The Warriors (1979)

 'The Warriors' is a rather stylized film about delegates from the various street gangs of New York, attending a big pow-wow at which a charismatic leader, who might have united them is assassinated. One gang, based in Coney Island called The Warriors is framed for this, and the film chronicles their desperate night flight 27 miles through the city to the safety of home. It's an unusual piece that I'm surprised a major studio green lit, but it worked out the film made $22.5 million box office off a $4 million budget. The only other film I could think of that was kind of like this was 1984's 'Streets of Fire', turns out they had the same director, Walter Hill. **1/2