BLOOD OF HEROES CLASSIC FREE
If you’re a fan of the scrappy ingenuity of B-movie filmmaking and get pumped-up by stories of David defeating Goliath, check this one out! It’s free on Tubi and just a few bucks on Amazon Prime.ĭaniel Siuba: This week, I started reading Dr. Peoples and his team create a cleverly lit, expediently staged, and crisply edited tale of amateur athletes traveling the parched desert (the first half) before descending into a shadowy subterranean city to challenge the behemoth juggernauts of The League. Just like the heartwarming underdogs at its center, the film overcomes its raggedy exterior with a mixture of pragmatism and dexterity.
And it is tautly written and directed by David Webb Peoples (the screenwriter behind Blade Runner, Unforgiven, and 12 Monkeys). It is deftly shot by David Eggby ( Mad Max, Pitch Black). The cast and crew are all top tier: The Blood of Heroes stars a silky Joan Chen, gristly Delroy Lindo, coarse Vincent D’Onofrio, and the ever stately Dutch thespian, Rutger Hauer. If you can get past its technical flaws, however, you will unearth a diamond in the rough. The film looks ridiculously low-budget and desperately needs to be remastered. It’s definitely a team game, but often resembles a bludgeoning free-for-all of competitive carnage. I’ll give it my best shot: imagine if field hockey was alloyed with elements of medieval/gladiatorial warfare-the two forged and wrought together with dog skulls, battle axes, spiked spears/clubs, swirling chains, and makeshift equipment. Jugger is a fictionalized sport that is difficult to define.
BLOOD OF HEROES CLASSIC PROFESSIONAL
It is a fairly basic story, chronicling a marauding band of professional Juggers as they roam the barren Australian Outback trying to make a buck.
BLOOD OF HEROES CLASSIC MOVIE
An underseen overachiever, The Blood of Heroes (1990) is an excellent throwback movie to throw on if you’re having a slow-moving evening at home. Paul Keelan: Think Mad Max meets Mystery, Alaska sounds like an oddly intriguing mash-up? Then you’ll likely dig this blood-spattered, yet feel-good, cult classic. And let us know what you’d recommend to us in the comments, we’re always on the lookout for what’s worth our time around here. I hope you enjoy our recommendations, and be sure to check back each week in this space for more! You’ll see a lot of the same faces, err…author names, from week to week, along with some other writers on the site who chime in now and then. This week, Paul Keelan recommends The Blood of Heroes (which sounds pretty awesome, to be honest), Christopher Pilbeam suggests you check out the documentary Torn, Daniel Siuba recommends Heart Medicine in book form, and Alix Turner writes about a local cinema (local to them, that is it’s in the UK). Welcome back! Each week we gather to share things we’ve recently discovered, or rediscovered, or just generally think you might like.
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