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Battle Royale (2001)
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Ninth grade students are taken to a small isolated island with a map, food and various arms. They have to fight each other three days long until the last one remains and are forced to wear a special collar which will explode when they break a rule. (Summary written by Killer-40) (read more)
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Battle Royale Movie Review by AJ  (4/14/2006) |
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What a devilishly cruel film! The concept of a school class being pitted against each other in a battle to the death, taken from the novel by Koushun Takami, is excellent, as is director Fukasaku's execution (despite some acting quibbles and a strange first act). On the surface, Battle Royale may merely seem like an...
(complete Battle Royale review by AJ)
| Battle Royale Movie Review by Jesse (6/25/2007) |
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A terrific achievement in Japanese cinema. Kinji Fukasaku continues the legacy of Japanese filmmaking with a political piece that takes on violent subject matter to help build up the theme of social and cultural decay.
In the opening titles it explains that the country is in shambles and the economy is at an all-time...
(complete Battle Royale review by Jesse)
In the near future of Japan, the youth have become completely uncontrollable. In a desperate and extreme turn, the government creates the Battle Royale Act, in which a random high school class is chosen every year and the students of said class are put in an enclosed area and have three days to kill each other until only...
(complete Battle Royale review by Ryan Midnight)
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