Lots of streets, lack of fire

Basically, the director of The Warriors trying to make lightning strike twice.

The script is fit for a 90s videogame. The 2D, side-scrolling, beat-em-all kind. Although the violence is more of the Hill/Spencer, A-Team slapstick kind. Bozo Duo rather than Double Dragon. Except for the end.

Setting is full-on 50s, with a sprinkle of Western long coats and lever actions. Also, suspenders. Lots of suspenders.
Visuals are mostly music video fare (before music videos really were a thing), but possibly a bit too dark, or not enough. Absolute Beginners and Highlander simply did it better as lighter and darker, with far superior scores. So did the Blues Brothers.
Not saying the music isn't good here, though, boasting the likes of Ry Cooder, Tom Petty or Stevie Nicks.
And this movie probably was pretty innovating in '84. It aged faster, though.

The cast is less stellar. Paré never happened, I never was a fan of Lane, and Dafoe plays his usual character; Dafoe, not Dafriend. Well, he was young then, so maybe before it became his only role.
It doesn't help that the characters are one-dimensional, and rather badly written. They simply lack charisma, which is a cardinal sin for this type of movie.
Nice to see Moranis in an unexpected role, though.

No overt wokeness that I saw, but I had lost interest by the two-third mark.

Could have been a nice movie with better acting, I guess.