The Warriors 1979 Review is finally here, and this week on Born to Watch, Whitey, Gow and Damo are heading deep into enemy territory for a movie they've been circling since the early days of the podcast. Walter Hill's 1979 cult classic has leather vests, painted faces, subway trains, some of the strangest gangs ever assembled and one very simple objective: get back to Coney Island alive. The Movie Review Podcast, where we don't take the movies or ourselves too seriously, is about to find out if The Warriors can still come out to play.

For the boys, this isn't just another movie review.

The Warriors carries some serious childhood baggage.

This was one of those movies you heard about before you actually saw it. The video shop cover caught your eye; older kids talked about it, and somehow the movie's reputation became almost as important as the movie itself. Whitey remembers hammering it during his teenage years, while Damo recalls hiring it on VHS and watching the bloody thing twice back-to-back.

That's the sort of nostalgia we're dealing with here.

The setup remains magnificent.

Cyrus has a dream. Get every gang in New York together, stop fighting each other and realise they collectively outnumber the cops.

CAN YOU DIG IT?

Unfortunately, Luther can't.

Cyrus goes down, The Warriors get blamed, and suddenly a crew from Coney Island is stranded in the Bronx with every gang in New York looking to collect.

What follows is essentially one long journey home through a New York City that feels like it exists in another universe.

Whitey, Gow and Damo get stuck into Walter Hill's world-building and the collection of gangs roaming the streets. The Turnbull ACs look genuinely terrifying. The Lizzies have guns but apparently attended the Imperial Stormtrooper Marksmanship Academy. The Orphans desperately want someone to take them seriously.

And then there are the Baseball Furies.

Baseball uniforms. Painted faces. Baseball bats.

It shouldn't work.

It absolutely works.

The boys also give plenty of love to Barry De Vorzon's brilliant score. From the opening moments, that pulsing soundtrack drags you straight into The Warriors' version of New York, and the music accompanying the Baseball Furies chase remains an absolute belter.

Then there's the cast.

Michael Beck brings the brooding as Swan, while James Remar is perfectly unhinged as Ajax, a bloke who seems about five seconds away from causing a problem in every scene he enters.

But David Patrick Kelly's Luther may own the movie.

Three bottles on his fingers.

"Warriors... come out to play-ay."

An improvised moment that became one of the most recognisable scenes in cult movie history.

Of course, nostalgia only gets you so far on Born to Watch.

The boys ask whether a film with such a notorious reputation is actually violent enough. They question the shooting ability of the Lizzies, the sheer amount of running required while wearing a leather vest with no shirt, and whether the final confrontation delivers the payoff the movie has been building towards.

There's also plenty of Walter Hill appreciation, including his incredible run through movies like Southern Comfort, 48 Hrs., Streets of Fire, Red Heat and Last Man Standing.

Where does The Warriors land?

You'll have to listen.

After more than four years and 226 episodes, the F-Wits have finally made it back to Coney Island.

Grab your vest, paint your face, jump on the subway and come along for the ride.

WARRIORS... COME OUT TO PLAY-AY!

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