# Can someone ID this post-apocalypse sci-fi movie for me? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 6, 2006, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-id-this-post-apocalypse-sci-fi-movie-for-me/351602 "2006-04-06T17:28:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-id-this-post-apocalypse-sci-fi-movie-for-me/351602/1 "2006-04-06T17:28:57Z")
I thought of it this morning as I was waking up. No idea why. I saw it years ago & now I want to add it to my Netflix queue, but can’t remember the name. It’s set in a post-apocalypse type future. Kinda like Mad Max. There’s this game they play. It’s like football, but a full-on brutal, violent gladiatorial use-whatever-weapons-you-want form of football. The “ball” they use is an animal skull of some kind. The main character is a young asian girl who’s dream is to make it on one of these teams, which seem to travel around. Getting on a team is more or less her way out of the ghetto, so to speak. Anyone remember the name? I know, I know… it’s not the greatest movie ever. I’d still like to see it again though, as I remember kinda liking it anyway. ---
**Author:** ![Satchmo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/satchmo/32/4223_2.png) [@Satchmo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satchmo)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-id-this-post-apocalypse-sci-fi-movie-for-me/351602/2 "2006-04-06T17:59:15Z")
That sounds like “Blood of Heros”, Joan Chen and Rutger Hauer. Satch ---
**Author:** ![Lightnin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lightnin/32/180_2.png) [@Lightnin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lightnin)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-id-this-post-apocalypse-sci-fi-movie-for-me/351602/3 "2006-04-06T18:01:02Z")
[Blood of Heroes](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0094764/?fr=c2l0ZT1kZnx0dD0xfGZiPXV8cG49MHxrdz0xfHE9c2FsdXRlIG9mIHRoZSBqdWdnZXJ8ZnQ9MXxteD0yMHxsbT01MDB8Y289MXxodG1sPTF8bm09MQ__;fc=1;ft=20), also known as “Salute of the Jugger”. “Nobody knows why the game is played with the skull of a dog…” ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2006, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-id-this-post-apocalypse-sci-fi-movie-for-me/351602/4 "2006-04-06T18:05:02Z")
Woo hoo! That’s it. Thanks guys! ---
**Author:** ![psiekier](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/psiekier/32/116_2.png) [@psiekier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psiekier)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-id-this-post-apocalypse-sci-fi-movie-for-me/351602/5 "2006-04-07T17:58:01Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > The main character is a young asian girl who’s dream is to make it on one of these teams, which seem to travel around. Getting on a team is more or less her way out of the ghetto, so to speak. I know the OP already has his answer, but this also sounds a little bit like the later episodes of _Gally_ (AKA _[Battle Angel Alita](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000031EG6/ref=sr_11_1/104-7510592-1080716?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=130)_). ---
**Author:** ![levdrakon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@levdrakon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/levdrakon)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2006, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-someone-id-this-post-apocalypse-sci-fi-movie-for-me/351602/6 "2006-04-07T19:13:48Z")
> [@psiekier](#): > > I know the OP already has his answer, but this also sounds a little bit like the later episodes of _Gally_ (AKA _[Battle Angel Alita](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000031EG6/ref=sr_11_1/104-7510592-1080716?%5Fencoding=UTF8&v=glance&n=130)_). Never heard of it. Is it good? I’m not big on anime, but you never know. I must confess, I used to watch Dragon Ball Z.