Streets of Fire

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Streets of Fire

PG

1984

1h 38m

Fantasy

Adventure

Action

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69%

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32 Reviews

70%

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5,000+ Ratings

Raven Shaddock (Willem Dafoe), along with his gang of merciless biker friends, kidnaps rock singer Ellen Aim (Diane Lane). Ellen's former lover, soldier-for-hire Tom Cody (Michael Paré), happens to be passing through town on a visit. In an attempt to save his star act, Ellen's manager, Billy Fish (Rick Moranis), hires Tom to rescue Ellen. Billy and Tom, along with former soldier McCoy (Amy Madigan), battle through dangerous cityscapes, determined to get Ellen back.

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Critics Consensus

Streets of Fire may sometimes buckle under the strain of its ambitious fusion of disparate genres, but Walter Hill's bravura style gives this motorcycle musical fuel to burn.

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Roger Ebert

Chicago Sun-Times

Oct 23, 2004

3/4

The movie is right on the rock & roll, but the alternative time and place are mysteriously convincing -- especially if, like me, you believe the most beautiful post-war American cars were Studebakers.

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Nell Minow

Movie Mom

Aug 23, 2003

4/5

Unsuccessful, but very striking.

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Richard Freedman

Newark Star-Ledger

Jan 7, 2026

The picture as a whole is a fable full of sound and fury, signifying exactly zilch.

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Dennis Schwartz

Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews

Aug 12, 2024

B-

Though a failure at the box-office when released, it has aged well and doesn't look that bad when viewed today.

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Nick Rogers

Midwest Film Journal

Jun 24, 2024

3/5

Walter Hill directs the hell out of this and there are more people in the cast who understand the assignment than do not. But boy do the ones who blow it, along with some second-tier songs from Jim Steinman, render this one of Hill's weaker efforts.

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Mitchell Beaupre

Paste Magazine

Sep 29, 2023

9.5/10

Not only is it the greatest opening sequence of Hill’s career, it’s the greatest opening in film history, period.

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Bryan K

@RT96394728 3 days ago

Awesome movie, awesome soundtrack, awesome cast, awesome story, er, fable.

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Trenesia G

@RT45832332 Aug 23, 2026

This is one of my all-time favorite movies. It's stylistic and adventurous. The Past and present worldview made with sensational music. I loved the way the hero, his sidekick, and the jerk agent welcomed the singers and super excited fan to their group. The singing group, The Sorels is comprised of Robert Townsend, who became a director, producer as well as acting; Richard Lawson made 134 more movies; Mykelti Williamson made 128 (Forest Gump's Bubba) films and directed 7; Stoney Jackson did mostly television series. Willem Defoe, as usual, is outrageously good. The character he plays in this film feels like a preview of the Green Goblin. And, Defoe has made 164 films. "Tonight Is What It Means to Be Young," is a song I find myself humming years later. It's also a movie I put on to hear the music and see portions of the film in passing when I'm doing housework.

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Michael A

@Kinich61 Jun 23, 2026

I think very highly of many of the artists in this movie, but they are mostly seriously miscast.

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thiago S

@Thiagostone May 10, 2026

Filme fraco, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são fracas, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom

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Kirsten W.

@kirght Feb 20, 2026

I’ve loved this movie since I was a kid.

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Thomas F

@RT00715355 Aug 26, 2025

Did I watch the same movie as everyone else? I actually thought this was a parody at one point because I couldn’t believe how awful it was. One guy said it aged well too, what about the part when he punches her in the face to knock her out? Or when it was basically revealed that the reason she was kidnapped was to be raped? I wish I took a sip of beer for every cheesy one liner, so that I wouldn’t have remembered the second half of the movie.

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Synopsis

Raven Shaddock (Willem Dafoe), along with his gang of merciless biker friends, kidnaps rock singer Ellen Aim (Diane Lane). Ellen's former lover, soldier-for-hire Tom Cody (Michael Paré), happens to be passing through town on a visit. In an attempt to save his star act, Ellen's manager, Billy Fish (Rick Moranis), hires Tom to rescue Ellen. Billy and Tom, along with former soldier McCoy (Amy Madigan), battle through dangerous cityscapes, determined to get Ellen back.

Director: Walter Hill
Producer: Lawrence Gordon, Joel Silver
Screenwriter: Walter Hill, Larry Gross
Production Co: RKO Pictures, Universal Pictures
Rating: PG
Genre: Fantasy, Adventure, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 1, 1984, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 11, 2015
Runtime: 1h 38m
Sound Mix: Surround

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