These Director's Cuts Suck!

Now, as I have made clear SEVERAL times throughout my tenure here at WhatCulture, I absolutely love the cult classic film The Warriors. The style, the over-the-top presentation, and the grimy and gritty nature of the setting make this an experience akin to watching a seething mass of resentment and anger take physical form, and it was all wrapped up in a beautifully simple message:

Get home without getting your head kicked in.

Can you !*$% dig it? Yes. Yes we can.

However, the only digging the Ultimate Directors Cut for The Warriors was doing was its own grave as if we're being brutally honest, this was a soulless cash grab that added almost nothing to the film's legacy. With the title "Ultimate Director's Cut" you would probably expect a monstrous amount of content and tweaks right? Well, what you actually get is 76 seconds of differences.

That's right, all of the changes amount to under one and a half minutes of extras. Cool. Off to a good start.

However it's the quality of the changes over the quantity, right? Well hate to disappoint you friend, but most of these changes are extended establishing shots, a brand new intro that wasn't needed, and a slew of comic-book style transitions that have been added to the film for no reason whatsoever. Oh actually there was a reason, and that reason was MONEY.

I say this because wouldn't you know it, The Warriors also had a new comic line release in 2009 just ahead of this 2010 Directors Cut. There's your link, that's the reason you have to put up with out-of-place transitions because a comic book also exists. Plus that intro with the direct ties to Greek legend in order to make the journey we're about to see feel more epic? Talk about hitting people over the head with your one and only story beat! We get it, they're fighters, they want to get home, I got that from the actual dialogue and clear throughline that the actual film presented.

How can so few tiny changes make such a big impact on the viewing experience?