A post apocalyptic world where survivors live in wretched conditions in a cool desert zone. People are dressed in rags yet instead of busying themselves rebuilding civilization, they are engrossed in a bizarre brutal sport where small teams face off with each other gladiatorial style, the goal being to impale a skeletal dog head upon a post. This is the preoccupation of everyone in this future world. Anyway, one such team leader- a stoic sullen man with a past- takes the action down into a dank subterranean city. Here we find an odd aristocratic elite who run the show, while the peasants drool. This underground world has some industrial tech going on, something the surface world lacks. The direction did a decent job creating the look or mood of this world, you almost can feel the grittiness. However, the climatic battle left me cold- there existed the opportunity to take the film in a more nuanced direction, I feel the director missed an opportunity. Overall a thrilling yet simplistic flick.
Review of The Blood of Heroes
The Blood of Heroes
(1989)
After the apocalypse, sports-ball STILL reigns supreme !
16 November 2021
Warning: Spoilers