DVD review - "The Warriors" (1979) ****

Walter Hill's classic looks better than ever, and this re release was done to coincide with a new video game based on the movie. It's nice to see an impressive transfer and I loved the doco of the making of, with interviews with Hill and the cast (who look quite old but fit - they probably no spring chickens when they made the film). They have made a few new additions to the film for the DVD - adding a prologue drawing comparisons with the Anastabis, which was kind of pointless, and doing transitions between scenes in comic book style, which was also kind of pointless. You don't need to show all the inspiration. The film is wonderfully creepy, beautifully shot, with crisp action sequences, taunt action, etc. Great beginning, gets off to a flying start, the baseball furies are terrific. Seems to slump a little around the two thirds mark. David Patrick Kelly is awesome; Michael Beck a stoic lead; James Remar should have become a star. I didn't know that he wasn't meant to handle the romantic leading man duties - but the guy who was (Tom Waites) didn't get along with Hill so Hill killed off his character!