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• Just got it on DVD. Streets of Fire was ahead of its time. The visuals and music would be commonplace for years in film. A couple of observations. People took the subway/ El trains to get the main train station, airport or highway out of the area. If you look closely at the police uniforms of the roadblock cops they are different from the police seen earlier in the film. I believe that they were the county or state police. Cody and company are in another jurisdiction thus giving sense of a larger area outside the Richmond District.

• I really really love this channel!!!

• Nowhere Fast & Tonight Is What It Means To Be Young are still on my playlists

• I may have to watch this just to see what an unlikable Rick Moranis character is like. He’s one of those people forever associated with good & nice guys. If he punched a nun I have no doubt most people would Immediately think “What did that nun do to Rick Moranis?”

  I wasn’t surprised at the outpouring of sympathy and well wishes after Rick was sucker punched earlier this year while walking down a NYC street. Nor was I surprised at the visceral reaction to find his attacker at all costs. Whether it’s Little Shop of Horrors, Ghostbusters, Honey I Shrunk the Kids, or Little Giants, everyone has a fond memory of him

• Great review; much of this movie still sticks in my memory. I thought Amy Madigan's character was hot until I realized I wasn't her type (but she was still hot!). Whatever happened to Michael Pare after The Philadelphia Experiment?

• I missed this film on its first run, rented it in 1987, and just barely remember not caring for it all that much, which doesn't make sense, because as Morgan points out, it contains almost all of the elements of a perfect film and was made by Walter Hill, whose work I almost universally enjoy. But I love this channel, because it has me wanting to revisit some of these films that I originally overlooked or dismissed and this is another that I will try to catch again soon. Thank you again for your excellent review, Morgan!

• After having seen this film maybe a 12 times over the past several years I would like to point out the main problem I have wrapping my head around; we have a movie about a lead actress singer, who doesn't sing in this movie, being saved by a male lead who was a lead in another movie where he played a singer, yet he too didn't sing. When and where will the madness end. Except for that I really do enjoy this movie. You can never go wrong with a Jim Steinman Song or two. Dan Hartman's I Can Dream About You is FANTASIC!! Great review Morgan...if I may be so bold as to refer to you by your first name.

• Streets of Fire was only limited to West Coast. Here on East Coast and in Middle America didn’t know when this was in movies! However between VHS, DVD and Blu-Ray sales made up their budget!

• I really enjoyed this! Streets of Fire was apparently fairly popular in Japan, and as an old school anime nerd it's weird coming from the opposite direction-- there's SO much of this movie in so much 80's and early 90's anime, and I had no idea just how much until watching it. The threadbare plot is kind of whatever, but it's super pretty and a ton of fun (like a lot of 80's direct to video anime!). Glad I've seen it now!

• Goodness Diane Lane was (is) gorgeous! Morgan we are GenXers but I’d love to hear your take on Rocky Horror! Also, the Pirate Movie?! It’s trash but so many Xers love it.