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From Walter Hill, the director of ''[[The Warriors (film)|The Warriors]]'' and ''[[48 Hrs.|Forty Eight Hours]]'', ''Streets of Fire'' is a 1984 film, described as a "Rock'n'Roll Fable". Its setting is a kind of [[Alternate Universe]], a mix of an over-the-top 50s and a dystopian near-future as seen from the 80s; a card in the opening title sequence tells us it's set in "another time, another place." The charm of this film lies in its darkly beautiful shots with lots of shadow and smoke and piercing colors, the comic-book style storytelling, and [[Crowning Music of Awesome|fantastic music]], and it is especially [[Germans Love David Hasselhoff|popular in Japan]], despite having no initial success, commercially or critically. Notably, [[Bubblegum Crisis]] and [[Final Fight]] were influenced by this film.
'''''Streets of Fire''''' was intended to be the first in a projected trilogy of action films called "The Adventures of Tom Cody" with Hill tentatively titling the two sequels, The Far City and Cody's Return. However, the film's eventual failure at the box office put an end to the project.
The song "Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young", which plays in the ending scene and over the credits (and whose title also appeared as the tagline for the film) was later adapted into "Der Tanz der Vampire" ("The Dance of the Vampires") in the German-language stage musical [[Tanz der Vampire]].
A [[Sequel]], produced by Albert Pyun, exists, entitled ''[[Road to Hell]]''. Although it was officailly released in 2012, some sources (including [[That Other Wiki]]) date it to 2008 because of an early screening of a work print. Michael Pare and Deborah Van Valkenburgh reprise their roles from the original film. The website for the sequel can be found [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210806/http://www.roadtohellmovie.com/ here] and its trope page can be found [[Road to Hell|here]].
No relation to the song from the ''[[Initial D]]'' soundtrack.
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* [[The Eighties]]
* [[Fake Band]]: Ellen Aim and the Attackers, and the Sorels. The band playing at Torchy's? Those were the Blasters, a ''real'' [[Badass]] rockabilly group.
* [[Fan Sequel]]: As mentioned above, [https://web.archive.org/web/20160303210806/http://www.roadtohellmovie.com/ a fan sequel] is being produced.
* [[Foreshadowing]]: ''I Can Dream About You'' foreshadows that {{spoiler|Tom won't go with Ellen}}.
* [[Gangsterland]]
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* [[Vice City]]
* [[Wasted Song]]: "Never Be You" appears in-film ''very'' briefly.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: The [https://web.archive.org/web/20121102120649/http://www.mypdfscripts.com/screenplays/streets-of-fire second draft] of the screenplay has two different songs, more dialogue and backstory supplied by Reva Cody, and a different sledgehammer fight.
* [[Would Hit a Girl]]: Tom punches Ellen across the face and knocks her out.
** Out of necessity, of course. He needed her to stop fussing so he could focus on the matter at hand.
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