The Warriors (1979) Arrow Video Limited Edition 4K UHD Review - ARROW Finishes 2023 STRONG! 

No matter how many times I watch Tbe Warriors I always get chills when Barry De Vorzon's fantastic opening score kicks in along with the subway sounds. Absolutely perfect.

The Warriors is my favourite film of all time so I'm hyped for this release.

The game was incredible. Even giving insights on how the warriors became a gang etc loved it.

Grabbed this one today at Barnes and Noble on the Arrow half price sale (in-store) for $29.99 and used a $25.00 gift card from grandma😅. Best $5 ever spent!

I preordered the Arrow Exclusive back at announcement. Patiently waiting to get this one in the collection and give it a good watch.

I can't wait to receive this in the mail, too. It sounds like this'll be the perfect 4k movie to close out 2023 as far as my collecting hobby is concerned. We'll see what next year brings. Also, on a side note, I met Michael Beck (Swan) back in 2005, he was really nice to talk with. Of course, most of our conversation was about another little movie that he did the following year, none other than Xanadu!

I saw The Warriors in the theater in 1979. Snuck in as a kid and have been a fan ever since. I've been waiting for this release for quite some time and it doesn't disappoint. I've owned The Warriors on VHS and the Playstation 3 game. I still have the DVD but it was the Ultimate Directors Cut and never was a fan. I missed out on the Imprint Bluray which did offer both versions. As soon as I heard it was being released by Arrow I preordered. I received my 4K copy earlier this week and I'm so happy with the transfer and to have the theatrical cut again. The one thing that I was not sure about was the Dolby Atmos seemed to have dropped a notch or two as far as volume goes compared to the 2.0. Could have been my system though. Man, I'm thrilled with this release. Thanks for your review and quality content.

*"Now, look what we have here before us. We got the Saracens sitting next to the Jones Street Boys. We've got the Moonrunners right by the Van Cortlandt Rangers. Nobody is wasting nobody. That... is a miracle. And miracles is the way things ought to be. You're standing right now with nine delegates from 100 gangs. And there's over a hundred more. That's 20,000 hardcore members. Forty-thousand, counting affiliates, and twenty-thousand more, not organized, but ready to fight: 60,000 soldiers! Now, there ain't but 20,000 police in the whole town. Can you dig it?"*

I'm going to snag this too. You're review made me want to get it. I have actually never seen the film myself. It's one of those famous cult classics I never got around to. So for once you saw something I haven't!

Thank you sir, for the best review, you have done, for me anyway, of a movie masterpiece, in my opinion. This movie just did it for me. I saw The Warriors in London,1979, i think it was a Orion cinema, not sure, but i can tell you one thing, it just blew my mind, from the begining, when all the gangs meet, and they are back in coney island, the music, the way they talked to each other, and the fighting. Walter Hill loves all the dark gritty neon lights. I also love 48hrs, that looks and feels the same way. Iam so excited about the 4k A/V quality that you can tell us about, yes arrow is the best when it comes to box sets in the moment. I have ordered The Warriors, it will come the first week in Jan. Thanks again, happy christmas to you.

Hey Ken! Love your channel. Sorry if I was hard on you before. I am a regular viewer now. You're my go to physical media dude!🎉

Great review Ken! Glad you’re “digging” The Warriors! This movie has been a personal favorite of mine since I saw it at a midnight viewing back in 1980. Like you said, it only played in major theaters for just a little while before it got pulled due to gang violence, which apparently only happened in New York. so by the time I got around to seeing it, it was already a midnight cult thing. I have so many versions of this movie already and I am highly anticipating this 4K. should be arriving soon, hopefully. But yeah, Arrow has really done a great job with this it seems and another Walter Hill movie. to view is Southern comfort if you haven’t already. And one more thing I agree, 48 hours blows Beverly Hills cop out of the water and I like Beverly Hills Cop. Eddie never topped 48 hours in my opinion.

Awesome review !! Thanks for the advanced look !! I was looking forward to this release , as I thought it would look fantastic in 4K. As you’ve said Arrow has been hitting these releases out of the ball park. And just when you think they can’t top themselves in a single year , they keep releasing amazing film packages , one after another : Bruce Lee , Hellraiser , Psycho, now The Warriors ??? Omg - I’m so psyched !! I think 4K really benefits older (40+ year old ) films ….. I’ve been looking forward to this coming out …. As you’ve stated , Walter Hills directing and his cinematographer did amazing work on this film ….. I can’t wait for my copy!! Thanks for the review !! Best (and an early Merry Christmas) , Chris

I like how straightforward and honest you are and you don't come across not genuine or like you are just trying to plug a certain company or product

One of my favourite films from one of my favourite directors, first saw this on vhs back in the day and have loved it ever since. Unfortunately I don't think we are getting this over here in England

I bought three Arrow Video releases in 2023, a very average year. But I did get the The Warriors 4K with OG art. It's a classic. I always said Arrow would do it eventually. The theatrical cut is easily the best.

*Christ! I got 3 different "Limited Editions" of this film. 2 on Steelbook & `1 on VHS style Blu Ray. Looks like I'll be getting this edition next.*

Just got mine in the mail today. Such a sick version for a awesome film

have mine on order - the color timing on the Umbrella release was a bit different between versions - did you notice that as well for the new Arrow releases?

For those who dont know... Streets of Fire was a VERY UNDERATED film... You are right sir... I picked up the 4K of that one also...

Good background layout on your video too. Not too far not too close! I went to film school technically for a few semesters so I know some of composition but I'm not expert. But I think someday I would like to be a RU-vid channel layout consultant.

The only disappointment with the DC is the cut of Ajax's face when they first see The Furies. It's a classic piece of cinema and they cut it! Incredible.

I do want to add this to my collection. Awesome review. 👍😎

I have The New Steelbook Blu-ray Already... Now I'm double dipping for this bad boy 4K edition... CAN YOU DIG IT 😆 🤣 😂

Beverly Hills Cop, hands down. Looking forward to the box set in late February.

I bought the Imprint release when it came out last year I think? I paid too much for it because I would rather have the Arrow release. But, I will settle for the one I have now. The Warriors is a wonderful movie.

The Warriors was based on a book, not a comic, though one of the characters in the book reads a comic about Xenophon's Anabasis, which is the original basis for the story. (And a good read itself.)

I ordered this and both the Conan’s on 4k from grindhouse so it will probably all ship together by the end of January. That’s fine with me I got plenty of releases to watch and catch up on.

Sick film! As usual I'll wait for a sale on the standard release since I just want the film for my collection.

Classic now in 4k. Only format that do justice to a amazing film. Assault on precinct 13 next.

Been waiting for this on 4k. I hope the transfer looks good!

Your video and review made me get this set. I just ordered it from Amazon and it was on sale. tomorrow my creepshow 2 arrow should be here and my Elvira blu ray to.

Great review, I was on the fence as to whether or not to pick this one up. You convinced me, I just ordered the original artwork version, I actually like the new design even the color, but I will always default to the original artwork if it’s an option. The Warriors came out when I was in high school and it was the film to see, I’ve always really liked it. I also grabbed the Hugo 4K limited edition, as it’s on sale and I love Scorsese.

One of the worst decisions on the directors cut is the very end. The theatrical release was very cool just showing the Warriors walking down the beach from behind as Joe Walsh’s In the City plays. Instead the directors cut has a cartoon panel.

48 Hours is Eddie Murphy's best movie. You need to check out the following great Walter Hill movies: The Street Fighter (1975) AKA Hard Times The Driver (1978) Southern Comfort (1981) Johnny Handsome (1989) Trespass (1992)

They did give you a Blu-ray option. The same set is available in blu-ray.

I bought the arrow exclusive, and it's bad-ass boppers!

Great review ! 👍 Not a big fan of the directors cut myself just believe it flows better without the comic pieces added. Love we got the theatrical now in it’s original aspect ratio too. Love this film !

In my top 10 movies. I always asked for the Warriors when anyone posted what movies would you like to see come to 4k

3:40 probably why the video game is so amazing.

4K version is SOLD OUT folks.

arrow had the best year of all the boutiques, my favorite release was the bruce lee set followed by hellraiser set and psycho set

Warriors is one of the greatest gang movies EVER MADE! I'll bop anyone who disagrees. And I prefer the theatrical every day myself as well.

1. When this came out many of the larger cities didn't run it. They were afraid it would lead to gang violence. 2. Late 70s soundtrack. 🤩 3. My favorite character is Luther. He's f-ing nuts. 4. Skates may look cool, but would suck in a fight. 5. "Warriors, come out to play" was ad lib. The director told David Patrick Kelly to come up with something menacing, and he looked back to when he was a kid and a creepy old neighbor used to torment the kids to come out to play. 6. The girl with the flowers on the train at the end is Debra Winger. This was her first gig. 7. End it with Joe Walsh.

If you could somehow get Spike Lee, Sean Durkin, and Edgar Wright to work together on one film together, I'd love their remake of this film. No updates, just a super faithful adaptation. Could breathe new life into the franchise and create a revolution

I'm with you man Walter Hill has become one of my favorite directors! Great review man

I watched the movie in 79 when it came out in Reading, PA.

Got my copy yesterday as an early Christmas present to myself. Absolutely gorgeous! Atmos was a surprise as I didn’t look into special features. Can’t wait to do a deep dive into this over the holidays.

Just commented about this on Adam's channel - I love this film but I really don't have an issue with Paramount's original anamorphic DVD, which is what I own. It really looks fine. They could have updated the mono audio track, but a 5.1 mix was saved for the so called Director's Cut years later. On that topic, I remember picking up the Director's Cut on DVD and being completely put off by the comic panels; I ended up selling it and keeping the theatrical version on that original DVD. This looks like a really nice release, with the thick boxing and all that, but I don't think it's worth $45.

The Warriors is one of the movies that needs to be left alone. It is also my favorite number 1 movie of all time. A series needs to stay out of this and the last thing we need is some greedy corporate getting their hands on it and ruin it. I say this with a if and I mean a big if. If they ever were to make a tv series out of it they need to stick to the orginal story. I give credit to Rockstar games for actually making a really good prequel/back story to how The Warriors were created. This movie is sacred to alot of us diehard fans

Great review. I was worried when you kept referring to Cyrus as "the leader". But you eventually called him by name lol. Joking, but they make a big deal about his character in the movie, he is the center/origin of the plot. But jokes aside, great review. Thats kisappointing on not including a standard blu ray

Yeah! “Warriors…come out to play-eee-aay!” ❤

I got the Blu-Ray edition. Is that blu-ray a good upgrade or the same as ones before?

I opted for the original artwork. I'm very pleased with the final product.

The Warriors isn't based on a comic it's based on a 1965 novel. There's also a TV cut of the film which has even more scenes (such as a different opening) not seen in any other version of the film.

I bought both copies of the collectors disk with the original poster and this one

P.S. it looks great now and the sound is fantastic, as it is now atmos. and love the box set as has a lot of info.

I was looking forward to getting my copy in the uk and bought it from eBay. Unfortunatley, the guy that posted it to me had put far too much tape on the packaging making it hard to open it. I put a small gauge in the cardboard sleeve which put me off openeing it.

I need this Warriors on 4K. Chunky Boxset it is.

It’s so annoying that I only just recently got into 4ks as Arrow has released tons of my favourite films in limited editions that I can’t get anywhere anymore unless I’m willing to pay twice the price on eBay! This one included 😭 First limited one I’ll be getting looks to be Withnail and I released next month!

mausoleum special edition uk release on the way - just had chucky 4k box set arrow

Walter Hill is solid man!

MERRY CHRISTMAS! I made sure that THIS TIME I bought this WARRIORS box set fast! As now it is OOP. per se aka SOLD OUT. I was in hospital 8 days after I ordered WARRIORS. I first saw this movie in 1979 in Levittown NY - at time I was not impressed at the time. BUT NOW, like it a lot much more now. Especially since it has ATMOS sound now. Glad I waited for this than buy the previous dvd-bluray set. I got mine 3 days before the actual premiere date on video. Got mine on December 16. And entered hospital December 11 and ordered this -bought- December 11 or so, but Mom was able to be home when it arrived. Thanks for your great review. Have happy holidays!

I bought mine 2day on 4K

What's the size of the poster?

Got my blu ray from Grindhouse video today

Of course Arrow sends me an email that there is a delay with my order... 🤣

Any extra features than the dvd

question though to be sure with this 4K release , i had that horrible version too with the cartoonish addons aswell but that wasnt the only dissapointing thing also the audio music was redone , it wasnt the original background music . So to sure this release with the og release has no cartoonish addons and the original background music ?

Arrow is dropping bombs 💣 👏

Walter Hill is one of my favorite directors. If you take the first half of his career ....which for me is HARD TIMES all the way to STREETS OF FIRE..... the only 2 films of his I didn't like were THE WARRIORS and STREETS OF FIRE. HARD TIMES ... THE DRIVER ... LONG RIDERS ... 48 HRS ..... SOUTHERN COMFORT .... all torch THE WARRIORS imo. He also wrote the screenplays for .. THE GETAWAY and HICKEY & BOGGS ... which are both great!

Arrow video is very expensive. But worth every penny. You just have to save up some funds to be able to buy the releases.

Why wasn’t the deleted scenes included

Thing is I paid £20 with shipping £35 and that's the Blu-ray edition not ultra. . I only bought after some advertising that was on discount . Didn't realise was two versions . For me the wanderers always be the best gang film

Set looks nice, I just got an email from Arrow saying there is going to be a long delay in getting my copy. I guess I'm not important enough to get it as fast as you did. Same with Vinegar Syndrome, I still haven't received my Black Friday order.

The Wanderers always be number 1 .the steelbook is amazing

Is the 4K the same if you purchased from Diabolik?

I preordered mine and its delayed! :( til next week...

It took me awhile to become an Arrow Video fan. That's mostly due to the titles they release. They are starting to release more stuff I like. Horror is my favorite genre but they are starting to release more of the other stuff I like, like The Warriors, the western boxsets, and Shaw Brothers stuff. And now both Conan films? Yeah, fair to say I'm loving their 2023 announcements and hope they do more of the stuff I like for 2024. Still hoping for that Chronicles of Riddick 4k. 🤞🏻

Am I able to buy the Theatrical 4k without all the extra stuff?

Around the same The Wanderers came out which i enoyed too very much. Or am i the only one who remembers that movie?

Not only have I gotten FIVE total emails from arrow about my tremors still being delayed, but I got another email from arrow about this one being delayed as well! Holiday season whatever, but the tremors one is unacceptable. Arrows trying to go on my naughty bitch list at the end of the year.

I gotta say I've watched the new "Point Break" 4k, and was really disappointed. There's so much grain.. The best part was the beautiful steelbook.

I do prefer the original theatrical cut. I was never a fan of the added comic book transitions. I am looking forward to receiving my copy.

No digital code comes with this set??

I ordered the Arrow website special edition with original artwork but just received an email saying it has been delayed.😡

I owned the dvd with the comic strips in the movie, disnt like that version so i gave it away. Nust own the 1st dvd that came out and now the 4K eddition .

Kenny come out and playyyyy!

Another great review mate...have currently got The Warriors on pre-order.Not released here in the UK.Thank goodness for Region Free 4k (so far).Barbarella was stunning.Also have Three Days Of The Condor here to watch.Can't remember if you did a review of it.I watch all your reviews.Great work man.Thanks.

Will Arrow release in UK or should I get this?

The only reason they have been including blu ray with 4K all these years is so people could future proof. Those days are over. Labels don't care if you want to watch in another room.

I have blu-ray verson steelbook

Arrow may be the best but it’s all debatable. People like vinegar syndrome bringing lost films and all there 4ks look as good as they possibly can.

No Deleted Scenes again? Bring out the Television Release with the Deleted Scenes or just Release the Deleted Scenes.😁👊

Its crazy... You're a grown man yet you have never seen everyday guy movies all men have seen thousands of times

One of the best movies ever. I preordered but got an email today that delivery is delayed. 😢 We also need The Crow on 4K.

I'm so disappointed. I was so excited for this and first I got a notification that it was pushed back a week and THEN I got a notification that it won't ship until late JANUARY. :(

The director's cut is an abomination. Walter Hill should be slapped by every fan for what he did to it 😂. I don't mind the comic book inserts, but his butchering of the Baseball Furies reveal scene outside the train station is a travesty.

Wallet..can’t…take…anymore

Michael Beck....who would go on to flush his career down the toilet after Xanadu.....😂😂😂😂😂