[5] Most Mis-quoted Title of the Year; at various times I've
heard Juggler, Jugular and Juggernaut and it was always 'to', and never
'of'. This marks Hauer's return to
trash cinema, following his foray into real movies with the very good, but
trash-free Legend of the Holy Drinker. Here, he's
back to looking cool and kicking ass, in a post-apocalyptic society which
looks a bit Mad Max-ish. The Juggers are teams of warriors who travel the
land taking part in The Game to win their living - this is a cross between
American football and all-in wrestling, with the object being to wrest a
dog's skull from the opposition and drop it onto a stake at their end of
the pitch. There is a plot about Hauer having been thrown out of one of
the cities and one of the top teams, but it's secondary to the sequences of
The Game being fought - these battles are possibly the best I've seen and
are astonishingly well staged with relentless barrages of blows from all
the competitors. Although the lack of much else and the heavy use of a
gravel pit as a location are certainly deficiencies, I'll still be heading
back to see it again.