“Streets of Fire” Trivia!

Matthew Jackson at Mental Floss presents 14 Epic Facts About ‘Streets of Fire’.  Before you click over to get all the facts and details, here are my three favorites with my thoughts…

  • The film was intended to be part of a trilogy. I would have loved to have seen The Far City and Cody’s Return.  Is it too late?
  • The ending was originally much darker.  In this instance I agree with the studio and Michael Pare: It (the new ending) added honor and nobility to Tom Cody instead of just a guy who will not f******* lose.”
  • Streets of Fire was initially a flop.  Universal Pictures didn’t really know how to market Streets of Fire. It was so unique… an “action-romance-musical-comic book hybrid”.  Thankfully over the years Streets of Fire gained a following.  So… as to the trilogy… is it too late?  Either to revisit the characters now older… or recast and pick up where we left off.