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The Blood of Heroes

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The Blood of Heroes

When juggers play there is only one way to live - THE HARD WAY!

5.9(161) 10/19/1989 1h 40m
ActionAdventureScience Fiction

Set in a futuristic world where the only sport that has survived in a wasted society is the brutal game known as jugging. Sallow, the leader of a rag-tag team, has played in the main Leagues before, but was cast out because of indiscretions with a lady. Now joined by a talented newcomer, Kidda, an ambitious young peasant girl, he and his team find they have one last chance for glory.

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Top Cast

Rutger Hauer

Rutger Hauer

Sallow

Joan Chen

Joan Chen

Kidda

Vincent D'Onofrio

Vincent D'Onofrio

Young Gar

Delroy Lindo

Delroy Lindo

Mbulu

Anna Katarina

Anna Katarina

Big Cimber

Hugh Keays-Byrne

Hugh Keays-Byrne

Lord Vlle

GM

Gandhi MacIntyre

Gandhi

Max Fairchild

Max Fairchild

Gonzo

Directed by

David Webb Peoples

Production

Reviews

Mekratrig

10/1/2017

A Minor Classic. My own opinion is this post apocalyptic flic deserves to be right up there with the best of the Mad Max films, and I suspect an indifferent ad campaign doomed it from the start. I love it when a film delivers a lot more than I expected, which is what you get here. Rutger Hauer and Joan Chen are the primary players on a team of roving 'athletes' who play a brutal game involving two sides, each of which is attempting to win by being the first to spike the skull of a dog on the opposing team's post (don't ask - the origin of this 'sport' is never revealed). The winning team gets room and board, and maybe a cut of the betting. Think of it as a variation of baseball's farm system and minor leagues. Sully, Rutger's character, reached the 'major leagues' before the film be

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