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The Warriors Remuxed (1979) (1080p)

Verenigde Staten
Actie / Misdaad
92 minuten

geregisseerd door Walter Hill
met Michael Beck, James Remar en Deborah Van Valkenburgh

Cyrus, de charismatische leider van de straatbende Gramarcy Riffs, wil de volledige controle over New York. Hij heeft daarvoor de hulp nodig van de andere bendes. Wanneer ze zich verenigen, zijn ze drie keer zo talrijk dan de politie en kunnen ze over de stad regeren. Cyrus maakt zijn plan bekend tijdens een nachtelijke vergadering in de Bronx, waar elke bende negen ongewapende vertegenwoordigers naartoe gestuurd heeft. Iedereen is enthousiast en bereid de krachten te bundelen. Maar dan wordt Cyrus neergeschoten door Luther, de aanvoerder van de Rogues. Hij beweert echter dat de moord door een van de Warriors gepleegd werd. Meteen wordt het bestand opgeheven en de Warriors vogelvrij verklaard.

Cyrus, the leader of the most powerful gang in New York City, the Gramercy Riffs, calls a midnight summit for all the area gangs, with all asked to send nine unarmed representatives for the conclave. A gang called The Warriors are blamed for causing gang violence at theaters, but now it looks as highly stylized and pulpy as Hill intended. The plot finds a New York gang having to cross the territory of rivals in order to get to their own 'hood. And so The Warriors begin their long journey from the Bronx back to Coney Island. The second-in-command, Swan, takes charge, though the hot-headed Ajax openly voices his desire to be acting gang warlord. The Warriors slowly cross the dangerous Bronx and Manhattan territories, narrowly escaping police and other gangs every step of the way. 

A short history lesson, 6 November 2004
Author: PantherMonterey from Hermosa Beach, CA
 
I was working in a movie theater when The Warriors first came out, and remember well the flick and the hype surrounding it. Here's a few notes to clear up some misconceptions that many other commentors seem to have.The flick was NOT ever intended to be an accurate portrayal of New York gang life, although there were some realistic elements. At the time it was generally accepted that it took place in the future, although nothing in the movie supports this. At best it can be considered an urban fable that takes place in a sort-of-imaginary world. You know, like Pulp Fiction (you think 90s LA gangsters dressed like that??).Second, the film itself was not accused of inciting violence. Problem was, it was a VERY popular film with gang members, who would show up in force. Two rival gangs would show up at the same theater, and... you can figure the rest out yourself. One guy was killed on the first weekend the movie was playing in New York; after that, the distributor hired off-duty police for security at every theater across the country that showed the flick. In the small-town Midwest where I lived, this served more as advertising hype than anything else.Finally, it was widely known back in the day that The Warriors was based on the ancient Greek nonfiction tale Anabasis, written around 370 BC by the Spartan general Xenophon (it's also published under the title The Persian Expedition). In this classic tale, a battalion of 10,000 Spartan mercenaries join the Persian emperor Cyrus for a war in Asia Minor (i.e. Turkey). Cyrus's army is defeated, the Spartan leaders are captured, and the remaining force must make their way across country, fighting various hostile tribes along the way, experiencing their own internal power struggles, until they reach the safety of the sea. I'm shocked that only one reviewer seemed to be familiar with this; in the 70s almost nobody talked about the movie without mentioning it.Great flick, by the way, and it holds up extremely well over time. I'm sure the remake will suck.

Disc Title: The Warriors Remuxed (1979) (1080p)
Disc Size: 18,121,996,140 bytes
Protection: AACS
BD-Java: No
Playlist: 00000.MPLS
Size: 18,121,906,176 bytes
Length: 1:33:59
Total Bitrate: 25.71 Mbps
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 23811 kbps / 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: English / Dolby Digital Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps / DN -4dB
Subtitle: English / 19.654 kbps
Subtitle: Dutch / 20.306 kbps (Custom)
Subtitle: French / 20.136 kbps
Subtitle: Spanish / 18.687 kbps