Streets of Fire

A film review by Christopher Null - Copyright © 2000 Filmcritic.com

A bizarre take on West Side Story, Streets of Fire gives us Paré and Lane as the beast and the beauty in the music scene of "another time, another place" -- a time that manages to muddle the hair styles, attire, and vehicles of the 1930s, 1950s, and 1980s. Needless to say, it's an ugly time, an ugly place. The "rock-and-roll fable" of Streets of Fire doesn't have much to say, culminating in a pick-axe fight between Paré and bad-boy Dafoe, which I think says just about all you need to know.

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Rating

2.0 out of 5 Stars

Cast and Crew

  • Director: Walter Hill
  • Producer: Lawrence Gordon, Joel Silver
  • Screenwriter: Larry Gross, Walter Hill
  • Stars: Michael Paré, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis, Amy Madigan, Willem Dafoe, Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Richard Lawson, Rick Rossovich, Bill Paxton, Lee Ving, Stoney Jackson, Grand L. Bush, Robert Townsend
  • MPAA Rating: PG