to get to where they need to be. And visually? I dont know what the original DVD looked like, as Blu-ray is my only reference. But honestly, if you hadn't told me it was an older film, I would have guessed it was filmed this year, along with a really good costume design team. Another fine example of what a great new way to enjoy movies the Blu-ray format provides.

This "Ultimate Director's Cut" of "The Warriors" unashamedly emphasizes the comic book nature of the film.

Director Walter Hill goes out on a limb to create an alternative reality of gang culture - and succeeds brilliantly.

"The Warriors" is somewhat influenced by Stanley Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange" in styling but has a much lighter tone.

Acted with conviction by a large cast (no-one plays a weasally villain better than David Patrick Kelly), "The Warriors" makes brilliant use of New York street and subway locations.

Still holds up well after all these years because it stands outside contemporary concerns to explore the timeless themes of survival against the odds and ultimate redemption.

Excellent featurettes on the making of the film are included on this DVD.

As a big fan of this movie, I was stoked about it being re-released, along with the game, in a new Director's Cut version. First, the good. The Warriors is simply a great movie with a 70's New York vibe like no other. The performances are solid, the action is fast paced, and during the run back to Coney Island you really get a sense of fight AND flight.
Now, the bad. Although for the most part, I liked the idea of the comic book angle. After all, some of the gangs in The Warriors are straight out of the comic book genre. However, in one particular scene, they took it too far and edited one of the most powerful scenes in the movie. As four members of The Warriors escape the police from a subway station and race to the streets, they are confronted by The Baseball Furies. In the original version, they get to the streets, Ajax shouts "Where are they?!" in reference to the other members of The Warriors they were just with, and immediately after he says this, his eyes turn stone cold as he and the others spot The Baseball Furies, standing in the distance, waiting for The Warriors, wielding their weapon of choice, the baseball bat. So it goes from intense, to a fierce intense scene of a never ending battle. In the Director's Cut, this scene is chopped up and all the intensity of this pivotal scene goes down the toilet when Ajax says "Where are they?!", he dissolved into a comic book sketching, and they cut to another scene. This was one of, if not the, best scenes in the movie and they butchered it. The movie itself is still great, but I'll never, ever understand why they did that with that particular scene.

One of Walter Hill's best received and most controversial films gets a new look here in the "Director's Cut." The biggest difference is the comic book transitions in which scenes freeze to comic book form before moving on. The concept feels a little gimmicky and does distract early on, but once you're used to it, it accentuates some cool moments that make you smile.

The Warriors came out admist a lot of controversy. During the first week of release, some knuckleheads back east decided to start shooting each other in a screening, creating the type of buzz you don't see anymore. People were warned not to go see it. Well, the movie never lived up to that hype. It's a fairly conventional action-thriller. What it did live up to was entertainment value. Even decades after its release, there are still iconic moments that register in everything from pop culture references to songs. Yes, the film is dated. Some of the actors and dialogue are weak (surprisingly from Hill). But the thematic story still holds true. The action is still entertaining. And the bad guy, clinking his bottles to the tune of "War-r-r-r-riors...come out to pl-la-ay!!!" will always have a special place in my heart.

HD transfer gives the film a freshness not seen in some time. Extras are pretty scant, but at the price, this is a no-brainer to add to the library.

I still think this movie is a classic, but allowing the director to change his vision 20-some years down the line resulted in a movie that is less than the original. The comic book scene transitions are jarring and yank you right out of the movie. Maybe this really is the movie he intended to make originally. I'm sure that if I'd seen this movie back then I would still have been impressed, but having seen the original cut I'm less than fond of the Ultimate Director's Cut. Luckily I still have my memories (and original DVD).

That said, the picture quality of this disc is obviously head-and-shoulders above that early DVD. I'm just afraid that the only time it'll be taken out of the cabinet and shown is when I want to rant about the disservice that was done to the movie by releasing this cut. Maybe "sometime in the future" there will be a HD release of the original.

The Blu Ray HD is pefect! Everything looks like you are on the scene. HD gives you the closet thing to a time machine! Very few movies actuall LOOK old in HD.

The bad part is, this "director's cut" sucks! They claim it was how he originally wanted it to be, but if that were true, he could have done it! There were no technology restrictions back then! All he did was butcher this film in an attempt to try an modernize it and make it look 'cool' for the young people of today while completely forgetting about those who grew up with the film!

This comic book transistions BS is a distraction while watching. It makes it look silly. I know the film on a whole (the gangs) look silly now, but you can deal with that on it's own without them trying to make it look as if they made it look silly on purpose. Also, many songs in the film run a lot longer and overlap dialog that was previously there! This is also distracting and takes away some of the suspense. They even totally edited out the end 'walk on the beach scene' and replaced it with a static comic strip! That alone ruined this 'cut.' That scene said alot. It represented the end, the end as in the Warriors are presumably going home and the end of the movie. It is also the memorable scene I recall of cabel all those years ago. These cuts were almost as bad as the Star Wars DVD's!

What they should do is to in clude the original intro which truly sets up the story. Forget that it took place in the daylight! They should alos include all deleted scens to give in some length and GET RID OF THE COMIC BOOK BS!

The sound is horrible! That is, the Dolby Digital. The center channel(dialog) disappears and the channels get crossed. You end up not being able to watch it in surround sound! I hope it is not my amp, but I have not had a problem up to this point. This sound is hard to deal with. If the channels were correct, it would be fine. I await the "director's orignal cut!"

Bret Fetzer hits the nail in his review: the comic book transitions added by Walter Hill seems to overkill the movie. That's the only reason I rated it whith four stars instead of five.
The warriors is not a masterpice, but triumphs over its limitations. The premise is timeless: a group of (literally) warriors is unjustly acused of a murder and forced to fight its way back home against overwhelming forces. Some details of the film are cheesy, but it has style, and the over-the-top costumes and makeup plays ultimately in its favor, not bounding it to any particular period.
This HD DVD edition is very good. The transfer is flowless, with excelente constrast and wonderful colors. There are four interesting featurettes on the movie. What impresed me most was the interviews with cinematographer Andrew Laszlo. He details all the problems they faced shooting by night in locations, and one just wonders at his skill and artistic sense (the problem of the unpredictably summer rain in New York turns an ally at the end, because it was the perfect excuse to spread water over the pavement and thus reflect street ligths and make even richer the colors on the frame).
I fully recommend this movie in HD DVD (though I not find the director's cut 100% satisfactory, but maybe it's just a matter of personal preference).

I'm shocked that a film that was made in 1979 still looks brand new today. High Definition certainly does this film justice. But also, so many films these days rely heavily on special effects, and The Warriors doesn't. Yes, it involves a lot of running, but it's very simplistic, and that makes it stand out from films today.

Can you imagine if some idiot director came along, and decided it was high time for this to have a remake? I reckon it would awful.

I knew nothing about The Warriors before watching it, and was gripped from the beginning. I loved the fact that in this director's cut, the new intro is included (bit of history for you guys out there) and the comic book effects (outlines at the beginning & end of scenes - sorry, I don't know the technical term for it) are excellent, and add a certain something to the movie.

Basically the movie is all about a group of gangs. I'm sorry, let me rephrase that - a BIG group of gangs, one of which gets accused of killing the big main man, who wanted to unite all the gangs. So all the other gangs are trying to get their revenge, and chase the main gang (funnily enough, called The Warriors) back to their turf. Where they can't touch them. There's probably well over 100 gangs in this, from all five points from New York, and each has their own 'turf'. Go into a rival's turf and you would expect not to walk another step. It's like in Scotland these days, you're not allowed to wear football strips into certain pubs. Honestly. Some of the gangs are featured in the film and some are not. My favourite was the Baseball Furies, mainly cos they scared me so much! All the gangs listed are: Alleycats, Amsterdam All-Stars, Baseball Furies, Black Hands, Blackjacks, Big Trains, Boppers, Boyle Avenue Runners, Charlemagnes, Colt 45's, Dealers, Delaney Rovers, Dingos, E Street Shufflers, Easy Aces, Electric Eliminators, Eighth Avenue Apaches, Fastballs, Fifth Street Bombers, Filmores, Firetasters, Five Points, Gerrards, Gladiators, Go Hards, Gun Hill Dancers, Gramercy Riffs, High Hats, High Rollers, Homeboys, Hoplites, Howitzers, Huks, Hurricanes, Imps, Jesters, Jones Street Boys, Judas Bunch, Jupiters, Knockdowns, Knuckles, Lizzies, Locos, Magicians, Meatpackers, Moonrunners, Napoleons, Nickel Steaks, Nightriders, Ninth Avenue Razors, Orphans, Panzers, Phillies, Plainsmen, Punks, Queen's Bridge Mutilators, Real Boys, Red Hook Shooters, Roadmasters, Rogues, Romans, Runaways, Saracens, Saratogas, Savage Huns, Shanghai Sultans, Southern Cross, Speedwagons, Stevedores, Stilletos, Stonebreakers, Terriers, Turks, Turnbull AC's, Van Cortlandt Rangers, Warriors, Whispers, Xenophones, Xylophones, Yo-Yo's, Youngbloods, Zodiacs, and finally, the Zulus.

My main quibble about this movie is how none of the stars went on to bigger & better things. Michael Beck (Swan) particularly. At first he reminded me of someone, but I've figured out that to me, he looks like a mixture of Peter Green, young Keanu Reeves & Johnny Depp. It's the whole chiselled cheekbones and strong jawline. Hubba hubba. I'm a sucker for those. He could have done so well in the movie world, but he just seemed to disappear without a trace, according to his IMDB profile.

The other good thing about The Warriors, is the amount of running the actors have to do. Read here VERY FIT!!! And the actual Warriors seem to be mostly topless apart from a waistcoat. Guess the other reviewers didn't pick up on that. It must have been exhausting to film.

I would definitely recommend The Warriors as it seems to be a small cult classic, according to some reviewers. It's worthwhile picking up, and enjoying some simplistic film making.

This has always been one of my favorite movies. Now that I have it on Blu-Ray I'm thrilled. Even though this is an older movie, the video quality is outstanding. When I look at the detail on the leather jackets, I'm more than impressed, I'm amazed!

The movie itself is great, the video transfer is superb, a nice PCM track would have made this movie tops!

Popped this baby into my Samsung BD-P1000, cranked up the sound on my yamaha and had a great time! This is one of the best popcorn movies ever made! The Blu-ray version looks better than any version I've seen and the sound quality was great too. It was great seeing this movie in high-def. Definately a welcome addition to my collection!

Just another reason to be happy I went with Blu-ray!

Nine delegates from every gang from every neighbourhood across New York meet in an empty stadium to hear a speech on taking control of the city from a messianic and enigmatic overlord known as Cyrus.

The Warriors: Cleon, Swan, Ajax, Vermin, Cochise, Snow, Cowboy, Fox and Rembrandt travel all the way from Coney Island to be a part of this massive gathering with dozens of other rival gangs. Things go very, very wrong!

As you are probably aware, so called "unseen editions" and "extended editions" are pretty common on DVD and are usually lousy films with some extra filler thrown in to fool unsuspecting buyers. This is not the case with The Warriors. Like Daredevil or Aliens, this is one of those "director's cuts" that really makes a difference.

First and foremost are the comic book transitions and the new opening. Writer/director Walter Hill felt that his original presentation of the film was a little lost on the audience of the time and its subsequent cult status on video. This new cut draws parallels with the 4th century BC legend of Anabasis, in which an army of Greek mercenaries are left stranded after their leader Cyrus the Younger has been killed. If they can make it through 1000 miles of hostile territory to the ocean, they will be safe.

The Warriors, as you know, must make it through all the tough neighbourhoods of NY to Coney Island after they are wrongfully blamed for the assassination of mega-gang boss Cyrus. A loose, but truly inspired connection.

Back in the Seventies, there weren't just certain neighbourhoods in New York that you avoided. The whole damn city was infested with crime and scum. The gangs were plentiful and they really did OWN the streets. The scenario of all gangs joining together to form one big Uber-gang may seem far fetched today, but if Mayor Giuliani had left the city to decay then NY's future might well have ended up this way. But the fact that the Big Apple is a helluva lot safer these days doesn't lessen the overall impact of The Warriors.

As I mentioned, the Greek history inspiration is clever. But the film is also based on a Fifties novel by Sol Yurick and director Hill took a comic book approach to bring it to life. He was aware of the film's silliness, but coupled with the sense of adventure and episodic battles, a pulp fiction take could make it seem believable. For all we know, maybe there was a gang called The Baseball Furies, who went about with painted faces, beating invaders to a pulp. These were wild times.

The Director's Cut also makes the photography and editing more apparent. Hill frames the movie to look like comic book panels and, as usual, Freeman Davies' (Hill's favourite editor) cutting gives The Warriors a sleek and fast-paced look.

Hill is an action director of considerable talent, who is often overlooked. Films such as 48 Hours (and it's under-rated sequel), Southern Comfort, Trespass and Last Man Standing have never been massive hits, so his hardcore style is only familiar to fans of his work, rather than general movie audiences. Which is a shame!

Now is the time to rediscover The Warriors and be reintroduced to a cult classic. I know a lot of people are purists and will decry the Director's Cut as a cheap stunt to make more money, but I honestly think it's the superior, definitive version.

Judge for yourself; you might just agree with me.

The HD-DVD features a brilliant 1.85:1 1080p picture that is so clean and colorful you'll think that the film is just fresh out of the cinemas and not 28 years old. Ditto for the sound. Originally a plain stereo movie, the DVD comes with a remastered Dolby Digital Plus sound design and it's amazing. The songs come through loud and full of life and the dialogue natural. The sound effects were never that sophisticated, but there's loads of ambience to be had and you'll still be surprised at how good the movie sounds without ever seeming artificial. A decent amount of extras are also included.

THE WARRIORS. Now that is one of the coolest titles ever for a film. You really don't need anymore than that. It just works.

This film tells the tale of a street gang, wrongly accused of murder, having to fight their way back to their home turf. That's the whole film. You would never think that this simple premise could fill a 97 minute movie's running time, but it does, and does so well.

I loved this film from the first time that I saw it. It was, in fact, the very first film I ever saw on VHS (waaay back when). It seem somehow fitting that I should be writing a review of the Hi-Def.

THE WARRIORS' simple plot is full of great visuals and good fight sequences, well executed (but slightly dated) synth music and a sense of fun that keeps you watching to the end. Who could forget the freakish BASEBALL FURIES when you first see them? By the end of the film you feel every bruise, cut and scrape that they have endured through their long night, and you want the baddies to 'get theirs' totally. The actor who played the rival gang's leader (THE ROGUES) was really creepy.

If have the chance, see this film. you will not be disappointed.

Warriors....come out to play-yay, Warriors...come out to PLAY-YAY, WARRIORS.....COME OUT TO PLAY-YAY!!!!!

I gave this movie 5 stars because i love it.This one of my all time fav's.Before i buy it.Can someone please tell me if this is the original cut from '79 or that awful re-issue that came out when the video game came out.Thank you for your time.Oh yeah in case you have not heard,MTV is remaking this movie.This time around it will be set in L.A. with Cryus as the leader.But you know it going to be worse then the comic book version.

WARRIORS (1979) is a quintessential late 1970's movie partly in from
the automobiles shown, the debilitated housing and neighborhoods
specifically chosen, and the cheesy 70's era hard rock soundtrack.

Its strength is that it touches on the basic survival and
self-preservation instincts that people have when in danger. Some
may have come to recognize this as fear, and the reaction that ensues
in varying degrees. Those in the military know this well, in combat,
for example.

The story stresses the need for physical fitness (running, jogging,
weight lifting) and excellence in one-to-one hand combat to properly
engage opposing gangs. At the time, this did not encompass gun powder
weaponry, as the arms perhaps were difficult to obtain, and the minds
of the gangs did not see a need for mortality, but rather, "just"
baseball bats, switch blades, molotov cocktails, physical brutality,
arson of vehicles, subway stations, etc.

Above all, what works most, is the amusement and the reaction to a
host of ridiculous scenarios, such as a policewoman working
undercover in a park, looking to actively entrap johns or rapists.
Other examples are the fashion or clothing selections of some gangs
(purple vests anyone?), or even the intro that suggests this plot
being on the same level as the ancient wars told by Homer in respect
of the Greeks and Trojans before the Roman Empire.

The formation of gangs is not entirely unrealistic, in some respects,
as they are often built by ethnicity, with the Warriors being the
sole exception.

The plot is reasonable, starting with a jamboree of sorts attempting
to get various gangs to unite together, for profit maximization of
their untold activities, with the except of a gang of anarchists.

The role of the police is well presented, as they are shown as being
effective, against literally dozens of platoons of thugs, mainly
comprised of youths who seem to have unlimited amounts of free time
on their hands, mainly in the evenings and at night, in the public
transportation systems of NYC and streets.

Amusingly, but unrealistically, a Radio DJ comes on from time to
time, with her score sheet (as if assisting to a boxing match), to
provide the listeners with the latest on the gang strife. (This is
the same actress that shows up in Enzo Castellari's movie, as a gang
leader of stylish dancers in New Barbarians.)

With NYC's dark underbelly (neighborhoods) exposed, it brings into
focus the territorial limits, that gangs feel should not be crossed
by opposing ones, as a matter of pride and of economic control.

Although this DVD is not a true wide-screen release, it does not
distract at all from the action. The filming is good, sharp and good
quality, well edited, if not for the erroneous artistic choice of
using cartoons in between scenes, unfortunately, which takes the
audience out of their surreal experience.

The eye-candy of Deborah Van Valkenburgh obviously works well, as a
contrast to the bleak subway scenes, and to the combat and action
scenes, yet, implausible in her eagerness to forego her own gang and
join Swan.

In sum, Warriors is obviously a popular movie among a segment of the
population, above all, those below 15 or 21, or those in high
schools, owing to the interaction and interplay between gangs and
within the gangs, that is one-on-one, consistently, which makes the
action personal to the audience, never anonymous, impersonal, or
inconsequential. In 2007, the music is a liability, as it has no hip
hop or other styles that were invented and now dominate radio.