This is a great film, and one of Rutger Hauer's better films. He's made a lot of junk, but don't be scared off. And the rest of the cast -- "Last Emperor" sexpot Joan Chen (nude scene -- whoo-hoo!), Vincent D'Onofrio, and a great supporting cast. this is like an A-list cast slipped into a B-list video.
I spent the first five minutes trying to figure out the game that the "juggers" play in this post-nuclear future. I spent the rest of the movie wishing there was a league today!
***Spoiler Alert!***
Rutger plays a guy ekes out a living as a jugger in the sun-bleached nuclear wasteland aboveground, trying to put together a team that can challenge a team Down Below in the Nine Cities that are all that's left of civilisation.
Through the course of the film, we learn Rutger used to be a pro jugger in the cities, but was banished for loving the wrong woman. He's on a quest to put together a team that can successfully challenge the pros Down Under, and win his way back to civilization.
A lot of thought must have gone into designing the game itself, because it rocks. Through the course of the film, you start to see strategies and tactics. At the end of the last game, you'll be standing on your feet cheering, "Go, team, go!"
Or maybe not. Maybe you're a post-modernist snob who doesn't find anything cool unless it's politically correct, self-absorbed and hopelessly hip. In which case, this is not the film for you. This is a film for men and women who love great characters, a gripping plot, suspense, drama, a love story and dynamite sports action all in one.
In the interest of full disclosure, I'm a Rutger Hauer fan. But some of his films stink like week-old cheese. Not this one -- this one is slam-bam-thank you ma'am-gr-r-reat! Go, juggers, go!
I spent the first five minutes trying to figure out the game that the "juggers" play in this post-nuclear future. I spent the rest of the movie wishing there was a league today!
***Spoiler Alert!***
Rutger plays a guy ekes out a living as a jugger in the sun-bleached nuclear wasteland aboveground, trying to put together a team that can challenge a team Down Below in the Nine Cities that are all that's left of civilisation.
Through the course of the film, we learn Rutger used to be a pro jugger in the cities, but was banished for loving the wrong woman. He's on a quest to put together a team that can successfully challenge the pros Down Under, and win his way back to civilization.
A lot of thought must have gone into designing the game itself, because it rocks. Through the course of the film, you start to see strategies and tactics. At the end of the last game, you'll be standing on your feet cheering, "Go, team, go!"
Or maybe not. Maybe you're a post-modernist snob who doesn't find anything cool unless it's politically correct, self-absorbed and hopelessly hip. In which case, this is not the film for you. This is a film for men and women who love great characters, a gripping plot, suspense, drama, a love story and dynamite sports action all in one.
In the interest of full disclosure, I'm a Rutger Hauer fan. But some of his films stink like week-old cheese. Not this one -- this one is slam-bam-thank you ma'am-gr-r-reat! Go, juggers, go!