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| CATEGORY: | Video |
| DIRECTOR: | Paul Verhoeven |
| THEATRICAL RELEASE DATE: | 30 August, 1985 |
| MANUFACTURER: | Simitar Entertainment |
| MPAA RATING: | R (Restricted) |
| FEATURES: | Color, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Feature Film Action Adventure, Feature Film-action/Adventure |
| MEDIA: | VHS Tape |
| # OF MEDIA: | 1 |
| UPC: | 082551024360 |
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Customer Reviews of Rose & Sword (aka - Flesh & Blood)
Hoisted by their own petards! Not-so-noble men and women duke it out during the Black Plague years. No one is a saint and almost all are sinners in this violent, gory and raw action-adventure. Jennifer Jason Lee in an early role as the feisty "princess", seasoned actor Jack Thompson as a hero of sorts, and adventure stalwart Rutger Hauer plays the sly anti-hero. Admidst the carnage and orgies the film manages to raise questions about religion and hints at the upcoming Age of Reason with pseudo-DaVincian science and early medical theory. Other than that, the title of this fast-moving movie says it all. Technical note: Picture and sound quality of this DVD is a huge improvement over the earlier murky (and truncated) videocassette release.
Bloody good
A not too well known, but well respected, early gem from director Paul Verhoeven (Robocop, Basic Instinct, Starship Troopers) is a bloody, brutal, and highly enjoyable medieval romp. Rutger Hauer stars as Martin, a mercenary who finds he and his crew betrayed by the King (Fernando Hilbeck). Next thing you know, Martin is kidnapping the bride to be (the gorgeous Jennifer Jason Leigh) of the King's cunning son (Tom Burlinson), and what follows are a series of battles, chases, betrayals, and some great action as well. What makes Flesh + Blood so good are the performances from everyone involved, particularly Hauer and the young Leigh; both of whom are just plain brilliant here. The only real drawbacks of Flesh + Blood are the much lauded graphic rape sequences, but Verhoeven was attempting to make a film that reflected the violent times of the era, and Flesh + Blood certainly does just that. Also featuring Jack Thompson and the late Bruno Kirby, Flesh + Blood is a great medieval blast with some dynamite performances, and definitely deserves to be checked out for those who may have missed it.
An "A" Renaissance Romp Action Movie
This is a fantastic journey to the violence, despotism, and anarchy of the renaissance! Siege warfare, sadistic mercenaries, plague, looting, and rape, all in one movie, plus lots of very attractive nude women. We even have an interesting portal of Stockholm syndrome from Jennifer Jason Leigh, as well as full frontal nudity in at least three different seines. The graphic violence and gore is less than what is seen in many modern movies, but is still a big part of this movie.
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