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Flesh + Blood

  R HD Closed Captioning

Paul Verhoeven

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Plot Summary

An attempted political overthrow in Northern Italy fails, causing most of the mercenaries hired by the coup leaders to flee. For Martin (Rutger Hauer) this is not the case, he intends to rob his duplicitous former employer Arnolfini (Fernando Hillbeck). Using a stolen religious artifact as a talisman, Martin raises his own army. He later abducts Arnolfini's future daughter-in-law Agnes (Jennifer Jason Leigh), who evades gang rape by professing eternal devotion to her captor. Along with a deadly plague, weeks of plunder and destruction follow.

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Rotten Tomatoes Movie Reviews

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77%
  • Reviews Counted: 13
  • Fresh: 10
  • Rotten: 3
  • Average Rating: 6.0/10

Top Critics' Reviews

Fresh: A vivid and muscular, if less than fully startling, account of lust, savagery, revenge, betrayal and assorted other dark doings in the Middle Ages. – Variety Staff, Variety, Jan 23, 2011

Fresh: It's hamstrung by leaden dialogue and the motley international cast - Python and the Grail are never that far away - but it's admirably unsentimental and by no means stupid. – Time Out, Jan 23, 2011

Fresh: Delivers exactly what the title promises (and then some), as Dutch director Verhoeven spares no gory or raunchy details in his vigorous recreation of medieval Europe. – Film4, Jan 23, 2011

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Customer Reviews

Barnes and Nobles?

Why do the biggest idiots always leave bad reviews for entertainment media?

Flesh and Blood

Seems to me an extra 2 bucks is cheap for the privilege of hanging out at home in your jammies! The movie is good fun, especially for Rutger Hauer fans - he's at his most gorgeous in this film!

Classic

I found this originally waaaay back on VHS called The Rose and the Sword. Same movie, different title. Fantastic flick. The biological warfare trick alone is worth the price of admission. Sets, costumes, cast all contribute to making this a very immersive film.

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