Set in a futuristic world where the only sport that has survived in a wasted society is the brutal game known as jugging. Sallow, the leader of a rag-tag team, has played in the main Leagues before, but was cast out because of indiscretions with a lady. However now joined by a talented newcomer, Kidda, an ambitious young peasant girl he and his team find they have one last chance for glory
Unlike Rollerball or Death Race 2000, it serves up the carnage with Biblical solemnity.
– Owen Gleiberman,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Sep 2011
rotten:
Plot development is slim. Much of running time is given over to the game itself, which seems to have no rules except that the winning team places the skull of a dog atop a pointed stick.
– Variety Staff,
Variety,
6 Jul 2010
fresh:
An unusually successful film of its kind, a good, lean variation on the post-apocalypse adventure-thriller that looks into the future to see the Dark Ages of the past.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
30 Aug 2004
rotten:
The Blood of Heroes is a multimillion-dollar movie with about as much plot and depth as your average arcade game, but it's never quite as involving.
– Richard Harrington,
Washington Post,
1 Jan 2000
rotten:
There's little to look at and nothing worth hearing. Even the game itself is a drag.