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Director: Walter Hill
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From Time Out Film Guide
Continuing his love affair with movies that go bang in the night, Hill here gives us a futuristic rock fantasy which is, at heart, a Western. An itinerant soldier (Paré) returns to his home to discover that his former girlfriend, the local girl who's made it big in the rockbiz (Lane), has been kidnapped by a villainous street-gang. Cue for fisticuffs and fireworks as Paré, aided by a tough-talking female sidekick (Madigan), hikes over to the bad part of town and unlocks Ms Lane from the bed to which she's been handcuffed. Result? Showdown. Streets of Fire is fast and loud, with music from Ry Cooder and, perhaps misguidedly, Jim Steinman; it is also violent, though its violence lies not in the depiction of blood and entrails, but in the sheer energy and speed with which the dark and brooding images rush after one another. The message is that there is no message; if this isn't action cinema in its purest form, then it's pretty close.Author: RR
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- David said...
- Posted on Aug 31 2007 00:59 Absolutely second best Rock and Roll Movie ever made. Great Cast and cheesy dialogue. But it just does not matter. with Jim Steinman and Ry Cooder it the music stupid.
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Cast & crew
Director: Walter Hill
Producer: Lawrence Gordon, Joel Silver
Cast: Michael Paré, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis, Amy Madigan, Willem Dafoe, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Richard Lawson, Rick Rossovich, Elizabeth Daily, Marine Jahan full cast
Genre(s): Action/Adventure
Duration: 94 mins
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