The Blood of Heroes
“When juggers play there is only one way to live - THE HARD WAY!”
Certified Crap. CrapScore 56, rated by 1 admin.
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Civilisation has collapsed, but competitive sport still finds a way to make everybody miserable. Rutger Hauer leads a battered team through a game involving a dog skull and serious injuries. The convincing central action gives this grim sports story weight, while its rulebook supplies the outrageous premise.
Nominated by @flabbergasted_jones
The club’s verdict
- Acting
- 4/10
- Plot
- 7.5/10
- Effects
- 2.5/10
- Dialogue
- 6/10
- Rewatchability
- 8/10
“The apocalypse cancelled everything except away fixtures.”
@flabbergasted_jones, scored it 56
Synopsis and movie facts
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.
- Released
- 1989
- Directed by
- David Webb Peoples
- Running time
- 100 min
Starring
- Rutger Hauer as Sallow
- Joan Chen as Kidda
- Vincent D'Onofrio as Young Gar
- Delroy Lindo as Mbulu
- Anna Katarina as Big Cimber
- Hugh Keays-Byrne as Lord Vlle
- Gandhi MacIntyre as Gandhi
- Max Fairchild as Gonzo
Research behind this pick
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- Film reference · themoviedb.org
TMDB identity and credits retrieved on 2026-11-10: The Blood of Heroes (1989), directed by David Webb Peoples. The importer rechecks identity, poster, synopsis, release date, runtime, genres and cast against live metadata.
- Review · badmovies.org
The review praises the central action but notices background fighters marking time, while describing the team's brutal route toward the league. Full review text retained from earlier catalogue research and consulted again on 2026-11-10; no claim of a fresh page download.
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