80's flashback fun
Added 1/31/2010
I remembered this movie from when I was younger as being campy and fun. It is still fun, with songs by Tom Petty, Stevie Nicks, Ry Cooder... Bill Paxton is the dorky bartender, and Ed Begley Jr. shows up as a bum. Michael Pare flamed out shortly after this, but Diane Lane, Willem Dafoe and Rick Moranis went on to have pretty great careers and it's fun to see them in this crazy movie. The story is mythical, kind of an Orpheus thing, but the drama is played over the top.... oh, and Amy Madigan is in it as a soldier for hire. It was fun.
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Amazon DVD
Added 12/19/2009
I purchased this DVD to bring back a little of the 80's. It came as requested and quickly. This vendor I have used in the past and will continue to use in the future.
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Truly One-of-a-Kind
Added 12/2/2009
If you came of age in the late 1970s - early 1980s, this movie belongs in your collection. Corny? Yes. But good luck trying to forget Streets of Fire, even if you don't really care for it at first. Streets of Fire and The Warriors both have this trippy, surrealistic vibe that has never quite been duplicated. A must for Diane Lane fans: she was very young and sexy in this flick.
I haven't seen this film in 20 years. I can't wait to get reacquainted!
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Can't use it
Added 11/17/2009
I purchased this thinking that my Blu-Ray player would be able to read it, but it couldn't. I love this movie and now have an HD disc that I can't use. It's not the seller's fault, the item is perfect.
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(3.5 STARS): "A Rock'N'Roll Fable" Back in 1984
Added 7/26/2009
"Street of Fire" is a Walter Hill / Joel Silver film that was a commercial flop back in 1984 but has gained a cult status since then. In this "Rock'n'Roll Fable" a popular rock singer Ellen (played by Diane Lane) is kidnapped by motorcycle gang "The Bombers." Ellen happens to be ex-girlfriend of a "mercenary" Tom Cordy (Michael Paré) who is back in town and sets out to rescue her. You may say the story is too silly. Yes, I know, but perhaps that is the point.
Actually this Western-like story is told in the fashion of 50s-ish B-films shown at drive-in theaters. See a switchblade-wielding kid and how he is treated by our always reliable hero and you know what I mean. Dialogues and one-lines are often terribly corny, but they are all intentional. The film's climax of course has a "duel" between Tom Cordy and the villain "Raven" (Willem Dafoe with a strange haircut), a one-on-one fight using unique choice of weapons. And don't forget Link Wray's classic song "Rumble."
Diane Lane (after two Francis Ford Coppola-directed films "The Outsides" and "Rumble Fish" both based on S.E. Hinton novels) plays the kidnapped rock star, but her role is comparatively small and unmemorable. It is Amy Madigan (to be Oscar nominated next year for her turn in "Twice in a Lifetime") who steals the show as "McCoy" who would make a much stronger fighter than Michael Paré's hero. Bow-tied Rick Moranis also appears as Ellen's manager. Don't miss Bill Paxton as bartender and Elizabeth Daily, whose role "baby Doll" suddenly shows up, and disappears.
Like Jack Hill's cult film "Switchblade Sisters," this is basically a kind of fantasy with a preposterous story and larger than life characters that exist only in cinema, and as to "Street of Fire" it is precisely made that way. We didn't get it back then when it was released, but maybe some of us do now in the post-Tarantino era. Also, as is often the case with these cult films (and Tarantino films), the soundtrack music by Ry Cooder is great.
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80's flashback fun
Added 1/31/2010
I remembered this movie from when I was younger as being campy and fun. It is still fun, with songs by Tom Petty, Stevie Nicks, Ry Cooder... Bill Paxton is the dorky bartender, and Ed Begley Jr. shows up as a bum. Michael Pare flamed out shortly after this, but Diane Lane, Willem Dafoe and Rick Moranis went on to have pretty great careers and it's fun to see them in this crazy movie. The story is mythical, kind of an Orpheus thing, but the drama is played over the top.... oh, and Amy Madigan is in it as a soldier for hire. It was fun.
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Amazon DVD
Added 12/19/2009
I purchased this DVD to bring back a little of the 80's. It came as requested and quickly. This vendor I have used in the past and will continue to use in the future.
0 out of 0 people found this helpful.
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Truly One-of-a-Kind
Added 12/2/2009
If you came of age in the late 1970s - early 1980s, this movie belongs in your collection. Corny? Yes. But good luck trying to forget Streets of Fire, even if you don't really care for it at first. Streets of Fire and The Warriors both have this trippy, surrealistic vibe that has never quite been duplicated. A must for Diane Lane fans: she was very young and sexy in this flick.
I haven't seen this film in 20 years. I can't wait to get reacquainted!
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