The film was also a turning point for Hill as a screenwriter. He read Alexander Jacobs' screenplay for the John Boorman film "Point Blank" and considered it a "revelation" in terms of style and format. He decided to tailor his own scripts in that manner, as he described it, "extremely spare, almost Haiku style. Both stage directions and dialogue." He was also influenced by Sam Peckinpah. Hill wrote "Hard Times", "The Driver", "The Warriors", and an uncredited rewrite of "Alien" in this style.