A rock'n'roll fable. That's how "Streets of Fire" starts, with the rockstar Ellen Aim (Diane Lane) in a concert, playing the 80's classic "Nowhere Fast". Soon she'll be kidnapped by Raven (Willem Dafoe), the leader of an evil gang.
Her lover and manager, Billy Fish (Rick Moranis) needs the help of her ex-boyfriend, the outlaw Tom Cody (Michael Pare), a rebel without a cause. Cody goes to his quest with McCoy (Amy Madigan), a lesbian-like soldier that needs money.
And then we have a bunch of great action scenes, fights and rock songs to create the scenario for rebels and lovers. Of course Cody and Ellen will have a "love affair revival", but what choices will they made after that?
Michael Pare follows the "Keanu Reeves Way of Acting", with just one expression all over the movie, but Diane Lane (a sex symbol), Amy Madigan and Rick Moranis (not funny here) are just perfect.
Walter Hill makes his tribute to the 60's youth movies, adds Ry Cooder's rock and blues, tells the story like a comic book and with a beautiful cinematography does one of the most underrated movies of the decade.
Someone could make a sequel. I wanna see Ellen Aim singing again!
Her lover and manager, Billy Fish (Rick Moranis) needs the help of her ex-boyfriend, the outlaw Tom Cody (Michael Pare), a rebel without a cause. Cody goes to his quest with McCoy (Amy Madigan), a lesbian-like soldier that needs money.
And then we have a bunch of great action scenes, fights and rock songs to create the scenario for rebels and lovers. Of course Cody and Ellen will have a "love affair revival", but what choices will they made after that?
Michael Pare follows the "Keanu Reeves Way of Acting", with just one expression all over the movie, but Diane Lane (a sex symbol), Amy Madigan and Rick Moranis (not funny here) are just perfect.
Walter Hill makes his tribute to the 60's youth movies, adds Ry Cooder's rock and blues, tells the story like a comic book and with a beautiful cinematography does one of the most underrated movies of the decade.
Someone could make a sequel. I wanna see Ellen Aim singing again!
