Review of The Warriors (1979) by Guillaume H — 31 Oct 2016

A fun set piece of NYC at night in the late 70's and a good show of how stupidly men behave when in gangs (specifically in a sausage party like this one, with its permanent whiff of rape...), making cops seem like the good guys.

Yet its rather addictive. Artful choreography of violence, a true ballet of it, even if its very artificial. The cartoon styling is interesting for the time period, and different tonalities are respected for different gangs, which gives this paper thin story a bit more texture.

You get swallowed in the highly stylised visuals, then somebody open his mouth and you are left facepalming, or commits an action, any action, and its systematically cringe inducing. In the hilariousness department, lets admit the costumes helps a lot.

. That and the fact aboslutely no one but the warriors can hit or shoot, and baseball bats are surprisingly harmless. But its a good reminder that dogs rule the night and visually it never lets go of that.