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    Salute Of The Jugger, The (1988)

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    A brutally violent sport (combining rugby, basketball and gratuitous violence) becomes popular in a post-apocalyptic America, both in the luxurious underground cities and the poor settlements struggling to survive on the surface.

    Rutger Hauer stars as Sallow, a veteran player of the sport who has been reduced to leading a ragtag outfit of semi-pros from village to village to take on all comers.

    Ambitious apprentice Kidda (Joan Chen) finally spurs him towards a return to the big city from whence he was banished, and a showdown with the elite teams.

    It sounds like Mad Max (1979) meets Rollerball (1975) but actually resembles TV’s Gladiators on the cheap. A definite career low for David Webb Peoples, the writer of such masterpieces as Blade Runner (1982) and Unforgiven (1992), who made his directorial debut here.

    Sallow
    Rutger Hauer
    Kidda
    Joan Chen
    Young Gar
    Vincent D’Onofrio
    Mbulu
    Delroy Lindo
    Big Cimber
    Anna Katarina
    Gandhi
    Gandhi MacIntyre
    Dog Boy
    Justin Monju
    Gonzo
    Max Fairchild
    Lord Vile
    Hugh Keays-Byrne

    Director
    David Webb Peoples

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