Another film crossed off the “I know all the memes but I’ve never watched the movie” list!
This movie has the simplest plot possible – “I gotta get my gang out of this bad area” – but it zips by before you can get bored or tear open too many holes in the plot (and there are plenty of holes to choose from).
Some thoughts:
- There sure were a lot of costumes at the start of this movie. Some of them were pretty detailed – some costumer made a set of yellow satin jackets with custom “Electric Eliminators” logos for less than a minute of screen time.
- On the other hand, a lot of gang costumes seemed to be “everyone gets the same color of dirty shirt.
- So, all the gangs of New York send unarmed representatives to a meeting, but then they all split up?
- I like the idea that somewhere in New York City people live in terror of a group of kids with mime costumes.
- Weird to see one of the cast of Too Close For Comfort as a sex worker. Henry will be flummoxed.
- Also weird that the sexy radio announcer is The Chief from Carmen Sandiego.
Also, if Mercedes Ruehl is sitting alone on a bench in Central Park in the middle of the night, don’t try any funny stuff.
