Genre: Action, Thriller, Drama, Horror, Disturbing, Murder, Love, Tragedy, Epic, Futuristic, Suspense, Sea, Surreal, Teenage, Gore, Revenge, Femme Fatale
Tagline: Could you kill your best friend?
Plot: Anticipating simply another routine class trip, a group of 9th graders, led by their teacher (Takeshi Kitano), are hijacked to fight in the Battle Royale, in which 42 students are dropped on an island with food, a map, and various arms. There, they must kill each other, until there is only one survivor left, who will be allowed to return home.As the brutal game begins, terror and panic challenge the students' fragile trust in one another. Some suspect everyone, blindly striking down those who cross their paths. Others form alliances, dreaming of a peaceful solution with multiple survivors. But in the end, there may only be one person left to tell the tale of what happened on the island. At the dawn of the new millennium, Japan is in a state of near-collapse. Unemployment is at an all-time high, and violence amongst the nation's youth is spiralling out of control. With school children boycotting their lessons and physically abusing their teachers, a beleagured and near-defeated government decides to introduce a radical new measure: the Battle Royale Act. Overseen by a former teacher, (Takeshi Kitano), and requiring that a randomly chosen school class be taken to a deserted island and forced to fight each other to the death, the Act dictates that only one pupil be allowed to
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 has a killer story, amazing real (and sometime shocking) dialogue, gruesome effects, and more emotion than any splatter film ever made. These are real people in an unreal environment, which hits much closer to home than your average zombie bloodbath.--Ted Geoghegan (Diabolical-Dominion.com)
If I find myself asking 'How an earth was this film allowed to be made, let alone released?' It's my kind of movie. Disturbing, funny, ultra-violent and pushing the boundaries of taste which few films do nowadays. Great stuff!--Alex Chenery (Diabolical-Dominion.com)
"Battle Royale" is a disturbing film to say the least, and definitely one that could never have been made in the United States.-- (eSplatter.com)
Though it might not be for everyone, it is still a nicely put together film with some good acting, nice camera work, and for us horror fans some good kills. I say for anyone looking to experiment with Asian horror, this is the film to start with.  --Zaero (Bloody-Disgusting.com)
I would have given the movie a higher rating, but I'm really picky when it comes to 10-ratings and this film came very close to getting one. I think this movie is a MUST for anyone who is tired of the boring shit the MPAA hands out here in America.--FrighT MasteR (UHM)
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Battle Royale II, Neko no ongaeshi, Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris | | | | | |
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Masamichi Amano
Battle Royale II, Urotsukidoji I: Legend Of The Overfiend, Shin chôjin densetsu Urotsukidôji: Mataiden |
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| This is a movie that shows Hollywood just what can be done with a decent story and a bit of imagination. So it doesn't have flashy effects to make it's statement but what it does have is balls, great big shiny ones. 7/10 --Vaughan Dyche (thefilmasylum.com)
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