Streets of Fire is/was M T V of the 80's meets the 50's. Director Hill creates many rock video artistic imagery. Style, substance mixed with imagery with a story of alpha male who rescues the lady in trouble. Tom Cody (Michael Paré) as the hired gun who has to rescue his ex Ellen Aim ( Diane Lane) who's was kidnaped by the Bomber Bike gang by the evil Raven Shadd (Willem Dafoe) is well casted. Everyone talks tough with a rustbelt looking New York background. A mix of an action flick and romance novel. Streets of Fire would be a lame movies, but the characters honor/ bravado mixed with the imagery makes for a symbolic 80ish movies. What put's the movie over the top is the memorable ending. A template for 80's movies. 7 stars.
Review of Streets of Fire
