Rutger Hauer,
Joan Chen,
Vincent D'Onofrio,
Anna Katarina,
Delroy Lindo
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Blood of Heroes features a sport that you're not likely to see on ESPN. It's called "juggers", and Rutger Hauer is the champion jugger in the post-apocalyptic world; he goes from village to village wi... read more
DVD Release Date: July 15, 2003
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Flixster Reviews (214)
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July 12, 2011Bit of a forgotten Hauer cult classic this with your typical popular post apocalyptic world where only the strong survive. Haven't seen this in many many moons and it wasn't quite as cool as I remember it but still decent, the plot has now been copied over and over by many films ... read more
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October 15, 2008Pretty great stuff. Gotta love the post apocalypse, especailly when they involve brutal sports...and Rutger Hauer.
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October 15, 2008Good futuristic with teams of gladiator-sportsmen roaming the countryside challenging teams to play the vicious game of juggers.
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December 13, 2008What do you get when you combine the writer of Blade Runner and Unforgiven with Rutger Hauer, Delroy Lindo and a young Vincent D'Onofrio? Only the second best post apocalypse film of all time. I've probably watched it a hundred times. For those of you outside the U.S. you may ... read more
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October 15, 2008Vincent D'Onofrio was kinda a pansy in this movie. Dogboy was a short lived character. I liked the chick with the blood fetish. Character actors were great, Delroy and the such. Interesting/fun game.
Critic Reviews
September 7, 2011
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
July 6, 2010
Variety Staff, Variety
Plot development is slim. Much of running time is given over to the game itself, which seems to have no rules except that the winning team places the skull of a dog atop a pointed stick. Full Review
August 30, 2004
Vincent Canby, New York Times
An unusually successful film of its kind, a good, lean variation on the post-apocalypse adventure-thriller that looks into the future to see the Dark Ages of the past. Full Review
January 1, 2000
Richard Harrington, Washington Post
The Blood of Heroes is a multimillion-dollar movie with about as much plot and depth as your average arcade game, but it's never quite as involving. Full Review
March 20, 2012
TV Guide's Movie Guide
The film goes wrong by appropriating worn material, then constructing around it a narrative so ruthlessly straightforward it steamrolls over any possibility of dramatic suspense. Full Review
June 24, 2006
Time Out
There's little to look at and nothing worth hearing. Even the game itself is a drag. Full Review
May 24, 2003
Film4
Poor old Hauer. Doesn't he long to play sensible characters in settings that don't involve post-apocalyptic societies and peculiar headbands? If he does, his agent never got the message. Full Review
March 22, 2001
James O'Ehley, Sci-Fi Movie Page
There is much worse sci-fi stuff gathering dust on your video shelves, but that is really no recommendation at all. Full Review
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