Watch It! For a change of pace, you can try “Streets of Fire.” Here’s a film that tried hard to mix music, action and drama and had too little of each. You’ll find an interesting young(ish) cast including Michael Paré, Diane Lane, Willem Defoe, Amy Madigan and Rick Moranis. “Streets of Fire” is supposed to be a “rock ’n’ roll fable” set, well, whenever, and a guy comes home to rescue his old flame, as she’s been kidnapped by a motorcycle gang. So things go in “Streets of Fire” until the big showdown at the end. The film has director Walter Hill’s trademark style of nighttime scenes, flashy cuts and wet streets mirroring light, but it never delivers on what it seeks so hard to accomplish: Be a movie where the music defines “Streets of Fire” as much as the acting. Ah, well. Still, you should find it and … Watch It!
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