The Blood of Heroes

About The Blood of Heroes

Set in a futuristic world where the only sport that has survived in a wasted society is the brutal game known as jugging. Sallow, the leader of a rag-tag team, has played in the main Leagues before, but was cast out because of indiscretions with a lady.

David Webb Peoples's The Blood of Heroes is a 1989 science fiction film. Its themes are post-apocalyptic future, desert, awestruck, and future.

Rutger Hauer stars as Sallow, Joan Chen as Kidda, Vincent D'Onofrio as Young Gar, and Delroy Lindo as Mbulu. It runs 100 minutes and was released in October 1989.

The screenplay is by David Webb Peoples. It streams on Philo, Starz, and Starz Amazon Channel in the United States.

Dune, Legionnaire, and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes make useful companions to The Blood of Heroes, all filed under dystopia. TMDB voters put it at 5.8 out of 10 across 169 votes and it carries a R rating.