movie
A turf battle between New York City street gangs that rages from Coney Island to the Bronx. The Warriors are mistakenly fingered for the killing of a gang leader. Soon they have every gang in the city out to get revenge and they must make their way across the city to their own turf.
Cyrus the leader of the most powerful gang in New York City, the Gramercy Riffs, calls a midnight summit for all the area gangs, with all asked to send nine unarmed rapresentatives for the concloave in Van Cortland Park. The Warriors, from Coney Island, Brooklyn, are one such gang. The eloquent and intelligent Cyrus tells the assembled crowd that a permanent citywide truce would allow the gangs to control the city, pointint out there are 60,000 of them and only 2,000 officers in the NYPD.
Most of the gangs laud his idea, but members of the Rogues gang, who have smuggled a gun in, pass it to their leader, Luther, who then kills Cyrus. Panic ensues. Luther is seen in the act by one of The Warriors, Fox. Immediately after, the NYPD rushes in from all sides. During the chaos, Luther screams that The Warriors are responsible for killing Cyrus.
The Warriors
did
it
While the Riffs beat and kill The Warriors leader Cleon, the other eight Warriors escape the melse and debate their next move, knowing they are deep in enemy territory. Meanwhile, the other locally-based gangs regroup at their respective headquarters. Masai, second-in command of the Riffs, takes charge of their new leader, and declares a bounty on The Warriors. This sets the entire cirt’s gang population out hunting for them, with a seemingly omniscent radio D.J. reposting on the events.
Regrouping in Woodlawn Cementery, The Warriors begin their long journey from the Bronx back to Coney Island. The second in-command, Swan, takes charge, hough the hot-headed Ajax openly voice “his” desire to be acting gang Warlord. The Warriors slowly cross the dangerous Bronx and Manhattan territories, narrowly escaping police and other gangs every step of the way. On their way to the subway, The Warriors find another gang, the Turnbull AC’s, looking for them, they have no choice but to make a run to the train, just in time for the doors to close.
However, on the ride back to Coney Island, the train is stopped by a fire on the tracks, dumping The Warriors in Tremont, in the Bronx. In the Bronx, they come across a gang called The Orphans. Parleying for safe passage, The Warriors convince The Orphans to try and put up a fight with The Warriors when they refuse to give her one of their gang-vest. When she challenges the manhood of the Orphan’s Leader, he to save face, tell The Warriors to remove their gang colors for safe passage.
No permits
No parley
The Warriors refuse, resulting in a near fight quelled only by The Warriors use a molotov cocktail. Mercy impressed, follows The Warriors on impulse. When The Warriors arrive at the 96th street and Broadwaystation in Manhattan, they are separeted when the chased by numerous patrolling cops wo are trying to roung up all gangs afte the “rumble” in the Bronx. Vermin, Cochise and Rembrant make the train to Union Square, Fox is seen with Mercy running to catch up with others. He is then tackled by a police officer and is struggling to escape but can’t. instead, he tells Mercy to go on without him.
I'll
shove
that
bat
up
your
ass
and
turn
into
a
popsicle
Mercy runs to catch up but then goes to Union Square with the police claming they are looking for a “female in a pink top”. Fox is seen again struggling with the cop but the cop notices a train coming so he then throw Fox in the tracks. The train then runs him over. Swan, Ajax, Snow and Cowboy run outside, where a rival gang, the baseball furies, lay in wait for them. The gang chase the four into Riverside Park, where a fight ensues with The Warriors victorius.
Arriving at the Union Sqaure station, Vermin, Cochise and Rembrant are seduced by members of an all-female gang called Lizzies. Back at the Lizzie’s apartment, the women draw weapon to kill them, but the trio narrowly manages to escape again (with only Rembrant’s arm bradly cut by a Lizzies gang member), learning in the process that everyone believes they killed Cyrus. Leaving the park, Ajax breaks from the group in order to “make it” with a woman on a park bench, in spite of the other warnings.
The woman is really undercover police officer who handcuff Ajax to the bench, Ajax is arrested and taken to jail. Swan arrives back at the 96th Street station and meets up with Mercy, who tells him of Fox’s fate. On the platform, more police show up and Swan and Mercy flee into the subway tunnel. While there, Mercy express his interest in Swan, who doesn’t like her because she doesn’t respect herself. The pair end up kissing, but Swan pushes her away and leaves without her. Swan make it to the Union Square station, but is promptly tailed by members of the Punks. Mercy also arrives, followed by the remaining members of The Warriors who re-group. They lead the Punks into a nearby male publicrestroom, where another fight ensues.
The Warriors, hurt but victorius once more (with Swan also picking up a knife dropped by The Punks leader), then catch the last train on their journey back to Coney Island. The Riffs are visited by a gang member who attended the earlier gathering a witness to Luther firing the gun. Meanwhile, on the train, The Warriors gripe that Cyrus plan was “a load of crap”. When four clean-cut types, couples who are returning home from their senior prom, board the train, one of the prom dates drop her corsage upon leaving the train, and Swan gives it to Mercy.
When day breaks, The Warriors finally arrive home, but find Luther and The Rogues waiting for them (with Luther clicking empty bottle on his fingers and intentionally drawing the words, “Warriors come out to play-yay”). The two gangs meet on the beach, where Luther reveals he had no reason for killing Cyrus, other than his own gratification. Swan suggests he and Luther fight a one-on-one duel. Luther, rejecting this, pulls his gun, but Swan quickly throws a knife into Luther’s wrist, disarming him in the second he fires.
Warriors
come
out
to
play
Before more violence ensues, the Riffs arrive on the beach and acknowledge that they have learnes the truth of Cyrus murder. Masai compliments the remaining Warriors on their skills and lets them go. The Riffs then swarm onto the doomes Rogues.
The D.J. finally makes her finally appearence and informs everyone that the early reports were wrong. She announces that she’s sorry for The Warriors and that “the only whing we can do is play you a song”. She plays theme Joe Walsh’s “in the city” as Swan, Mercy and the rest of the gang walk down the beach, illuminated by the sunrise.