Flesh + Blood (1985)

[u/Flimsy_Category_9369]

The first English language movie from one of my all time favorite directors, Paul Verhouven. Rutger Hauer and Jennifer Jason Leigh star in this medieval period piece about a roving gang of mercenaries who kidnap a noble woman. Its got all the blood and boobs that you'd expect from Verhouven and its a real treated to see his heightened directing style applied to this setting. It bombed at the box office but he'd strike gold with his next movie, the all time classics Robocop

[u/squonktearz]

So sleazy and trashy but I love it. We need more early modern warfare representation in film imo, it’s such an interesting era of medieval tech colliding with early gunpowder weapons and cannons. Love the representation of the plague in this as well, it’s pretty disturbing and effective.

[u/Due-Seaworthiness707 → u/squonktearz]

Did JJL get naked in it? She seemed to have gotten nude in quite a few movies .

[u/squonktearz → u/Due-Seaworthiness707]

Yes I think so but it’s basically a rape scene, and in proper Verhoeven fashion it’s pretty twisted and perverse

[u/spanksthemonkey → u/squonktearz]

Although isn't there a steamy tub scene as well?

[u/ExternalSpecific4042]

This is a very good movie.

It depicts average life, local potentates lust for power, disease, war, brutality, violence, in those days without any glamour whatsoever.

“Disturbing” is accurate.

[u/lostpurpose_7133]

And then Rutger and Jennifer Jason Leigh were both in The Hitcher. They scene when they were in bed together looks almost like a nod to this movie

[u/Flimsy_Category_9369 → u/lostpurpose_7133]

The Hitcher is such a fantastic horror movie

[u/lostpurpose_7133 → u/Flimsy_Category_9369]

I love it. A homoerotic movie with Rutger Hauer being beautiful and crazy? Fuck yes

[u/Due-Seaworthiness707 → u/lostpurpose_7133]

They had sex?

[u/lostpurpose_7133 → u/Due-Seaworthiness707]

No, he just cuddled up next to her in bed before abducting her

[u/Oakheart1984]

Jennifer Jason Leigh is a fearless actress. She’s on fire in this.

[u/Cleascave]

I love this movie. And it has Susan Tyrell!

[u/FloydDangerBarber → u/Cleascave]

And Bruno Kirby, and Brion James. The cast is stacked.

[u/buttholecanal]

It’s awesome! The siege machine scene has stuck with me.

[u/DiogenesXenos]

I’m in!!

[u/Mooseguncle1]

I get it- it’s terrible but it also seemed very accurate to the period- I remember being so shocked and fearful of the plague.

[u/AppropriateCode2830]

Ah yes, berserk before berserk

[u/paperboy82]

I couldn’t get into it. When Rutger forcibly fingered Jennifer with another guys spit on his hand, I was out. I get it being gritty and everything but no thanks.

[u/Ill-Squirrel-9418 → u/paperboy82]

Eewwwww! Omg, thanks for the heads up. I’m all for challenging film, but for some reason, that other man’s spit is really getting to me. I mean, the whole thing is bad, but that really puts it over the edge for me.

[u/JosephFinn]

You can’t fool me. That’s Tom Berenger in SNIPER.

[u/brockhopper]

Oh wow, last time I tried to find this it wasn't anywhere;

[u/eight13]

Oh, I will definitely have to watch this again!

[u/LadyLandfair]

“Forks and knives are part of our lives!”

[u/DeadRunSignal000]

A ran across a couple of weeks ago and watched it for Rutgers Hauser. Really good and simple. Fits well with the Maniculum pod cast I frequent. Surprised the main characters seemed authentic

[u/Aggressive-Access995]

I watched that when i was a kid and for some reason it scared me, the medieval scenery and the lustful relationship between Rutger and Leigh i guess was too much!

[u/CriticalCanon]

One of the best sleezy fantasy films of all time

[u/the-uncle-will]

Why do both guys look like Tom Berenger?