Streets Of Fire | Cody Vs. Raven (Willem Dafoe)

[@D-ei1pc]

Bill Paxton brings every side character to life by giving the most human reaction to crazy situations

[@mickrozycki451]

It's like Bill was an alien accidentally cast in Hollywood movies.

[@JoeRandoms]

fr

[@nocturnalrecluse1216]

Game over man!!!

[@cherokeegirl5908]

R.I.P. Bill

[@vicdamon3551]

He was great and is missed

[@patricknilsson4360]

He called in the whole Blue Oyster bar. 😮

[@williamzoom]

Dancing, alot of dancing!

[@wolfgang-franzkranek6146]

🤣

[@sr5610]

Procter!!

[@Swarley0420]

😂 damn 😂

[@pabloslopezo6189]

😂😂😂 that's a good one. Police Academy!!!

[@Raggedy_Man]

I never seen William Defoe this young.

[@sandytrunks]

Wait until he's turned into an A.I. character (along with the rest of the actors in Hollywood) Bwah Ha Ha Ha!

[@SlayingMantis676]

I always thought he was just born in his 60's lol

[@gerula7456]

He never was.

[@offgridnightmarenewhomeste3215]

You should see him in the Loveless!

[@AllenKnutson]

He's even younger in The Hunger, but doesn't have any lines.

[@Mr.H0LLYW00D]

Ive never seen willem defoe this young. My brain keeps thinking its A.I. 😂

[@wmst5065]

Nope, but this movie is nearly 40 years old.

[@nathon5568]

One of my faves from the 80s . Very unique movie with an equally unique soundtrack

[@MrBahBZ]

Come on, man. This scene alone is one of the stupidest things ever committed to film.

[@chrisr7597]

Always remembered this one seeing it as a kid. 11 in '84...man time flies. Great fight scene🔥

[@Corey-zt3pw]

I know right? I was 7 and my brother was 11. This came on HBO twice a day and we'd usually sit and watch it everytime.😊

[@MinekEzQM]

In the same decade we've been watching movies made in Hong-Kong with 100x better fight scenes. And nothing in those movies were like "Listen up, you can wear these clothes, ride these vehicles, but not a spot of dirt can touch them, because we have to give them back to the rental companies tomorrow".

[@DerWutendeMetzger]

I want to go back!

[@8474Starscream]

10 in 84. My brother and I watched this over and over 🔥

[@marshmangunnar9150]

🎉

[@Kastle9498]

The fact Willem Defoe could've been the joker at any point in the past and never been cast is Dissapointing from WB its like they wanted to Dissapoint us

[@JJONNYREPP]

Streets Of Fire | Cody Vs. Raven (Willem Dafoe) 2148pm 7.9.24 reprising the loveless, here, no doubt...? our bequiffed friend, there, the irritable elder brother from the mighty fine weird science movie. ummmmmm...not as good as rumble fish. but, then, i would say..........or, rather, write that....

[@claverhouse1]

The past tense of cast is cast, not casted.

[@palmerlp]

The word “disappointing” should not be used anywhere near “Streets of Fire.”

[@JJONNYREPP]

@@claverhouse1 Comments on ‘Streets Of Fire | Cody Vs. Raven (Willem Dafoe)’ 8.9.24 0750am i mean who in their right mind would say casted as in you've been casted to play.... like saying errr.... you've been casted to play the part of.... it's all gooderer, though. all is well. divesting myself of tedious canadines and their insane psychosises.

[@JJONNYREPP]

@@palmerlp ERM....................... did the film get gooderer as it went along...?

[@silencia08]

“There Was A Hammer Fight!”

[@amateurantix1865]

I see what you did there 😏

[@tbh334]

Yes yes yes

[@Niko-ys9ie]

THERE WAS A HAMMER FIIIIIIGHT

[@manfmalachi]

Best comment !!!!!!

[@MaxwellBenson80]

I read it in the exact voice from bds

[@brantfrans8595]

Willem Defoe is a tremendous actor. Truly one of the best in the world.

[@euansmith3699]

We certainly get our money's worth when buying a ticket for a Defoe movie.

[@obsever97]

Are you sure he was acting?

[@HansCholo619]

FINALLLY!!! .......AFTER DECADES , this epic fight finally gets its time to be recognized and enjoyed by more people now.

[@sneekiersnek3122]

Wile DaFoe has the best expressions, when he's sneering, when he's getting hit. True actor

[@TheDoorspook11c]

True

[@StormtheBard]

I still listen to this soundtrack and it's amazing! The 80's movies were a class of their own with films like this, The Warriors, Big Trouble in Little China, Escape From New York, and many other amazing films to count!

[@barriefrench3371]

You got great taste all the Great Movies...just on note have you seen the Outsiders by any chance .

[@StormtheBard]

@@barriefrench3371 Oh of course and some more great ones with a ton of the young stars at that time Young Guns & Breakfast Club. I watched a ton of movies when I was growing up in that time

[@jacktorrance2633]

"The Warriors" was a 70s movie.

[@Billy-bc8pk]

@@jacktorrance2633 Close enough.

[@StormtheBard]

@@jacktorrance2633 oh that's right late 70s well regardless still a great film lol

[@notta3d]

Apologizing to the bad guy for being late to their street fight. What a good guy.

[@naim7466]

Summer of 84 movie,40 years ago,the year of so many well known memorable movies.

[@DerWutendeMetzger]

85 was even better.

[@dcclark8870]

@@DerWutendeMetzger84 had to many classics. 85 was great also, I mean, it was the he 80’s!

[@cesarrivera286]

Yep. comparing 84 to 85 is like comparing 2 high end steaks. Both are amazing.@@dcclark8870

[@Tom-rg2ex]

That shot where the camera pans up from Dafoe and switches focus to the background with all the bikers coming in is actually so artful, it must have been a big effort to coordinate it just right.

[@euansmith3699]

The cold gas pouring from the air horn is a great detail; and, later, Defoe's fist clenching before starting the second round of the fight is up there with Crispin Glover preparing for his big punch in Back to the Future. Great stuff.

[@veitroc]

Tremendous movie… Defoe was an amazing heel and Tom Cody man… loved this as a kid.. RUMBLE PLAYING MAKES IT… the shot when Ravens crew shows.. fire

[@sgrafx]

Another amazing Universal production. A one of a kind film, fantastic. What a cast.

[@DragonHeart613]

This movie is so influential that it actually influenced not one but two iconic video game franchises in Capcom's Final Fight series & Sega's Streets of Rage series.

[@Railfan-uf9mw]

I was going to say about that this movie should’ve been streets of rage and unlock Pepsiman!!!!!! 😂😂😂😂😂

[@trentl3492]

I'd also argue that it influenced Full Throttle as well. The music at the beginning definitely sounds like it inspired some of the BGM for Full Throttle.

[@KenMasters.]

Made by Walter Hill. The same guy who made The Warriors which inspired Renegade, Double Dragon 1, Bad Dudes, Final Fight 1, and even Jet Set Radio.

[@mikeconey2164]

That really isn't very influential.

[@Billy-bc8pk]

@@mikeconey2164 Streets of Rage is the quitessential gold standard for the beat-'em-up genre, spawning tons of clones and off-shoots, so I would absolutely say that that is very influential in the game space. Not to mention, this and Mad Max also influenced Fist of the North Star.

[@HubiD]

One of my all time favorites. Ry Cooder did the background music. Armani did the leather costumes. A beautiful Diane Lane. Straight story. They don’t make movies like that anymore. “Yeah I know you. You’re the guy with the right hook.”

[@superpowerpictures]

I was curious of the background music because it's certainly classic tunes

[@amateurantix1865]

Bestest bad guy hair-do EVER

[@1967davethewave]

You can say that again!!!!!

[@jermainewright2556]

@@1967davethewave in the 50s gang members grease their hair

[@skully70]

I agree, but I will nominate Zorg from "the fifth element" as a close second place.

[@euansmith3699]

Raven walking through the flames, in his leather dungarees, at Torchie's is such a cool shot.

[@jermainewright2556]

@@euansmith3699 He wants to face him man to man , he is not easily intimidated by the damage he caused at the battery

[@bmxbarron]

Lee ving with the knockout punch, FEAR FOREVER!!!!!!

[@lurodlr32]

More beer!

[@stanislavpetrov5955]

There's so many of us, there's so many of us, there's so many of us. there's so many of us...

[@ElevenDollarCheese]

​@stanislavpetrov5955 too. Too many.

[@stratobungle]

He pops up in the most UNUSUAL places!

[@kingbookaworld3534]

1 2 3 4!!!!!!

[@idontevenlikemoney]

"IIIIIIIIII LOVE LIVIN IN THE CITYYYYYYYY!"

[@magikbullit1989]

I thought that was him!

[@channingthomas6697]

Wow. This film is 40yrs old. I remember how badly I wanted to see Streets of Fire when it hit theaters. That feeling hasn't waned. This is not a masterpiece of film but Walter Hill's masterpiece of atmosphere. Looks like the French comic strips I used to read in Heavy Metal magazine.

[@thetruthhurts5632]

Bill Paxton's character: "these guys are worse than the xenomorphs - game over man!!" XD

[@davidsr9719]

😂😂😂

[@onlyme9254]

👌😂

[@tyegjefflin7072]

🤣 Another great Paxton movie!! "Why don't you put HER in charge?!?!" LOL!!

[@eddierascalhaskell4954]

Most underrated 80s movie.

[@codeman3640]

Never seen or heard of this movie until today . Cool scene !

[@eddierascalhaskell4954]

Streets of Fire RULES.

[@chrisr7597]

Warning: musical lol

[@JamesSelsing]

Bruh🙈

[@Billy-bc8pk]

This is a kickbutt film through and through. Has some cool music, and Cody is a legit bada$$ in this film. Easily one of my top ten all-time favourites.

[@Gentleman_Hedgie]

I first found this movie on 14th February 1993 in a second hand shop whilst looking for a gift for my girlfriend. I never found the gift, but this gem of movie has been with me ever since.

[@ThailandDantotherescue]

Nothing better than a good old fashioned pick axe fight in the street.

[@JamesSelsing]

Those are railroad spike drivers.

[@holdensagan]

Favorite movie as a kid. Peak Diane lane.

[@Dommymarano]

I’m almost 54 and this was a movie when I was a kid!!

[@kellywilson8440]

The Warriors 1979 / Streets of Fire 1984 , 2 of the best movies imo !

[@MinekEzQM]

Because you haven't seen Hong Kong productions in those years. Man, those films had really good fights. Thank god we were watching "Millionaires Express (Shanghai Express)" and "Project A" and such.

[@Valen-xu2wy]

Don't forget the Wanderers.

[@rcrippen]

Mercy

[@zer0_5um]

they all look like leather daddies lmao

[@Azazel2024]

50s drama or Gay biker queens you decide !

[@jarlstervik2924]

Was thinking the same thing:) They would fit right into the Blue oyster bar in Police academy,hehehe

[@gregbors8364]

“We’re the Panthers! (meow)” 🐱

[@Railfan-uf9mw]

Wow look how young he was back then!!!

[@jermainewright2556]

Diane lane was only 19 years old , Willem , Michael and Rick were like in their early 30s

[@iamBlackGambit]

​@@jermainewright2556 william was 29

[@jermainewright2556]

@@iamBlackGambit Willem Dafoe is older than Michael Paré

[@poptarget]

Bill was 29 also.

[@eduardosequerajr4365]

Wow I'm speechless at d moment as a grown man I all I can remember is sitting in d living room and watch these movies with my dad good memories for me thanks for a sneak peek from d past boss man

[@jasongarrett768]

I was going to get mad at Universal for photoshopping the thumbnail for the algorithm but then I remembered that Dafoe’s face actually did that. All Final Fight fans need to watch this movie.

[@cdtv3602]

3:52 😱 *that's the girl from THE WARRIORS!*

[@Freddy_Confetti]

Yup

[@centurious1971]

Debra Van Valkenburgh

[@jules2545]

Who are the warriors?

[@cdtv3602]

@@jules2545 i heard that quote in the movie

[@jules2545]

@@cdtv3602 👍

[@saxon1177]

Such an awesome movie, and Diane Lane was smokin'!

[@mousec2600]

A Heavenly dream. She still hot 40 years later.

[@dwilson2548]

What a great movie from back in the day !!!! When this is over I think I'm going to run down to the Bowery Ellen Aim is playing. 😎😂

[@shatterjack]

0:00 Is that Strange Face of Love playing? I feel like I'm in Desperado!

[@TheHighSeasPodcast]

Imagine you're a young kid, there's a storm outside in the middle of the night and you hear something under your bed. You look underneath, and it's Willem Dafoe grinning from ear to ear 😬

[@AlBrownComedy]

It was movies like this that got my ass kicked as a kid lol. I kept thinking fights were supposed to last an hour 😂 Thank God I started watching Bruce Lee.

[@TNYC_728]

Dafoe young lookin like the first vampire ever

[@Ohhhmyyyygaawwd]

2:00 It's a Rob Halford impressionist convention!

[@TechnoEstate]

How come I've never heard of this movie until now? 🤨 It's awesome, and was probably a major inspiration for one of my favorite video game classics: Capcom's *_Final Fight._*

[@dkratos2640]

When I was around 7-8 years old streets of fire and Eddie and the cruisers were always on hbo and I always thought they were the same movie until I was a teenager

[@dogdriver70]

1:26 "Game over, man! GAME OVER!"

[@brianshaffer1207]

They just don't make them like this anymore. The 80s was truly special!

[@MinekEzQM]

Yeah, when they tried to make the movie goers believe that metropolis streets are clean, all cars and motorbikes look like they have been bought from the retail shop an hour ago, and street gangs wear super clean, well fit clothes. Thank god there are no more movies like this.

[@ottovongrubner3194]

Go look at the list of movies that came out in 1984. It will blow your mind how many top 100 all time movies came out that year.

[@jasonray9835]

Damn, nice to hear Link Wray's "Rumble" in the background, but slower. Good shit!

[@Imawesome-qg7cn]

Ngl i thought the thumbnail was the spiderman meme "DO YOU KNOW WHAT I SACRIFISED!!!"

[@MrBobloblaw60]

it looks like an AI generated image of Dafoe

[@Kastle9498]

You're out Norman

[@bardfinn]

@@MrBobloblaw60 5:05 it’s just how incredibly “unique” Dafoe’s jaw, teeth, and mouth are. Straight from the celluloid

[@palmerlp]

Absolute balls-crazy masterpiece

[@dafunkester]

Love this film! One of Defoe's greatest.

[@MinekEzQM]

Haha, no. The Boondock Saints is his greatest.

[@dafunkester]

@@MinekEzQM Ha Ha No it isn't!

[@outsiderimages]

The fact every bike started on first kick is where I call the movie into question 😂😂😂 Secondly the fact we never saw Defoe as Joker is an American cinema tragedy

[@tomoslewis9656]

It's amazing how cultural drift has made the bike gang incredibly gay coded.

[@fireemblemistrash75]

More like people taking something and ruining it

[@Multi_Purpose_Weirdo]

This was recognizably gay coded at the time. The association between leather gear and gay men (and fabulous hair) was already in the public consciousness. "Cruising" came out in 1980 and caused a stir, and "Police Academy" was cracking jokes about gay leather culture in 1984. The Village People had a leatherman in the lineup and people knew he was no regular biker.

[@Powermad-bu4em]

Dont forget the biker Chong catches a ride with in Cheech and Chong's Next Movie. ​@@Multi_Purpose_Weirdo

[@SevenOf9-Seven]

It always was, except perhaps for a brief window in the 1950s. Biker culture has always been super duper gay.

[@Enkarashaddam]

Yeah those bikers scream village people to me big time

[@arthursido]

One of the most underrated movies in modern cinema

[@2Stoned2Care153]

2:10 Yeah ok 😂😂😂

[@Juml872]

I love how they throw the bikes and extras during the fight 😂

[@kenkinder426]

Love this movie!!! Walter Hill has directed some great movies

[@SuPeRNinJaRed]

THERE WAS A STREETS OF FIREFIGHT!

[@pcbacklash_3261]

It's been so long since I've seen this movie I forgot Bill Paxton was in it! Nothing more iconic than Michael Pare and Willem Dafoe going at each other with sledge hammers! 😁 (Edit: apologies to Mr. Paxton for getting his name wrong).

[@trumpeter19]

Bill paxton

[@sacredf8]

Am I the only one that thinks the fighting SFX here is absolutely top notch? The punches sound amazing.

[@RICKONORATO]

Wow, so many name actors in this at the beginning of their careers

[@crtmojo2705]

Raven seems like the kind of guy to throw your cat out the window.

[@Saturnia2014]

A psychiatrist's cat?

[@crtmojo2705]

@@Saturnia2014 a lawyers cat.

[@crtmojo2705]

@@Saturnia2014 kzbin.info/www/bejne/mnWlhnetbLmSe9Usi=GhU11_Yum-9C-FDA

[@kellycochran6487]

A criminally under-rated movie.

[@OLBeefcat1992]

Judging by the thumbnail, his dentist has NO PROBLEM doing routine care 🤣

[@JJONNYREPP]

Streets Of Fire | Cody Vs. Raven (Willem Dafoe) 2154pm 7.9.24 the bad guy gets a kick-in. sappy nonsense. who now watches films and hopes the bad guy pulls through..........? i mean, it's an easy enough stance to take with creature feature films, seeing as though meddling humanity wont leave well alone as they wittingly unleash some frenzied foe.... but good ol' tiresome americana gettin' the upper hand........... for no other reason than the cop sed so.... jeeeeeeeeez.... we need an anti wholesome anti-foe type of anti- superhero, one who takes no pleasure in us vs them and sees them al for the vast conglomerate of b.s they always have been... biker fiend or no. the film doesnt look too clever. but he has better pieces to feel proud about.... didn't

[@Uh-oh_Oreo]

I swear this movie is a classic often slept on! You don't know it unless your from the 80s truly

[@ronjones1414]

I love all those Winchester 94s! You all can keep your Stoner nightmares.

[@Robert-py4ce]

Some of these old movie smack downs are awesome.

[@AlBrownComedy]

That is one hell of a Pride parade. 🏍️🏍️👨🏻👨🏻

[@georgezipp8783]

This is when I became a huge DeFoe fan . Seen this movie over 100 times .

[@taoybtm]

Michael Pare Vs Willem Dafoe

[@rudyoviedo9258]

love this movie very underrated

[@Present4]

I still say Dafoe shouldve won Best Supporting Actor for No Way Home. The range in that movie was amazing.

[@gerardotrinidad888]

I love this movie, from the story to the music. Classic.

[@Railfan-uf9mw]

And was that Rick Moaranus??

[@Codeinecharisma]

No doubt

[@eyeseer1]

Rick Moranis, yeah.

[@dougshelton69]

Same look as ghost busters...different personality😅

[@davidgraham2673]

First time I ever saw Willem DaFoe was in this movie when it came out. I remember thinking what an unusual looking guy. Great movie, and great soundtrack.

[@pingamalinga]

Same here. Even as a kid I was drawn to him and realized when he was on screen he absolutely steals the show.

[@davidgraham2673]

@pingamalinga , Agreed. He was fantastic in Platoon. What a gripping end scene for his character, with music that expressed intense emotion.

[@pingamalinga]

@@davidgraham2673 For sure. I believe I saw this first, then saw him in To Live and Die in LA and then when I saw Platoon in 87/88 I was already a fan, though surprised to see he was not a bad guy.

[@ltGargoyle]

loved this movie as a kid. just watched it last week. love the 80s was a great time to grow up.

[@BobbyIronsights]

At the time, in T.BAY, ON, Canada, I thought the 80's sucked. But now that I'm pushing fifty.... I think there were some cool stuff, and I'm not sure it was just nostalgia. The movies were definitely up there. This film was just physically beautiful/

[@newfightclub]

I watched this film in cinema (oh' yes !) and I bought myself suspenders and such a shirt...and Diane Lane...so beautiful...nowhere fast...

[@terribled]

Love this movie. Also, I love the fact that the thumbnail looks like it could be ai generated.

[@morticia981]

Holy crap, how did I miss this gem back in the day? Gotta find it now!

[@danieleric9855]

The best street fight in a movie!!!

[@MMAallday67]

My favorite guilty pleasure movie of all time!!!

[@JonathanPer_JackHammerSalm]

one of my all time favourite films

[@brettm3431]

best fight scene for a great movie ever

[@MrLGDdestroyer]

Never heard of it. It looks great! I love how there's seemingly endless gems out there!

[@damo666]

Still my go to film. Soundtrack awesome, cast perfect. Lots of style

[@harrybarnhill8029]

Game over man!!

[@jacobfinch5767]

That glare when he's sounding the horn, absolute Jerome Valeska.

[@flopimus]

Hellyeah, Lee Ving from the band Fear

[@pingamalinga]

DROP EM!!!!!!!! YEAH!!!!!! LETS GET OUTTA HERE!!!!!

[@zwastiunburzy3688]

I loved this movie in the eighties!

[@bodypiercingbytom]

Watched this soooo many times as a teen! LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!

[@judosailor610]

lol. Like they wouldn't have heard all those bikes coming from a mile away. 😂

[@dougshelton69]

They foot pedal them in like Flintstone Style😅

[@judosailor610]

@@dougshelton69 😂😂😂

[@AceFreehley]

The art of making a masterpiece out of thin air.

[@MinekEzQM]

What? You call 14 million dollars in 1983 "thin air"?

[@kalf-ve8mf]

''Game Over Man, GAME OVER!.''' 😁👽🏍

[@oldmangamer76]

This movie still kicks a$$ and the soundtrack is Fire. Pun intended. If you know you know.

[@keithwhildin523]

I was a senior in high school, the summer of 84. That was a great summer....

[@millerbai]

Willem Dafoe could play a handkerchief and it would still be captivating. What an actor!

[@dinosaur5647]

I remember watching this movie in my 20 s when I was going through my 80 and 90 movie phase and was surprised how good it was

[@secretvoiceunlocked]

Great movie the best part is the music

[@aarontyler69]

His little face twitch. Perfectionism.

[@contender730]

I've never heard of or seen this flick but glad to see my ol buddy Bill Paxton showed up. He can be in anything! 😅

[@bheinatz1]

The whole time I'm like, "Please Hammer, don't hurt him!"

[@clubmogambo3214]

Yet another highly underrated film by the great Walter Hill.