La chair et le sang FLESH AND BLOOD Year 1985 USA / Netherlands Director Paul Verhoeven Stock

Flesh And Blood Verhoeven. RUTGER HAUER in FLESH+BLOOD (1985), directed by PAUL VERHOEVEN. Credit ORION PICTURES / Album Perhaps described as an earlier version of "Game of Thrones" (2011-2019) way before the latter cemented into the pop culture pantheon, "Flesh and Blood" is a full on adult ride under an advantageous re-evaluation In medieval Europe, a young girl from a noble family is obsessed with her captors - commoners.

He went on to produce utterly amazing films like RoboCop and Starship Troopers, edgy mainstream works like Basic Instinct, and trainwrecks like Showgirls (say what you will of Verhoeven's work, but it is very rarely boring) Flesh and Blood (1985) is neither high art nor Paul Verhoeven's best film, but it does contain flashes of genuine magic and an exceptional eye for the grime and grit of Medieval Italy.It also carries its fair share of star power thanks to the presence of Rutger Hauer, Verhoeven's frequent co-conspirator, as mercenary soldier Martin.

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The production design brings to life little details and hints of that era - from the blind faith to God to shifting alliances in the nick of time - all through physical. The production design brings to life little details and hints of that era - from the blind faith to God to shifting alliances in the nick of time - all through physical. With Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Burlinson, Jack Thompson

RUTGER HAUER in FLESH+BLOOD (1985), directed by PAUL VERHOEVEN. Credit ORION PICTURES / Album. The movie came out in the same year as Ridley Scott's Legend , which was also a commercial disappointment, but it's hard to see Verhoeven's work gain the same sort of cult reappraisal, even following. Flesh and Blood is a 1985 romantic historical adventure film directed by Paul Verhoeven, and starring Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Burlinson, Susan Tyrrell, Ronald Lacey, Bruno Kirby and Jack Thompson.The script was written by Verhoeven and Gerard Soeteman.The story is set in 1501 in early modern Italy, and follows two warring groups of mercenaries and their longstanding quarrel.

Flesh+Blood. The 80's had seen a deluge of all things sword and sorcery and films like Hawk The Slayer (Terry Marcel 1980) Clash Of The Titans (Desmond Davies 1981) Excalibur (John. With Rutger Hauer, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Tom Burlinson, Jack Thompson