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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
This is one of my 'fall back' movies, a post-apocalyptic sports movie, centring on a young woman who joins a nomadic team of Juggers as their `quick' (the fastest member of a 5 man team, 3 fight with metal staffs while the other uses a long clawed chain) in order to escape her poor village, the team journeys from village to village playing for food/money/companionship, until they get so good that they go to one of the last surviving cities to play a league team to see how good they actually are. The games are exiting and brutal and the now several well known actors lift the `B' movie nature above the other dross with stand outs from D'nofrio, Lindo and Hauer. Enjoy.
12 of 15 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Many years ago I went to the States to see a mate who had moved over there. Bored one night we decided to get a video out(yes it was a long time ago) I decribed this film, he'd not heard of it, so he said he had seen 'The Blood of Hero's' and it was great! Of course it was the same film - with a different title in the States. We both enjoyed watching it again.
If you like action to be tough,and realistic within post apocolyptic setting, then - despite it's low budget, this is a gem in the Mad Max vein.
Yes they could have done more. The story is thin - at least the hero gets stuck in, and gets a kicking from time to time. They did not waste millions on it - like 'Waterworld' & the 'Postman'. Compared with the realism of many of todays films it was years ahead of its time. The dialog is understated, but that is not Hauer's style.
If you are a 'rugby playing type' you will enjoy the fight scenes enough to not worry about its rough edges - its not quite a 'sports' film. It's not quite Mad Max, but works in a similar way - with a lot of subtle messages about how things might be!
Give it a try!!!
If you like action to be tough,and realistic within post apocolyptic setting, then - despite it's low budget, this is a gem in the Mad Max vein.
Yes they could have done more. The story is thin - at least the hero gets stuck in, and gets a kicking from time to time. They did not waste millions on it - like 'Waterworld' & the 'Postman'. Compared with the realism of many of todays films it was years ahead of its time. The dialog is understated, but that is not Hauer's style.
If you are a 'rugby playing type' you will enjoy the fight scenes enough to not worry about its rough edges - its not quite a 'sports' film. It's not quite Mad Max, but works in a similar way - with a lot of subtle messages about how things might be!
Give it a try!!!
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Salute of The Jugger [DVD]
I had this on Video and, once I discovered Amazon, had to own it on DVD.
This follows this Dystopic view of the Future shown in Rollerball, but the future is more Mad Max.
It echoes the use of bloodsports to distract the population from acting against the oligarchic rule under which they suffer; the Bread and Circuses of Roman history, using a sport to distract and channel the downtrodden. The same theme appears in the Richard Rahl books by Terry Goodkind, "Escape from New York" and similar works.
It says a lot about the authors' views of Human Nature and the fact that they are so popular seems to verify those views.
Great movie!
The Mad Englishman.
I had this on Video and, once I discovered Amazon, had to own it on DVD.
This follows this Dystopic view of the Future shown in Rollerball, but the future is more Mad Max.
It echoes the use of bloodsports to distract the population from acting against the oligarchic rule under which they suffer; the Bread and Circuses of Roman history, using a sport to distract and channel the downtrodden. The same theme appears in the Richard Rahl books by Terry Goodkind, "Escape from New York" and similar works.
It says a lot about the authors' views of Human Nature and the fact that they are so popular seems to verify those views.
Great movie!
The Mad Englishman.
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