The Warriors Movie Site Forum

Cowboy Is Cool wrote: ... about Cowboy. Here we go:

Alright, first- Cowboy is almost always considered to be a wimp. I've got something to say about that. Most people say he's a wimp just because he got knocked down right away in the Furies fight. Well, I'd like to see you run miles through Riverside Park and still fight like you normally would. THE GUY WAS TRYING TO CATCH HIS BREATH! Now, many people will say that Ajax did all that and still fought, but he was probably so ready for a fight that he didin't care about cathcing his breath.

Also, if you look closely in the background during the fight, you can see Cowboy moving around on the ground alot. That shows me that he was trying to get up to help his buddies, but was too hurt and exhausted.

Second- the Punks fight. Almost every Warrior is shown getting hit by a Punk at least once- except for Cowboy! That shows me that Walter Hill wanted to put emphasis on Cowboy's amazing fighting skills. Who saves Swan when he is getting repeatedly sucker-punched? Cowboy. Who takes down the leader? Cowboy. Who breaks a bat into a Punk's stomach? Cowboy. In all, he took out 3 Punks, out of the 10 that were there. Finally, people might say, "Hey! So what he took down the leader? The leader was a wimp!" The Punks leader was definitely a soldier. He took spray paint right to the eyes, took one mean punch from Rembrandt, and got beaten up by Snow, but he still kept coming. Snow wasn't able to waste him, but Cowboy did.

goin_CRAZY wrote: And you can do that, but in spite of the fighting he does in the Punks fight, he really never does anything else spectacular throughout the entire film. No offence to you or your opinion or anything.

And is it just me or does it seem like Cowboy has his own cult following now.

KillerMime wrote: I think Walter Hill wanted to give rembrandt and cowboy some credibility, so in the punks fight they did kick some ass.  The problem with cowboy is that he's established as a weak link early in the movie when he says to Vermin "If we're wearin our colors we can't hide."  When vermin responds "Who wants to hide?", you can kind of see the look of disgust on his face.

Cowboy was good in the punks fight, but did you ever notice when he punches the punks leader , his hand shakes after the punch like he's never fought before in his life.