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The Warriors (1979) directed by Walter Hill. 

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#Swan (Michael Beck) & Mercy (Deborah Van Valkenburgh) In The Warriors 1979 #MikeyNapoli #oldschool

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🦋365 Days / 365 Characters🦋

[358/365] Characters 》 Mercy

"I see what's happening next door and down the block. Belly hanging down, five kids. I'll tell you what I want. I want something now. This is the life I got left."

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The girl from The Warriors

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Deborah Van Valkenburgh in The Warriors, 1979 as Mercy

Madonna (detail), 1895-1902 by Edvard Munch

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The warriors (1979)

The Warriors is a 1979 American action crime thriller film directed by Walter Hill. Based on Sol Yurick's 1965 novel of the same name, it was released in the United States on February 9, 1979. The film centers on a fictitious New York City street gang who must travel 30 miles (48 km), from the north end of the Bronx to their home turf in Coney Island in southern Brooklyn, after they are framed for the murder of a respected gang leader.

Starring

Michael Beck as Swan

James Remar as Ajax

Deborah Van Valkenburgh as Mercy

Marcelino Sánchez as Rembrandt

David Harris as Cochise

Tom McKitterick as Cowboy

Brian Tyler as Snow

Dorsey Wright as Cleon

Terry Michos as Vermin

David Patrick Kelly as Luther

Roger Hill as Cyrus

Edward Sewer as Masai

Lynne Thigpen as the D.J.

Thomas G. Waites as Fox

Plot

Cyrus, leader of the Gramercy Riffs, the most powerful gang in New York City, requests that each of the city’s gangs send nine unarmed delegates to Van Cortlandt Park for a midnight summit. The Warriors, a multiracial gang from Coney Island, attend the summit. Cyrus proposes to the assembled crowd a citywide truce and alliance that would allow the gangs to control the city together, since they collectively outnumber the police by three to one.

Most of the gang members applaud this idea, but Luther, the unbalanced and sadistic leader of the Rogues, shoots Cyrus dead as police officers arrive to raid the summit. In the ensuing chaos, Luther realizes that one of the Warriors, Fox, appears to suspect him, and makes a false accusation which leads the vengeful Riffs to attack the "Warlord", Cleon. Meanwhile, the other Warriors escape, unaware that they have been implicated in Cyrus's killing. The Riffs put out a hit on the Warriors through a radio DJ. Swan, the "War Chief," takes charge of the group as they try get home, though the Warriors's main enforcer and brawler Ajax disagrees with Swan being leader over him.

The Turnbull ACs spot the Warriors and try to run them down with a modified school bus but the Warriors escape and board an elevated train. On the ride to Coney Island, the train is stopped by a building fire alongside the tracks, stranding the Warriors in Tremont. Setting out on foot, they encounter the Orphans, who are insecure about their low status in the gang hierarchy as they were excluded from Cyrus's meeting. After Mercy, the girlfriend of the Orphans' leader, instigates a confrontation, Swan throws a Molotov cocktail and the Warriors run to the nearest subway station. Impressed and desperate to escape her depressed neighborhood, Mercy follows the Warriors.

When the group arrives at the 96th Street and Broadway station in Manhattan, they are pursued by police and separated. Three of them, Vermin, Cochise and Rembrandt, escape by boarding a subway car. Fox, struggling with a police officer, is thrown onto the tracks and is fatally hit by a passing train as Mercy flees the scene. Swan, Ajax, Snow and Cowboy are chased by the Baseball Furies into Riverside Park but defeat them in a brawl. After the fight, Ajax sees a lone woman sitting on a park bench and leaves the group despite Swan's objections. When Ajax becomes sexually aggressive, the woman, revealed to be an undercover police officer, handcuffs him to the bench and arrests him.

Upon arriving at Union Square, Vermin, Cochise and Rembrandt are seduced by an all-female gang called the Lizzies and invited into their hideout. They narrowly escape the Lizzies' subsequent attack, learning in the process that the gangland community believes the Warriors murdered Cyrus. Acting as a lone scout, Swan decides to return to the 96th Street station, where Mercy joins him (although he spurns her promiscuity). After reaching the Union Square station, they reunite with the remaining Warriors and engage in a fight with a roller-skating gang, the Punks. Mercy proves herself formidable in combat. A member of a different gang visits the Riffs and tells them that he saw Luther shoot Cyrus.

At dawn, the Warriors finally reach Coney Island, only to find Luther and the Rogues waiting for them. Swan challenges Luther to single combat but Luther pulls a gun. Swan dodges his shot and throws a switchblade (taken from one of the Punks) into Luther's wrist, disarming him. The Riffs arrive, acknowledging the Warriors' courage and skill before apprehending the Rogues. As the Riffs descend upon him, Luther screams. The radio DJ announces that "the big alert has been called off" and salutes the Warriors with a song, "In the City." The film ends with Swan, Mercy and the rest of the gang walking down a Coney Island beach, illuminated by the rising sun.

Entry

Most remembered moment

Original trailer

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Who is Deborah Van Valkenburgh?

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Deborah Gaye Van Valkenburgh, an American actress, gained recognition for her initial appearance on screen as Mercy in the iconic 1979 movie “The Warriors.”

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Is it just me or does anyone else find it kind of hot when Swan pins Mercy up against the car during the scene when he threatens to pull a train on her? 🥵

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Behind the scenes of The Warriors

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The Warriors, directed by Walter Hill, 1979

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The Warriors (1979). Art by Sam Gilbey

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Random Sweet Things to Consider

Mercy being low-key protective of Rembrandt in the bathroom scene. That's his fucking mom now and she adopted most of the Warriors, thank you. (Plus, the production photos of Marcelino Sanchez and Deborah Van Valkenburgh hanging out together are legit the cutest thing.)

Swan probably wanted Cowboy to join the Warriors so that he could watch over him. He could've been hesitant to join the gang because he was looking out for Cowboy.

Ajax stopping to fight after Cowboy tells him that "He can't make it." Now, yes, of course Ajax was just hype that got to finally fight, but he probably also realised that stopping to fight should be a last resort, which was why he asked if Cowboy was sure that he couldn't run anymore, considering that they ran for a long ass time apparently. Ajax may be a dumbass, but like, not entirely. He probably realised that it was potentially a better idea to try and pick off a couple of the Furies (even if it was in vain or he had to do it by himself) than to keep running, when Cowboy couldn't. (If the O.G. script is anything to go by, leaving Cowboy behind would probably be subjecting him to death.) So, he decided to stay behind, partially because he wanted to throw hands and partially because he was looking out for Cowboy.

The scene when Swan and Mercy are getting off the train, and Mercy says that she likes traveling also. I really like this moment because it's so small (two lines from each character) but it speaks volumes about Mercy. "I never been anywhere, I just know I'd like it." Is such a profound line and it's delivery is so simple and casual, but it reinforces the idea that Mercy understands what she wants and is optimistic about new possibilities. She knows herself well enough to have that intuition. I probably like that moment more than the scene with the prom couple scene to be honest.

Cochise, Cowboy, and Vermin playing in the water at the end. "Hey, we've had a shitty night, but... It's over..." And it makes me think about how Swan said that them seeing the ocean meant that they were safe. They're safe as can be, for now. And then you see Rembrandt and Snow trailing behind and Swan and Mercy watching the rest of them while holding hands give off a "parents watching their kids after a long day" vibe.

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Deborah Van Valkenburgh as Mercy from The Warriors (1979)

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