The Blood of Heroes is a 1989 post-apocalyptic film made in Australia and directed by David Webb Peoples. The film is also known by the names The Salute of the Jugger and Salute to the Jugger. The film has inspired the creation of the sport Jugger.
The time is a post-apocalyptic future, where the wars waged in the wake of mankind's success in the 20th century have left the world barren and the past forgotten. In this time, most live from hand to ...
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The Blood of Heroes is a 1989 post-apocalyptic film made in Australia and directed by David Webb Peoples. The film is also known by the names The Salute of the Jugger and Salute to the Jugger. The film has inspired the creation of the sport Jugger.
The time is a post-apocalyptic future, where the wars waged in the wake of mankind's success in the 20th century have left the world barren and the past forgotten. In this time, most live from hand to mouth in enclaves known as "market-towns" or "dog-towns", scrounging out a bare subsistence harvesting hardy crops, raising dogs as food, and trading in whatever remnant trinkets from the past still survive.
What little entertainment is available in these times comes primarily from a brutal sport known only as The Game, and the merriment that follows after the day's play. It is played by bands of roving teams known collectively as juggers, who challenge local town teams. They pass for what might be considered professional athletes, as they...
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