“Warriors, come out to play-ay!” taunts one of their enemy gang leaders. But The Warriors were a bit too busy to play pinball, that’s for sure. A classic movie in my books... my friends and I would quote bits all the time. And it had a cool look about it... the lights on the wet streets, the different styles of all the gangs encountered, especially of course the Baseball Furies.
Basic plot was that Cyrus and his powerful NYC gang held a big conclave in the Bronx with 9 representatives from each gang and tried to unite them in order to take over the city. However, he is murdered and the blame is pinned on The Warriors, who then have to battle their way back home to Coney Island, encountering different gangs.
It’s one of those against-the-odds situations, but it’s loosely based on Xenophon’s Anabasis, wherein an army hired by Cyrus the Younger gets isolated deep in enemy territory after he is killed during the battle of Cunaxa, and they had to fight their way out.
Orson Welles was supposed to be the narrator, but it’s unclear if it was actually recorded.
Anyway, somewhere in the maze of tunnels of the Union Square subway station was this little Playland amusements arcade.
Members of “The Punks”, a gang wearing roller-skates, overalls and rugby shirts start to show up. Behind them is an Aquarius (Gottlieb, 1971) and possibly a juke-box...
The leader of The Warriors pretends to be unaware of the gang gathering behind him. Over his left shoulder, we spot a 2001 (Gottlieb, 1971), whilst behind the girl is a gypsy grandmother fortune telling machine (Genco, late 50s)...
Behind a Top Card (Gottlieb, 1974), The Warriors try to draw The Punks into a more strategic fighting spot...
The Punks follow slowly... on the left is a life-size sheriff mannequin, as well as an Ambush (Williams, 1973) Vietnam-themed rifle game...
CAN YOU DIG IT ?!
