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Released Year: 1984
Runtime: 93 minutes
Directors: Walter Hill
Writers: Walter Hill
Casts: Mykelti Williamson, E.G. Daily, Kathy Griffin, Ed Begley Jr., Willem Dafoe, Paul M. Lane, Spiro Razatos, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Rick Moranis, Grand L. Bush, Kip Waldo, Diane Lane, Peter Jason, Rick Rossovich, Bill Paxton, Michael Paré, Vince Deadrick Jr., John Dennis Johnston, Richard Lawson, Amy Madigan, Lynne Thigpen, Robert Townsend, Bernie Pock, Lee Ving, John Hateley, Olivia Brown, Harry Beer, Matthew Laurance, Paul Mones, Stoney Jackson, Marine Jahan, Dave Alvin, Philip Alvin, Lee Allen, William Bateman
IMDB: Streets of Fire (1984)
Ratings: 
(3 votes, average: 4.67 out of 5)
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Slant Magazine -
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.
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Time Out -
The message is that there is no message; if this isn't action cinema in its purest form, then it's pretty close.
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CineVue -
Streets of Fire is fairly devoid of anything resembling a cohesive plot or lacking even a shred of subtext. It exists purely as pop action cinema, sweeping you up with a fevered enthusiasm and an overpowering desire to entertain which proves incredibly difficult to resist.
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Chicago Sun-Times -
Walter Hill's Streets of Fire begins by telling us it's a rock & roll fable ... from another time, another place. The movie is right on the rock & roll, but the alternative time and place are mysteriously convincing -- especially if, like me, you believe the most beautiful post-war American cars were Studebakers.
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The Guardian -
Its subtitle, A Rock & Roll Fable, contains all the elements Hill looked for in a movie as a teenager in the late 50s, and in 94 minutes it manages to be an urban western, a backstage rock musical and a biker flick set in an unidentified, run-down rust-belt inner city that might be yesterday or tomorrow.
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Streets of Fire (1984)
Raven Shaddock and his gang of merciless biker friends kidnap rock singer Ellen Aim. Ellen's former lover, soldier-for-hire Tom Cody, happens to be passing through town on a visit. In an attempt to save his star act, Ellen's manager hires Tom to rescue her. Along with a former soldier, they battle through dangerous cityscapes, determined to get Ellen back.
Streets of Fire (1984)
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Information
Released Year: 1984
Runtime: 93 minutes
Directors: Walter Hill
Writers: Walter Hill
Casts: Mykelti Williamson, E.G. Daily, Kathy Griffin, Ed Begley Jr., Willem Dafoe, Paul M. Lane, Spiro Razatos, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Rick Moranis, Grand L. Bush, Kip Waldo, Diane Lane, Peter Jason, Rick Rossovich, Bill Paxton, Michael Paré, Vince Deadrick Jr., John Dennis Johnston, Richard Lawson, Amy Madigan, Lynne Thigpen, Robert Townsend, Bernie Pock, Lee Ving, John Hateley, Olivia Brown, Harry Beer, Matthew Laurance, Paul Mones, Stoney Jackson, Marine Jahan, Dave Alvin, Philip Alvin, Lee Allen, William Bateman
IMDB: Streets of Fire (1984)
Storyline
Raven Shaddock and his gang of merciless biker friends kidnap rock singer Ellen Aim. Ellen's former lover, soldier-for-hire Tom Cody, happens to be passing through town on a visit. In an attempt to save his star act, Ellen's manager hires Tom to rescue her. Along with a former soldier, they battle through dangerous cityscapes, determined to get Ellen back.
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Reviews
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Slant Magazine -
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.
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Time Out -
The message is that there is no message; if this isn't action cinema in its purest form, then it's pretty close.
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CineVue -
Streets of Fire is fairly devoid of anything resembling a cohesive plot or lacking even a shred of subtext. It exists purely as pop action cinema, sweeping you up with a fevered enthusiasm and an overpowering desire to entertain which proves incredibly difficult to resist.
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Chicago Sun-Times -
Walter Hill's Streets of Fire begins by telling us it's a rock & roll fable ... from another time, another place. The movie is right on the rock & roll, but the alternative time and place are mysteriously convincing -- especially if, like me, you believe the most beautiful post-war American cars were Studebakers.
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The Guardian -
Its subtitle, A Rock & Roll Fable, contains all the elements Hill looked for in a movie as a teenager in the late 50s, and in 94 minutes it manages to be an urban western, a backstage rock musical and a biker flick set in an unidentified, run-down rust-belt inner city that might be yesterday or tomorrow.
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Raven Shaddock and his gang of merciless biker friends kidnap rock singer Ellen Aim. Ellen's former lover, soldier-for-hire Tom Cody, happens to be passing through town on a visit. In an attempt to save his star act, Ellen's manager hires Tom to rescue her. Along with a former soldier, they battle through dangerous cityscapes, determined to get Ellen back.
Raven Shaddock and his gang of merciless biker friends kidnap rock singer Ellen Aim. Ellen's former lover, soldier-for-hire Tom Cody, happens to be passing through town on a visit. In an attempt to save his star act, Ellen's manager hires Tom to rescue her. Along with a former soldier, they battle through dangerous cityscapes, determined to get Ellen back.
Raven Shaddock and his gang of merciless biker friends kidnap rock singer Ellen Aim. Ellen's former lover, soldier-for-hire Tom Cody, happens to be passing through town on a visit. In an attempt to save his star act, Ellen's manager hires Tom to rescue her. Along with a former soldier, they battle through dangerous cityscapes, determined to get Ellen back.
Raven Shaddock and his gang of merciless biker friends kidnap rock singer Ellen Aim. Ellen's former lover, soldier-for-hire Tom Cody, happens to be passing through town on a visit. In an attempt to save his star act, Ellen's manager hires Tom to rescue her. Along with a former soldier, they battle through dangerous cityscapes, determined to get Ellen back.