

Streets of Fire
Tonight is what it means to be young.
Raven Shaddock and his gang of merciless biker friends kidnap rock singer Ellen Aim. Ellen's former lover, soldier-for-hire Tom Cody, happens to be passing through town on a visit. In an attempt to save his star act, Ellen's manager hires Tom to rescue her. Along with a former soldier, they battle through dangerous cityscapes, determined to get Ellen back.
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $14.5M
- Box office
- $8.1M
- Language
- English
- rescue
- kidnapping
- mercenary
- fan
- singer
- motorcycle
- motorcycle gang
- neo-noir
- biker gangs
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Release dates
United StatesUS
- TheatricalPG1 Jun 1984
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM9 Aug 1984
DenmarkDK
- Theatrical151 Jun 1984
FinlandFI
- Theatrical (limited)K-161 Jun 1984
FranceFR
- Theatrical14 Nov 1984
- Physical2 Sept 2015
GermanyDE
- Theatrical1613 Jul 1984
IrelandIE
- Theatrical1514 Dec 1984
ItalyIT
- PremiereVenice Film Festival1 Sept 1984
JapanJP
- Theatrical10 Aug 1984
NetherlandsNL
- Theatrical1213 Sept 1984
- TV12V828 Mar 2003
- Physical12DVD26 Sept 2012
South KoreaKR
- Theatrical1515 Dec 1984
SpainES
- Theatrical1825 Oct 1984
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Streets of Fire was released on 1 June 1984.
Audience reviews
2- J9/10
John Chard
4/18/2015
Bombers, Blasters, Attackers and Streets of Fire. Streets of Fire is directed by Walter Hill who also co-writes the screenplay with Larry Gross. It stars Michael Paré, Diane Lane, Rick Moranis, Amy Madigan and Willem Dafoe. Music is scored by Ry Cooder and cinematography is by Andrew Laszlo. When the lead singer of Ellen Aim and the Attackers is kidnapped by biker gang The Bombers, her ex-soldier of fortune boy…
- T4/10
tmdb28039023
9/15/2022
Streets of Fire is like a feature-length Jim Steinman music video (admittedly not that big of a stretch), which makes all the sense in the world considering the singer/songwriter's cinematic bent. Steinman penned the opening and closing songs (one of which is the anthem “Tonight Is What It Means to Be Young”), while the score is a Ry Cooder leftover from another movie (and you could certainly do a lot worse than that…
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