Flesh+Blood
Directed by Paul Verhoeven
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 throughout the land, the mercenaries hole up in a castle and await their fate.
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- Ray HopkinFebruary 18, 2026This is brutal, unrelenting and nasty. It's a fantastic watch, where literally no one has any redeeming qualities. Even at the ending, whoever is still standing, you're thinking that they'll be dead within a month from the plague, handily used for germ warfare! Even the moments of romance are played dark, such as the embrace of the lovers under the rotting corpses of two people hanging from a tree. It never lets up, and once you realise that the characters you were rooting for are absolute a-holes, you realise that you just need to sit back and appreciate the movie, with some great cinematography, acting, sets and lots of nudity. A very underappreciated gem from Verhoeven.
Flesh+Blood Trivia
Flesh+Blood was released on August 30, 1985.
Flesh+Blood was directed by Paul Verhoeven.
Flesh+Blood has a runtime of 2h 6m.
Flesh+Blood was produced by Gijs Versluys.
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 throughout the land, the mercenaries hole up in a castle and await their fate.
The key characters in Flesh+Blood are Martin (Rutger Hauer), Agnes (Jennifer Jason Leigh), Steven (Tom Burlinson).
Flesh+Blood is rated R.
Flesh+Blood is an Adventure, Drama film.
Flesh+Blood has an audience rating of 6.3 out of 10.
Flesh+Blood had a budget of $6.5M.
Flesh+Blood has made $100K at the box office.