Wow, didn’t think this would generate so much discussion. Obviously the original creator should have gone with Jason Takes Manhattan. Or the Muppets…
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As I remember it from years ago - Bronson started as a timid architect who became increasingly violent after the attack on his wife? And the Warriors were at a meeting of gangs to take over the city before all the other gangs went after them? Because thought they shot the top gang leader?
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Is that from The Warriors? Did they work on digging a new subway line?
I’m still confused!
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Yeah, it’s the scene (which @KathyPartdeux sort of covered) where the guy who is in charge of the most powerful gang had called a meeting of all the gangs, and proposes a city-wide truce, and then he’s shot and the titular warriors get blamed and everyone is chasing them down across the city, and they have to get back to their home turf (coney Island).
The gangs are all super silly… like… what?
Why?
One gang, called “the Punks” all wore overalls and some wore skates… down in the subway, you know… the best place for roller skating…
Warriors > Death Wish…
Wut?
This movie is so ridiculous, I love it…
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Yes. They dug a subway tunnel in Branson, Missouri.
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More or less. As I recall, the Warriors didn’t know about the proposed truce until the meeting, so you couldn’t exactly say they planned to take over the city. And even if they were enthusiastic about the idea, I don’t think so but I’m not certain, in the cartoonish world of The Warriors, the protagonists don’t really come off badly because 1) they never threaten “civilians” and 2) it all seems like a big game.
ETA: I may owe @mindysan33 a coke:
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I tried. Oh, Dog, did I try to watch this movie! So many times, over at least 4 decades.
It reminded me of the ridiculousness of West Side Story, thus I could never get past the first very choreographed “fight” scene. Never made it further in WSS, either. Pretty sure musicals and/or dance numbers are not for me unless embedded in animated movies or obvious farces. 
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Thanks, looks like dopey fun indeed!
Clearly!
I see, I bet they loved that town (ha).
I’ve been to Branson, cheesiest, corniest place I think I’ve ever experienced. (Don’t think I tried the cheese corn though).
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Wasn’t Bronson an architect in the death wish movies? Quite different than most architects I’ve encountered.
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Yes. An architect…of DOOM!
I remember thinking of it as one long sexist, racist embattled white guy revenge fantasy. An even dumber version of Falling Down. 
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I read somewhere that during the filming of The Great Escape the cast & crew were playing poker and Bronson lost to a young crew member. He refused to pay up & James Garner told him to pay the kid our he’d meet him outside.
He paid the kid.
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That sound especially like Death Wish 3. It’s a stupid remake of Yojimbo.
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Death Wish (and especially the sequels) reads as fascist snuff porn, but The Warriors is just goofy, cartoonish fun. And yes the Warriors were framed and are unarmed innocents just trying to get back home.
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Which reminded me of (skip to 5:30):
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I consider Falling Down to be a “you didn’t realize you were following the bad guy” kind of movie.
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Hmm. That his rage was racist and way over the top was evident to me pretty early on.
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Because you (and I) were paying attention. But lots of people miss the point.
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I’ve read about this! Spoiler: yep
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