Its good to have friends, so I wanted to pay some respect to some of the best groups of friends/gangs in movies. Here are just a select few of my personal favorites.
Keeping it 
with the 80’s vibe, the next bunch of kick ass dudes will strap on their proton packs and send you to hell. That’s right, the Ghostbusters don’t take no crap from no one, not even Gozer. When these guys hit the streets, you know somethings going down. Complete with brown jumpsuits and some of the best Bill Murray moments, the Ghostbusters deserve a salute. Who you gonna call?
eryone off guard. The Hangover contains some of the funniest movie moments of the year and that’s all thanks to the great cast brought together including man of the moment Bradley Cooper, Ed Helms and comedy genius Zack Galifianakis (try and say that five times fast). This group of rag tag buddies really know how to party.Stepping into the realms of blockbuster, we have 1998’s Armageddon. This Michael Bay mega hit has one of th
e best group dynamics I’ve seen. Headed by Bruce Willis (need I say more?) this gang of oil drillers is asked to save the world, and boy do they step up to the plate. Owen Wilson and Steve Buscemi provide some great laughs but the bit when Will Patton’s kid runs towards him at the end, gets me every time.
I have a problem with this next one, because they are both so good and of the same genre, I’m having to put them side by side. Here we have Tombstone and Young Guns. Both westerns, both featuring gun tooting, straight shooting legends of the west. These are guys that you would not mess with, unless you wanted a bullet in your skull.
From gangs of the past, to gangs of the future. Ripley leads a group of the toughest SOB’s in the galaxy to battle a bunch of Aliens that really messed with the wrong woman. Complete with flame throwers, rocket launchers and some big ass guns, this gang really owns some xenomorph ass. With Michael Biehn and Bill Paxton being a match made in James Cameron heaven.
Clearly there are other gangs that deserve a mention, such as Anchorman‘s Channel 4 news team, the genetic weirdos the X-Men and the classic coming of age kids from Stand By Me.
Respect has been paid, so until next time my minions.
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Owain Paciuszko 17th July 2009
Well, The Goonies are an obvious stand out choice from that selection, and kudos for the Aliens pick.
I also think Tyler Durden’s Space Monkeys deserve a mention, despite being fascist nutjobs.
The Time Bandits are an awesome gang, and would the Dead Poets Society count? I’m always up for a bit of poetry, jazz and… um… suicide. I’d also love to join the Mystery Men, a far superior superhero alliance than Hugh Jackman and co.
But for me the ultimate movie gang, the crew I really want to join, has to be Buckaroo Banzai and the Hong Kong Cavaliers, the best, the brightest, brain surgeons, musicians, molecular scientists, schizophrenics, black lectroids, Jeff Goldblum, genius!
wakemeup 19th July 2009
Film gangs eh?
How about …..
THE WARRIORS.
Discussion over.