Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' death. Before you know it, the cops and every gangbanger in town is hot on the Warriors' trail.
The Warriors has generally received very positive reviews.
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The Warriors was released in 1979 and has generally received very positive reviews.
Online reviewers have written 733 reviews, giving The Warriors (1979) an average rating of 77%.
Overall, cinema-goers marginally prefer the movie, giving it an average score of 82%, compared to film critics, who gave it a slightly lower average score of 76%.
With a score of 77%, The Warriors is above the average Cinafilm score for movies made in 1979, which stands at 60%.
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