# Coolest gang on film **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 29, 2009, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672 "2009-10-29T23:39:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 19\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/41 "2009-10-30T16:40:01Z")
> [@Intergalactic\_Gladiator](#): > > _Clink clink clink_ > > Warriors! Come out and play-ayyyy! that would be The Rogues…with David Patrick Kelly as the head Rogue… ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/42 "2009-10-30T18:05:00Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > that would be The Rogues…with David Patrick Kelly as the head Rogue… Luther. _“The Warriors did it! The Warriors did it! The Warriors did it!”_ ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/43 "2009-10-30T18:08:36Z")
> [@pravnik](#): > > Luther. _“The Warriors did it! The Warriors did it! The Warriors did it!”_ Cyrus: “Cannnnn Youuuuuu Digggggg it?!?!?!?!?!” Yes, yes I can. Jeez, I gotta rent me some Warriors. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/44 "2009-10-30T18:10:49Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Cyrus: “Cannnnn Youuuuuu Digggggg it?!?!?!?!?!” > > Yes, yes I can. > > Jeez, I gotta rent me some Warriors. I went as a Baseball Fury the Halloween before last. Have you played the Playstation 2 game? It rocks. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/45 "2009-10-30T18:35:55Z")
I don’t know if it quite qualifies as a gang, but the Corleone Family under Michael kicked some serious ass. Clemenza on shotguns, Cicco on the eyeshots, Tom’s ability in placement of dead hookers, etc… ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/46 "2009-10-30T18:39:49Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Cyrus: “Cannnnn Youuuuuu Digggggg it?!?!?!?!?!” > > Yes, yes I can. > > Jeez, I gotta rent me some Warriors. Listen to Pop Will Eat Itself’s **Can U Dig It** for some fun Warriors samples. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/47 "2009-10-30T19:09:00Z")
The Van Buren Boys would kick all your asses. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/48 "2009-10-30T19:35:47Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > The Van Buren Boys would kick all your asses. Not me. I know their hand sign. ---
**Author:** ![enomaj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@enomaj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enomaj)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/49 "2009-10-30T20:23:38Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > The Ducky Boys?! No way - The Wongs. > > They know kung-fu Just watched the finale on youtube. The Wongs were badass but everybody else was scared shitless before the fight. Except for the one kid’s dad who ripped up the park bench for a weapon. lol. ---
**Author:** ![bucketybuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/898d66/32.png) [@bucketybuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bucketybuck)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/50 "2009-10-30T20:41:26Z")
Well, the Warriors MIGHT win, and the Baseball furies COULD win, but… As I recall, one gang already had the title of coolest all wrapped up… RIFFS (YEAH RIGHT) ---
**Author:** ![BMax](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bmax/32/4267_2.png) [@BMax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BMax)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 8:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/51 "2009-10-30T20:49:13Z")
Do the Three Storms from \*Big Trouble in Little China \*count as a gang? ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [October 30, 2009, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/52 "2009-10-30T23:28:11Z")
Look, a family full of midgets is not considered kids, that’s a gang! ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 12:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/53 "2009-10-31T00:30:55Z")
Another huge 2nd for the Video Game- Warriors- one of the BEST adaptations of a movie for a video game that I’ve seen that goes above and beyond the films by adding in extra info as prequels and such… ---
**Author:** ![cactus\_waltz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@cactus\_waltz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cactus_waltz)\ **Post date:** [October 31, 2009, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/54 "2009-10-31T12:01:48Z")
> [@BMax](#): > > Do the Three Storms from \*Big Trouble in Little China \*count as a gang? If they do, I’d like to counter with the Masters of Death from **Shogun Assassin**. ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/55 "2009-11-01T22:05:56Z")
I contend that the Over the Hill Gang is the best but my wife suggests the fierceness that is the Winnie the Pooh gang. Well…maybe not fierceness, but piglet is pretty frightening. ---
**Author:** ![billfish678](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7bcc69/32.png) [@billfish678](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billfish678)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/56 "2009-11-01T22:30:50Z")
> [@TV\_time](#): > > Well…maybe not fierceness, but piglet is pretty frightening. I think Piglet vs Predator would be an even match. ---
**Author:** ![Koxinga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Koxinga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Koxinga)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2009, 10:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/57 "2009-11-01T22:44:02Z")
The [Disco Boys](http://www.adherents.com/lit/comics/image_film/MysteryMen_15.jpg)! ---
**Author:** ![independentminded](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/ed8c4c/32.png) [@independentminded](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/independentminded)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/58 "2009-11-21T18:27:58Z")
My vote goes to both the Jets **and** the Sharks in _West Side Story_! Yee-haaa! ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [November 21, 2009, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672/59 "2009-11-21T18:31:21Z")
Does Neil McCauley’s crew in _Heat_ count as a gang? If so, them. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/coolest-gang-on-film/515672.md?page=2)