The Warriors (EOTWS)

End Of The Week Shorts #36 extract: The Warriors (1979)

The Warriors is a movie about the fall of an anarchist state leading to the dissolution of corrupt and malevolent childishness in a persecuted gang and the consequential forming of genuine relationships within it. There is then a strange sense of romance and naivety embedded into this film that leaves it an allegory about the coming of age of troublesome city kids caught up in urban chaos; from industrial darkness, they see light and manage to survive another day in the city. 

Whilst I quite like this narrative drive, there is no denying that this is a very clunky movie in regards to direction, editing, writing and acting. The Warriors has its positives and negatives; it's a pretty good movie.