a movie with a soundtrack which is almost perfection.. Streets of Fire..
Ellen Aim (Diane Lane), a singer from the town makes good, goes home to perform for the people at home with her band, The Attackers...
Nowhere Fast - Fire Inc.she is kidnapped by the local street gang, the Bombers which is terrifying the town.. headed by Raven (Willem Dafoe) a real hardcase..
lady calls her brother, an ex-soldier, Tom Cody (Michael Pare), who was Ellen's old flame to come home.. convinces him to go rescue her.. but she's now 'shacked up' with her new manager, Billy Fish (Rick Moranis)
he says he'll go in for $10,000 and along the way, another ex-soldier McCoy (Amy Madigan) tags along.. they go deep into the Bowery which is the Bombers' territory and snatches Ellen.. while running off, the group hijacks the bus of The Sorels, a singing group whose lead singer, Bird (Stoney Jackson) is dragged along on the chase and becomes the next big thing to Billy Fish...
Ellen and Tom are torn.. they are in love but circumstances which tore them apart are still there.. Ellen tells Tom that they can run away but he goes back after slugging Ellen out, leaving her in the care of McCoy while he takes care of unfinished business..
a climatic fight later between Cody and Raven, the Bombers are beaten and leaves the townsfolk alone...
The Sorels make good as Billy Fish now manages them..
I Can Dream About You - Dan HartmanTom leaves her.. because they know they do not fit in each others' worlds.. with that goodbye, Ellen sings her heart out.. for him..
Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young - Fire Inc.just like a pulp magazine, a movie of rock n' roll, a damsel in distress, a gallant hero, a vicious villian, a rescue, love, heartbreak, separation...
a great 80s movie with great 80s music
and if you are a hot blooded male, you will fall in lust with Diane Lane