New Warriors Cast

Cleon
Cleon was the leader of The Warriors. As the original “War Chief” he selected 8 fellow Warriors for the journey up to The Bronx to attend the conclave. Cleon was both smart and tough making him a good leader but he wasn’t strong enough to fight off The Riffs, after being accused of killing Cyrus, resulting in his death. Prior to leaving Coney Island, Cleon talks to his girlfriend, Lincoln, who has reservations about the conclave and rightly predicts that something bad will happen to him.

Swan
Swan assumes the position of War Chief after Cleon gets killed by The Riffs. This causes some consternation with Ajax who wants to be the leader and squares up to fight him. Not afraid, Swan tells Ajax to make his move but the other members of the gang cool the situation and indicate that Cleon’s choice for leader would have been Swan causing Ajax to reluctantly back down. Swan is a good leader who makes plans and contingencies for when things go wrong. He fights well against The Baseball Furies but gets a good beating by The Punks before retaliating and throwing one of them through one of the stall doors. On their return to Coney Island, Swan leads The Warriors out to face The Punks and despite bringing a knife to a gunfight he still ends up victorious. .

Ajax
Ajax, along with Cochise, is one of the “heavy muscle” members of The Warriors. Whilst a solid fighter who is good with his fists, he isn’t very smart and always tries to create unnecessary trouble and is the first to look for, or pick, a fight. He enjoys getting laid and is always on the look out for some “action”. The rest of the gang do not share his constant sexual appetite for women causing him to refer to them all as *beep* Unfortunately for Ajax, his appetite for women proves to be his downfall as he attempts to rape an undercover policewoman in Central Park who promptly arrests him. He doesn’t go down without a fight and attempts to fight off the police despite being handcuffed to a park bench.

First choice for Cowboy
So called because he wears a stetson cowboy hat (which is stolen by the other members of the gang on their way to The Bronx), Cowboy is a calm and friendly member of The Warriors who spends a lot of his time with Ajax. He’s not a great fighter and gets floored by the Baseball Furies during the fight in Central Park. Cowboy decides to go back and look out for Ajax, after he went to rape a woman in the park, and is distressed to see him being arrested and put in the back of a police car.

Snow
Snow (short for Snowball) is a smart, cautious, and good fighter making him a solid and respected member of The Warriors. He’s also the “music man” and carries the gang’s boom box on the way to the conclave. Snow puts in some good moves in the fights with The Baseball Furies in the park and with The Punks in the restroom. Snow keeps a clear head and spends most of his time with Cowboy and Ajax

Cochise
Cochise is a rough and ready fighter and a good soldier who works well with Ajax as the fellow “heavy muscle”. He proves himself during fights with The Lizzies in their apartment and in the bathroom fight with The Punks. He is good friends with Rembrandt and Vermin and reflects on the big meeting and Cyrus’ plan with them on the way back to Coney Island.

Rembrandt
Rembrandt is the artist who is responsible for using spray-paint to leave The Warrior’s tag across the city. He’s not a particularly strong fighter but is smart and cautious. He uses his spray-paint as a weapon in the fight with The Punks before he gets taken down and has to sit out the rest of the fight with Mercy. Despite being the only member of the gang to suspect The Lizzies, he is also their only casualty after one of them cuts his arm with a switchblade. He also learns from The Lizzies that The Warriors were framed for the murder of Cyrus and correctly deduces that every gang in the city must be looking for them.

Sparky
Sparky is a high-school cheerleader, who runs with The Warriors after moving to New York

Fox
The Fox is a smart and knowledgeable scout who is cautious and has a good knowledge of the other gangs in New York. He is also the only member of the gang to see Luther kill Cyrus. He himself was almost shot by Luther and only manages to escape when a bright searchlight temporarily blinds Luther. Fox backs up Swan in the parlé with The Orphans by keeping cool and thinking on his feet. Unfortunately, Fox is killed in a scuffle in the subway after he is thrown in front of a train by a cop.

Mercy
Mercy is a prostitute who hangs around with The Orphans but decides to tag along with The Warriors after looking for “some real action”. She takes a shine to Swan and walks with him on their way to Coney Island. She talks about her life as they walk through a subway tunnel where they share a kiss. Swan instantly regrets this and ditches her. They meet up again right before the fight with The Punks where they make up. On their arrival back to Coney Island she takes off with Swan and the other Warriors.

Luther
Luther is the leader of The Rogues and is a bit of a loose cannon as he is the one responsible for shooting Cyrus which he appears to do on a whim. After killing Cyrus he successfully frames The Warriors and joins in the hunt with the other gangs in the city to find them. Whilst stopping off in a candy store, he speaks to his “mentor” on the phone who provides him with updates and guidance. After arriving in Coney Island, Luther chants “Warriors, come out to play” whilst clinking glass bottles together on his fingers. Despite having a gun and coming face-to-face with Swan on the beach at Coney Island, he fails to kill him after Swan dodges his bullet and throws a knife into Luther’s arm. The Riffs suddenly appear on the beach, and after learning that The Rogues are the real culprits responsible for the death of Cyrus, it is assumed that they kill Luther and the rest of the Rogues on the beach. .

Cyrus
Cyrus is the president of The Riffs, the largest gang in New York. It was Cyrus who called the conclave in New York where he wanted to share his plan about creating one large gang that could take over the city and outnumber the cops. He rouses the crowd by shouting “can you dig it?” causing everyone to cheer and scream their support. However, as he does this, Luther takes aim and shoots him in the chest with a gun causing him to fall backwards through the wooden stage he was standing on. After the death of Cyrus, Masai takes over as the leader of The Riffs.

Masai
After the death of Cyrus, Masai takes over as leader of The Riffs and speaks to the rest of the gang asking them for more information on The Warriors and that he wants them “alive if possible, if not wasted”. He gets regular updates from across The Riff’s network of gangs on where The Warriors are and on the other gang’s attempts at stopping them. Eventually, someone comes forward with information on who really shot Cyrus causing Masai to later say to Swan that “you Warriors are good, real good” after being impressed with how they handled themselves fighting their way home to Coney Island.

Lincoln
Lincoln is Cleon’s girlfriend and is only seen in a deleted scene from the opening of the movie. Lincoln and Cleon sit together outside the bath house in Coney Island where she tells Cleon that she doesn’t like the fact that he is heading up to The Bronx and doesn’t want him getting into anything heavy. She follows behind Cleon and the other Warriors as they walk up the boardwalk on their way out of Coney Island.