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Streets of Fire

Streets of Fire

1984
Romance, Action
1h 33m
Rock and Roll singer is taken captive by a motorcycle gang in a strange world that seems to be a cross of the 1950's and the present or future. Her ex-boyfriend returns to town and to find her missing and goes to her rescue. (imdb)

Directed by:

Walter Hill

Screenwriter:

Walter Hill, Larry Gross

Starring:

Ed Begley Jr., Willem Dafoe, Bill Paxton, Michael Paré, Rick Moranis, Amy Madigan, Mykelti Williamson, Diane Lane, Richard Lawson, Lee Ving, Rick Rossovich, Deborah Van Valkenburgh

Genres:

Romance, Action, Adventure, Music

Country:

USA

Language:

English
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Streets of Fire

1984
Romance, Action
1h 33m
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billyshearsBillyShears
Rated 28 Jul 2013
100
98th
The 80s it burns. Willem Dafoe dresses like a S&M butcher. Rick Moranis acts bitchy and is a pimp. Michael Paré not slumming it. Diane Lane lip syncing to Jim Steinman hoot and a holler overwrought music. Railspike hammer duels. Man Movie.
Rated 28 Jul 2013
goremeatgoremeat
Rated 14 Feb 2016
60
45th
Transported to a strange far-off world called 1980s
Rated 14 Feb 2016
ocelotOcelot
Rated 24 Apr 2014
55
45th
A fun little film that doesn't live up to its initial impression of being the best movie ever made.
Rated 24 Apr 2014
thedenizenTheDenizen
Rated 27 Jan 2012
60
40th
This 50's/80's mash-up is basically West Side Story with more explosions and a soundtrack that could have been belched out by Meatloaf and Stevie Nicks. I checked this out based solely on a screenshot of Willem Dafoe in some kind of leather bondage gear and sporting an outrageous quiffy pompadour, and while the flick was OK, it never lived up to the insane promise of that image. However, if you've ever wanted to watch two grown men fight to the death with sledge hammers, this is your movie.
Rated 27 Jan 2012
joseywalesjoseywales
Rated 03 Apr 2009
64
42nd
I really liked the look of this one, kind of a bombed-out "what if America lost the war" look. Bonus points for Bill Paxton's pompadour!
Rated 03 Apr 2009
ribcageribcage
Rated 28 Jun 2015
89
90th
It opens with a Jim Steinman song then evil bikers attack. The rest is like a rock movie version of a judas priest music video. And it ends on another steinman song. If you're not now convinced you should watch this then you need to skip it and i hope one day you'll be ready for it
Rated 28 Jun 2015
peaceanarchyPeaceAnarchy
Rated 10 Feb 2014
82
67th
Has a grimy feel of a city without time or place where 50s life is mixed with 70s lawless violence and movie style insanity ramping it all up beyond any plausible reality but somehow still grounded enough to not be completely absurd. I don't know how it all works to not be a disaster, but it does. It's fun as a rock musical, it's fun as a "things blow up" action film, and it's charming as a doomed love story. I had a great time. It certainly has problems, but I never felt inclined to care.
Rated 10 Feb 2014
cowmanCowman
Rated 20 Jun 2019
75
75th
The plot and acting sucks, but the main reason to watch is for Dafoe's leather pants. This movie is remarkably iconic. A unique and often ridiculous concept of mixed styles. I will remember it for many years to come. The songs, the outfits, neon lights, rain, hammer fight. A lot of fun. Couldn't resist watching the last song twice.
Rated 20 Jun 2019
twincinematwincinema
Rated 13 Jul 2015
75
64th
A wacky, post-apocalyptic stuck-in-the-fifties America film where nothing makes sense. It is part-musical, part-action, part-nonsense, but has a likeable, goofy charm.
Rated 13 Jul 2015
desertpunkDesertPunk
Rated 21 May 2015
82
78th
The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive.
Rated 21 May 2015
billythekydbillythekyd
Rated 08 Jun 2007
86
47th
This film deserves viewing for the rock concert sequences alone. A young Diane Lane gives an energetic, charismatic, and sexy performance as a rock and roll star. The plot is dumb, but the music is great, and did I mention Diane Lane?
Rated 08 Jun 2007
lonewolf2003Lonewolf2003
Rated 15 Feb 2021
78
71st
The plot is very simple. It's basically a Western in a modern setting For the acting it seems like the actors held a competition of who could deliver the most lines the most monotonous, with Michael Paré winning and Willem Dafoe losing. But that's all forgivable because this movie is all about aesthetics. Hill creates what best can be described as movie equivalent of a graphic novel. A few musical interludes take the pacing out of the film at times. But overall this is a highly enjoyable movie.
Rated 15 Feb 2021
aflickeringAFlickering
Rated 31 May 2020
4
55th
hill's opening is so masterful he gets away with pretending bonnie tyler-esque power ballads are RnR. the rest struggles as a musical, but i'm too busy swimming in the rainy neon to mind. love that pare & moranis were barely acting: "Moranis drove me out of my mind. He's this weird looking little guy who couldn't get laid in a whore house with a fistful of fifties. In the real world, if someone insults you a couple of times, you can smack them. Or punch them. You can't do that on a movie set."
Rated 31 May 2020
ununniliumUnunnilium
Rated 23 Nov 2018
69
54th
Over-the-top RAWK! at the beginning and end, with amazing '80s musical numbers, sledgehammer duels and Willem Dafoe and badass lesbians and dieselpunk hellscapes! And the middle... has a lot of good stuff, but also has a bunch of draggy parts about jealous men being whiny that their object of desire has agency outside of them. It just brings down the movie whenever it's the focus. The movie is fun despite this, but not as fun as it could be, even with Rick Moranis.
Rated 23 Nov 2018
picklemanPickle_Man
Rated 18 Jun 2018
70
35th
It's the 80s but it's also the 50s and it's a western but it's also a road trip movie but it's also a musical with William Dafoe and a sledgehammer duel.
Rated 18 Jun 2018
the_pirateThe Pirate
Rated 11 Jan 2018
70
31st
How is this not more of a cult classic?
Rated 11 Jan 2018
arkadyfallsArkadyFalls
Rated 17 Sep 2016
55
32nd
Fascinating.
Rated 17 Sep 2016
moribunnyMoribunny
Rated 08 Oct 2015
50
38th
While Streets of Fire has to be one of Walter Hill's trashiest efforts, he does manage to make this extremely trite and frequently nonsensical urban western a mildly fun ride.
Rated 08 Oct 2015
closedmouthclosedmouth
Rated 21 May 2014
80
69th
I enjoyed this a lot more than I was expecting. Despite a lot of clichés and some bad performances (Paré' is just terrible), Hill's direction is great, Dafoe, Madigan, and Moranis are all really good, the music is awesome and it kicks along at an entertaining pace for its entire length. And even though the part was clearly written for a man, the McCoy character's badassery doesn't get undermined at any point just because she's a woman. Awesome. This is a really fun movie.
Rated 21 May 2014
xacviantxacviant
Rated 23 May 2013
60
14th
Pretentiously subtitled "A Rock & Roll Fable", this is a vintage slice of 80s cheese, with Walter Hill going to town where the visuals are concerned; there are many remarkable shots and some superb action set-pieces. But, not surprisingly, the script is severely lacking, made a good deal worse by characters who are mostly irritating (Rick Moranis especially) or unlikable (Michael Pare is no great leading man). Willem Dafoe is a fine villain, however, and Amy Madigan adds some spirit.
Rated 23 May 2013
kmcneilKMcNeil
Rated 08 Sep 2010
4
32nd
Most combustible cars and motorbikes ever. One shot and everything blows up. Also - SLEDGEHAMMER VS SLEDGEHAMMER!
Rated 08 Sep 2010
dean_franzDean Franz
Rated 18 Jun 2008
55
48th
If someone ate the 80ies and puked, this movie would be the result.
Rated 18 Jun 2008
ashleylmashleylm
Rated 02 Nov 2024
35
13th
Must be set in an alternate world where audiences have learned to clap on the 2 and 4, because that never happens in our world. Very weird production design choices throughout, and despite a terrific cast, immensely uninvolving. Script is very scripty and false-sounding (perhaps the writer was aiming for something stylized and post-modern, but it was all played too straight for that to come off).
Rated 02 Nov 2024
janusjanus
Rated 14 Jul 2024
75
65th
Amusing and irritating how every character is Somebody with a capital S, exuding maximum swagger at all times; even a soot-covered bum who's only in one scene (Begley Jr.) opens with "Don't you know who I am?"
Rated 14 Jul 2024
aliendroolAlienDrool
Rated 14 Jul 2024
70
46th
Willem Dafoe in patent leather waders.
Rated 14 Jul 2024
braddad68braddad68
Rated 02 Jul 2024
84
10th
Finally got to this one. I know it has a loyal cult following, but I didn't get it. Billed as a rock fable. Mostly just strange to me, and I wasn't crazy about the music, except the end credits song.
Rated 02 Jul 2024
isitfallacyisitfallacy
Rated 22 Jun 2024
60
42nd
I wanted to like this more :/
Rated 22 Jun 2024
indyatmnINDYATMN
Rated 16 Jun 2024
75
42nd
Although Walter Hill's done larger-than-life heroes before, this is particularly cartoonish & his motivation seems to be making a comic book hero who exists in 1950s juvenile delinquent movies. The hybrid is odd so that's interesting & the pace is brisk & Dafoe makes a great looking villain & there's some good songs in here too. But Pare can't always deliver the overheated dialogue & script-wise EVERYONE acts like they've got chips on their shoulders AND are daring other people to knock it off.
Rated 16 Jun 2024
mspraguemsprague
Rated 01 Jul 2023
85
91st
This is just super fun from start to finish. Great cast playing peculiar characters doing battle in a different version of America. 80's movies were great.
Rated 01 Jul 2023
mojojoestarMojoJoestar
Rated 02 Nov 2022
70
58th
If it wasn't for The Protomen, I would've never watched this.
Rated 02 Nov 2022
capodelnullacapodelnulla
Rated 26 Jul 2021
55
29th
starts great and descend into being a bore by the end. but I wonder if there's piece or a study on how much this film has influenced the aesthetic of open-world games a decade later.
Rated 26 Jul 2021
moraesfelipemoraesfelipe
Rated 13 May 2021
85
92nd
What a delicious ride. Hill makes sure we are really watching a stylized rock and roll fairy tale - nobody dies - and something beyond - 80s comic-book-esque mixtape musical set in pessimistic, violent post-war 50s America, with a neon noir atmosphere full of smokey yet colorful lights, clubs and streets. Lovers who can't quite decide what they want; she's an up-and-coming rock star, he's a drifter who will not go on tours 'carrying guitars'. Hammer brawl, great stage gigs and Bill Paxton.
Rated 13 May 2021
pecetpecet
Rated 07 Apr 2021
70
40th
Pretty good film with great atmosphere. I was pretty disappointed with sparse action segments, but music was good.
Rated 07 Apr 2021
paulofilmopaulofilmo
Rated 18 Jul 2020
70
57th
Awful and adorable. imdb trivia sums it up. like a teenager saw escape from new york/mad max, and then this is what he dreamed.
Rated 18 Jul 2020
jamesgsJamesGS
Rated 15 Mar 2020
80
64th
May not be the best written film, but this low budget adventure captures a world and feeling that is better than most block busters. A cult hit must see.
Rated 15 Mar 2020
bizortbizort
Rated 16 Mar 2019
75
66th
Absolutely gorgeous shots in this. The dialog is bad and everyone is an annoying tough guy but the action and cinematography in this is just awesome
Rated 16 Mar 2019
wetwillieswetwillies
Rated 19 Jan 2019
80
37th
Crazy to think that just four years later Willem Dafoe would be playing Jesus, and then two years after that he'd completely embody Bobby Peru. Truly one of our greatest actors.
Rated 19 Jan 2019
yiannosYiannos
Rated 18 Jun 2018
63
54th
S.O.F is an aesthetic creation, a slick style in search of a film. It's the 1950's as filtered through the lens of 80's post-punk with an MTV influence. This clash of disparate styles works, but Hill/Gross' anemic script does it no favours, and Pare simply lacks the intensity and charisma necessary to pull off the leading role of the tough anti-hero. Fortunately, it's a energetic ride through pop cultural juvenilia, and Dafoe's hammer fight with Pare ranks among Hill's greatest action scenes.
Rated 18 Jun 2018
thomasd_iithomas_d
Rated 04 Mar 2018
7
60th
So much testosterone on screen. The majority coming from Amy Madigan!
Rated 04 Mar 2018
astrakhanastrakhan
Rated 17 Jul 2017
76
43rd
Another of those raucous 80s action-fests with an impressive cast, although the end results are not quite as iconic as Escape From New York or its ilk. Despite a super-macho All-American hero and plenty of muscle cars, bikes, guns and sidekicks, the script is short enough and dumb enough to make this vehicle stall. Nobody in this movie takes matters too seriously and it comes off feeling like a TV episode. Thankfully there are some comic quips, plus Diane Lane looks spectacular in this movie.
Rated 17 Jul 2017
chmulcr0nchmul_cr0n
Rated 23 Jun 2014
73
69th
"So Walter said we're going to make a high school movie that's also going to be a comic book and also going to be a musical." Nail->head. I wouldn't call it a great movie, but it's so my cup of tea I wanna put sugar in it. Most would've probably liked the movie more if they had gotten Tom Cruise to play Cody, and there probably would've been a couple of sequels, as was apparently planned. But I can't imagine this without Michael Paré, say what you will about him or his performance.
Rated 23 Jun 2014
donquixoticdonquixotic
Rated 26 Jul 2013
10
8th
Somehow I accidentally rated this highly - based on my imdb rating and it turns out I must've had a stroke and confused this with something else
Rated 26 Jul 2013
bookhouseboybookhouseboy
Rated 17 Jan 2013
35
38th
#13#, exp3, popcorn, story, Diane.L
Rated 17 Jan 2013
superargoSuperargo
Rated 26 Nov 2012
96
97th
One of my top 80's guilty pleasures. Gloriously stylized from top to bottom, awash with color and attitude. Occurs in some weird direct-to-video version of L.A. that seems plucked straight out of a sci-fi/futuristic 1957. You don't buy a second of it, but you're not supposed to; taking it seriously means giving up on all the giddy wonder of it. It's basically Walter Hill's version of GRINDHOUSE.
Rated 26 Nov 2012
majelusmajelus
Rated 07 Oct 2012
40
0th
Willem Dafoe is the only reason why I watched this movie.
Rated 07 Oct 2012
mattorama12mattorama12
Rated 29 Mar 2012
74
74th
I love the setting and atmosphere of this "rock & roll fable." It's a weird combination of the 50s, the 80s, and the future as envisioned in the 50s. The music is great. As great as it is, I'm sure a lot of my love for it is simply nostalgia.
Rated 29 Mar 2012
mercMerc
Rated 31 Jan 2012
80
80th
One of my picks for the films you include in the time-capsule to explain the 80s to the space-alien squares. Walter Hill, old son, you did good.
Rated 31 Jan 2012
gregmogregmo
Rated 25 Apr 2011
10
2nd
A lot of bad wrapped up in one package.
Rated 25 Apr 2011
johnsandwichJohnSandwich
Rated 23 Dec 2010
65
52nd
lol, also diane lane
Rated 23 Dec 2010
pepsi_manPepsi-Man
Rated 13 Feb 2009
3
74th
This will always hold a very special place in my heart for being such a bizarre and original movie, even if it's not really great. The 80s rock songs are bitchin' though. And it has a sledge hammer fight.
Rated 13 Feb 2009
andaghandagh
Rated 30 Jan 2009
87
73rd
Bill Paxton is hilarious, the music is hilarious, the only problem is the lack of standout one-liners.
Rated 30 Jan 2009
miss_jesusmiss jesus
Rated 13 May 2008
66
60th
Impressive amounts of cartoon violence. Not great, but stylish and entertaining. Sledgehammer fight!
Rated 13 May 2008
aarona1caarona1c
Rated 24 Aug 2007
95
90th
Guilty pleasure with a KICK ASS 80's soundtrack. Ry Cooder at his best, musically. He should have been a Rolling Stone. The acting is hammy, but it's just suck a fun premise for me that I gotta love this flick.
Rated 24 Aug 2007
thedicemanTheDiceman
Rated 01 Mar 2007
50
35th
Not bad.
Rated 01 Mar 2007
driscarpindriscarpin
Rated 02 Jan 2007
92
91st
Ai que coisa maravilhosa, é ainda mais delicioso do que eu me lembrava. Nos anos 90 assistia à exaustão esse filme nas reprises da TV aberta e sua trilha sonora foi uma das mais tocadas na minha adolescência, mas continua tão apaixonante como sempre. Plus: Diane Lane e Michael Paré são duas das mais belas criaturas que andaram na terra. Blu-ray Versátil.
Rated 02 Jan 2007

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