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A review by timgrubbs
The Warriors by Sol Yurick
5.0
Far darker and more violent than the movie…
The Warriors by Sol Yurick is the basis for the well known cult film. There are some notable changes from the source material but the overall plot of a gang trying to make it home to Coney Island remains.
It’s a hot night on the Fourth of July when things kick off and tempers get fired up…
The Dominators are the lead gang in the novel (though they are first referred to as warriors lower case before they are introduced).
The six members (seven when they started) are all named and partially developed…some getting more to do than the characters in the film. The bones of the film story is easily found in the novel such as the great gang meeting (though this had less chance of success than the film version), the failed train trip (due to maintenance and not sabotage), the initial rival gang encounter (the orphans in the movie, the Blazers in the book), a park encounter leading to cops, and eventually reaching “the ocean”.
As a warning there’s quite a bit more sexual violence in this than in the film, including a gang rape, and most of the characters are hardly sympathetic.
The movie plot line of the gang being hunted for being falsely accused isn’t a factor in here…it’s much more realistic with simple feuds as they make their way.
It’s a fairly decent novel that was turned into a generally acceptable adaptation (though with added plot and character layers to make for a more interesting story).
The Warriors by Sol Yurick is the basis for the well known cult film. There are some notable changes from the source material but the overall plot of a gang trying to make it home to Coney Island remains.
It’s a hot night on the Fourth of July when things kick off and tempers get fired up…
The Dominators are the lead gang in the novel (though they are first referred to as warriors lower case before they are introduced).
The six members (seven when they started) are all named and partially developed…some getting more to do than the characters in the film. The bones of the film story is easily found in the novel such as the great gang meeting (though this had less chance of success than the film version), the failed train trip (due to maintenance and not sabotage), the initial rival gang encounter (the orphans in the movie, the Blazers in the book), a park encounter leading to cops, and eventually reaching “the ocean”.
As a warning there’s quite a bit more sexual violence in this than in the film, including a gang rape, and most of the characters are hardly sympathetic.
The movie plot line of the gang being hunted for being falsely accused isn’t a factor in here…it’s much more realistic with simple feuds as they make their way.
It’s a fairly decent novel that was turned into a generally acceptable adaptation (though with added plot and character layers to make for a more interesting story).