Flesh + Blood

1985 challenge #15 cult of personality 2019 rutger hauer watched this on eureka blu-ray. this needs a new remaster, lots of shots will tons of blacks look like complete shit. good amount of extras though. genre movie with tons of sleaziness, violence, and dark humor? this is definitely a paul verhoeven movie. and it's his hollywood debut and we got the dutch goats of rutger hauer in the lead role and jan de bont shooting. it's another good verhoeven movie with good production values and sets, and rutger hauer and jennifer jason leigh were really great. my biggest complain is read more

flesh + blood is a brutal film. it takes place in a brutal time, populated by brutal characters, and is told in a brutal way. in as much as the film is really about anything, it's about brutality itself. set in the early 16th century, we open on the storming of a castle and see all the layers of characters involved. a priest tries to administer a blessing to soldiers while a pregnant serving wench sidles up behind them and tries to tempt them away for a few shillings of wine instead. the local lord tries to put fire in the bellies of his army to go break down the gate, while hastily-clothed... read more