The Blood of Heroes
In a scorched future where a lethal ball game determines prestige, a disgraced champion rallies a rough-edged team toward one last chance at redemption.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- grim
- kinetic
- bleak
- cult movie night
- post apocalyptic double feature
What critics said
Critics found the film an entertainingly grim and unusually effective variation on post-apocalyptic adventure, though its limited mainstream reception is reflected in its low aggregate score.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The Jugger game combines team tactics, martial arts, and the ritual planting of a skull to determine rank and access to the Nine Cities.
The post-apocalyptic communities, traveling athletes, fortified cities, and quasi-feudal authority evoke a technologically regressed future.
Sallow leads a ragtag Jugger team toward elite competition in pursuit of renewed glory and personal redemption.
The film emphasizes arid wastelands, scavenged equipment, armored sports gear, and practical combat rather than polished futuristic technology.
Films like The Blood of Heroes, and why
Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior
post apocalyptic desert setting, brutal combat spectacle, and nomadic warrior communities
The Running Man
dystopian science fiction, stylized martial arts violence, and outsider struggle against harsh social systems
Steel Dawn
bleak future society, ritualized combat, and rugged genre world-building
Damnation Alley
post apocalyptic adventure, improvised social order, and cult action-film energy
Movie Details
- Director
- David Webb Peoples
- Release Date
- 1989-10-19
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rating
- 5.8 / 10 (168)
Cast
- Rutger Hauer
- Joan Chen
- Vincent D'Onofrio
- Delroy Lindo
- Anna Katarina
- Hugh Keays-Byrne
- Gandhi MacIntyre
- Max Fairchild
- Justin Monjo
- Casey Huang
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Starz Apple TV channel
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Blood of Heroes about?
- In a scorched future where a lethal ball game determines prestige, a disgraced champion rallies a rough-edged team toward one last chance at redemption.
- What is The Blood of Heroes like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Blood of Heroes as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Blood of Heroes violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Blood of Heroes as graphic.
- What did critics think of The Blood of Heroes?
- Critics found the film an entertainingly grim and unusually effective variation on post-apocalyptic adventure, though its limited mainstream reception is reflected in its low aggregate score.
- Which films are like The Blood of Heroes?
- Films with a similar feel include Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior, The Running Man, Steel Dawn, and Damnation Alley.
- How long is The Blood of Heroes?
- The Blood of Heroes runs 100 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Blood of Heroes?
- In United States, The Blood of Heroes streams on Starz Apple TV channel.
