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Flesh + Blood (1985)
Director: Paul Verhoeven
Writers: Gerard Soeteman (screenplay), Gerard Soeteman (story)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Burlinson
Genre: Adventure, Drama
I kept waiting for the movie to get interesting and I thought at some point the movie would have a point, but nope! it never did. It had only the vaguest idea for a theme...and the acting was pretty bad too.
Jennifer Jason Leigh who I use to like, was just out right bad in this, and so was her prince boyfriend. What a dunce character he was. But nobody was as annoying as the pregnant red hair lady, ugh, I hated her. I suppose the best of the bunch was Rutger Hauer who leads the merry ban of mutinous crew.
This kind of movie could have used some dry humor or clever wit, it had neither and it needed something. The only good thing I can say is, I wasn't bored, but I wasn't entertained and I certainly wasn't engaged.
Flesh + Blood (1985)
Writers: Gerard Soeteman (screenplay), Gerard Soeteman (story)
Cast: Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Burlinson
Genre: Adventure, Drama
"A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble lord who decides not to pay them by kidnapping the betrothed of the noble's son. As the plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction."
Ugh, this was silly....Sorry to say that, but I have to call it, like I see it...and there wasn't much to see here! Or wait a minute! there's a lot to see her if debauchery is what you're after. The movie is ripe with tawdriness and blood letting and all sorts of medieval naughtiness. I kept waiting for the movie to get interesting and I thought at some point the movie would have a point, but nope! it never did. It had only the vaguest idea for a theme...and the acting was pretty bad too.
Jennifer Jason Leigh who I use to like, was just out right bad in this, and so was her prince boyfriend. What a dunce character he was. But nobody was as annoying as the pregnant red hair lady, ugh, I hated her. I suppose the best of the bunch was Rutger Hauer who leads the merry ban of mutinous crew.
This kind of movie could have used some dry humor or clever wit, it had neither and it needed something. The only good thing I can say is, I wasn't bored, but I wasn't entertained and I certainly wasn't engaged.