1985 · action · drama · history
Flesh+Blood (1985)
Directed by Paul Verhoeven2h 6m1985
A band of medieval mercenaries take revenge on a noble Lord who cheated them by kidnapping his son's fiancée. As the plague and warfare cut a swathe of destruction throughout the land, the mercenaries hole up in a castle and await their fate.
Our read: Flesh+Blood (1985) (1985) reads as a heavy, kinetic, grounded action · drama · history entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme action / drama, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- bleak
- cold
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