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- 1984
- PG
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 33 m
- 1984
- PG
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 33 m
Summary A mercenary is hired to rescue his ex-girlfriend, a singer who has been kidnapped by a motorcycle gang.
Directed By: Walter Hill
Written By: Larry Gross, Walter Hill
- 1984
- PG
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 33 m
- 1984
- PG
- Universal Pictures
- 1 h 33 m
Streets of Fire
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6.9
Where to Watch
Summary A mercenary is hired to rescue his ex-girlfriend, a singer who has been kidnapped by a motorcycle gang.
Directed By: Walter Hill
Written By: Larry Gross, Walter Hill
Where to Watch
Top Cast
Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
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57% Positive
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 14 Critic Reviews
59
57% Positive
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
43% Mixed
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6 Reviews
0% Negative
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Walter Hill’s 1984 film combines everything from seedy bars, street fights, motorcycles, beefy heavies, and tough dames in a smorgasbord of tawdry, moral-flouting clichés that distills decades of imagery that represents youth in cinema.
The message is that there is no message; if this isn't action cinema in its purest form, then it's pretty close.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 User Ratings
6.9
60% Positive
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User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 10 User Ratings
6.9
60% Positive
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30% Mixed
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A pulsing, throbbing orchestration careening around the rescue of a kidnapped young singer. The decor is urban squalor.
Walter Hill is a master moviemaker, and when Streets of Fire is speeding by like Mercury on methedrine, the rush left in its wake cancels out questions of content. But the minute the momentum slows, it's another story - a story about a movie with no story at all. [01 June 1984]
On paper, this sounds like an ideal Walter Hill (The Warriors, 48 HRS.) movie. On screen, it is little more than a stylishly designed but feeble parody that quickly turns into self-parody. [11 June 1984, p.81]
The disappointing thing about Streets of Fire is that it can't deliver on the promise of a tangy, sexy evening of stimulation. The failure is aggravated by the exorbitant scale of the production, which seems much too lavish for an atmosphere of B-movie squalor. [01 June 1984, p.B4]
For all its studied sultriness, the movie feels unsexy, perhaps because its inspiration is the kind of hard- hearted western that concentrates on manly combat while eschewing all sentiment.
Awards
Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Kinema Junpo Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Razzie Awards
• 1 Nomination
