Review – Flesh + Blood

Though I don’t normally devote much time in reviews to the locations where I see movies, I have to say at the outset here that I was genuinely astounded to see this old Paul Verhoeven movie show up on the Women’s Entertainment cable channel. After all, how many women really want to sit through an hour and a half of rape, pillage and other assorted forms of anti-woman violence? The story – such as there is one – follows the exploits of a band of mercenaries in Renaissance Europe who get fired by their overlord and proceed to sack the countryside. Various plot twists ensue, most of which involve a young, kidnapped noblewoman (Jennifer Jason Leigh) and the leader of the bandits (Rutger Hauer back in the pre-unsightly-tub-of-guts days). If you’re a teenage boy, there’s a good chance you’ll get a real kick out of the tits and gore (though not in the WE-edited version). Everyone else can safely stay away. See if desperate