In a future, where most of mankind and technology is wiped out, 6 people travel from place to place playing a brutal form of football with a dog skull. They hope one day to play in the league in a city.
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| Rutger Hauer | ... | Sallow | |
| Delroy Lindo | ... | Mbulu | |
| Anna Katarina | ... | Big Cimber | |
| Vincent D'Onofrio | ... | Young Gar (as Vincent Phillip D'Onofrio) | |
| Gandhi MacIntyre | ... | Gandhi | |
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Justin Monjo | ... | Dog Boy (as Justin Monju) |
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Aaron Martin | ... | Samchin Boy |
| Joan Chen | ... | Kidda | |
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Casey Huang | ... | Kidda's Father |
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Quang Dinh | ... | Samchin Head Elder |
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John Doumtsis | ... | Samchin Timekeeper |
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John Biro | ... | Samchin Peasant #1 |
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Brian Cawley | ... | Samchin Peasant #2 |
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Gino Terranova | ... | Samchin Peasant #3 |
| Cecilia Wong | ... | Kidda's Mother | |
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A Mad Max-esque post apocalyptic world provides the backdrop for a brutal, futuristic game resembling football. Rutger Hauer plays a disgraced former star leading a rag tag group of "Juggers" to one of the remaining Nine Cities for glory and redemption Written by Anonymous
Plot Keywords:
post apocalypse | game | australian science fiction | blood splatter | showdown |Taglines:
The time will come when winning is everything See more »Parents Guide:
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Language:
EnglishRelease Date:
23 February 1990 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Salute of the Jugger See more »Edit
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Budget:
AUD10,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend USA:
$471,775, 25 February 1990Gross USA:
$882,290Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
$882,290Company Credits
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1.33 : 1
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The sport played in this movie is referenced in the comic book, "Warriors of Plasm", published in the early 1990s by Defiant Comics. In the comic book, the sport is called "Splatterball". See more »Goofs
In the opening credits, the last name of actor Hugh Keays-Byrne, who plays the part of Lord Vile, is misspelled as 'Bryne.' See more »Crazy Credits
Pre-title card: "People no longer remembered the Golden Age of the 20th Century. They didn't remember the miraculous technology or the cruel wars that followed. They didn't remember when juggers first played The Game or how it came to be played with a dog skull..." See more »Alternate Versions
The US version stops a little short and omits the "real" not quite so positive ending found in the European/Asian/Australian version. See more »Frequently Asked Questions
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I am surprised and delighted by the sheer depth of this movie every time I re-watch it. Not only is the jugger sport convincing, well-designed and very enthusiastically played by the excellent cast of actors, but the post-civilised (as opposed to post-apocalyptic) world it takes place in is both subtly drawn and entirely believable. Nowhere in the pithy script is there the usual heavy-handed sci-fi references to the nuclear war (or whatever) that reduced human-kind back to feudal barbarism. We are presented with the world of the juggers as-is, without a single "as you know, our society collapsed after the great firestorm in the sky" speech or a hint that the heroes of the title can improve mankind's sad situation as anything other than gladiatorial entertainers. A masterpiece that should be on DVD, converted into a computer game and, if they can get the original cast and production team together, sequelled.