Streets of Fire

Cinema International Corporation (CIC) | Release Date: June 1, 1984

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EmpireKim Newman

Very of its time but enjoyable for all that. Read full review

Gary Arnold

The disappointing thing about Streets of Fire is that it can't deliver on the promise of a tangy, sexy evening of stimulation. The failure is aggravated by the exorbitant scale of the production, which seems much too lavish for an atmosphere of B-movie squalor. [01 June 1984, p.B4]

Rita Kempley

Excess of vision and a weak underpinning are the potholes in the Streets of Fire. If you can swerve around them, Happy trails to you. [01 June 1984, p.25]

David Ansen

On paper, this sounds like an ideal Walter Hill (The Warriors, 48 HRS.) movie. On screen, it is little more than a stylishly designed but feeble parody that quickly turns into self-parody. [11 June 1984, p.81]

Janet Maslin

For all its studied sultriness, the movie feels unsexy, perhaps because its inspiration is the kind of hard- hearted western that concentrates on manly combat while eschewing all sentiment. Read full review

TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)

Vallone's production design is a knockout--the film is weakly scripted and scored. Read full review