The Blood of Heroes (1989)

R  |   |  Action, Sci-Fi, Sport  |  23 February 1990 (USA)
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Young Gar (as Vincent Phillip D'Onofrio)
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Dog Boy (as Justin Monju)
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Samchin Boy
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Kidda
Casey Huang ...
Kidda's Father
Quang Dinh ...
Samchin Head Elder
John Doumtsis ...
Samchin Timekeeper
John Biro ...
Samchin Peasant #1
Brian Cawley ...
Samchin Peasant #2
Gino Terranova ...
Samchin Peasant #3
Cecilia Wong ...
Kidda's Mother
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A Mad Max-esque post apocalyptic world provides the backdrop for a brutal, futuristic game resembling football. Rutger Hauer plays a disgraced former star leading a rag tag group of "Juggers" to one of the remaining Nine Cities for glory and redemption Written by Anonymous

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When juggers play there is only one way to live - THE HARD WAY! - [Australia Theatrical] [Title as Salute of the Jugger] See more »

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Action | Sci-Fi | Sport

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23 February 1990 (USA)  »

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Salute of the Jugger  »

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AUD 10,000,000 (estimated)

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$882,290 (USA)
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The sport played in this movie is referenced in the comic book, "Warriors of Plasm," published in the early 1990s by Defiant Comics. In the comic book, the sport is called Splatterball. See more »

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Dog Boy: No! Nobody carries the dog boy.
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Crazy Credits

In the opening credits, the last name of actor Hugh Keays-Byrne, who plays the part of Lord Vile, is misspelled as 'Bryne.' See more »

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The best sport movie ever made
6 February 2003 | by (London) – See all my reviews

I am surprised and delighted by the sheer depth of this movie every time I re-watch it. Not only is the jugger sport convincing, well-designed and very enthusiastically played by the excellent cast of actors, but the post-civilised (as opposed to post-apocalyptic) world it takes place in is both subtly drawn and entirely believable. Nowhere in the pithy script is there the usual heavy-handed sci-fi references to the nuclear war (or whatever) that reduced human-kind back to feudal barbarism. We are presented with the world of the juggers as-is, without a single "as you know, our society collapsed after the great firestorm in the sky" speech or a hint that the heroes of the title can improve mankind's sad situation as anything other than gladiatorial entertainers. A masterpiece that should be on DVD, converted into a computer game and, if they can get the original cast and production team together, sequelled.


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