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Battle Royale (2001)
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Movie Review by AJ 
April 14th, 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 horrific yet entertaining bloodbath, and it certainly functions very well on that level. But there's a lot more to it: It satirizes stuff like Survivor, and it also has a deep message about politics and the degradation of society. The Japan in Battle Royale is on the brink of societal collapse, and it looks terrifyingly plausible. An intelligent, terrifying, harrowing, meaningful, and intense (both psychologically and physically) moral study.
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