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Battle Royale

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Plot

At the dawn of the new millennium, Japan is in a state of collapse. Unemployment is endemic and school violence is out of control. The beleaguered government retaliates with Battle Royale. Each year, a randomly chosen class is pitted against itself on an abandoned island in a cruel game of survival. The rules of the game are simple:

1) it lasts three days; 2) Each player starts with food, water and a "weapon"; 3) if more than one player survives, everyone dies (by detonating special electronic necklaces; 4) there is no escape.

As the game progresses, terror and panic challenge the students' fragile trust in each other. But despite the game's brutality, the adolescent players remain obsessed with their crushes, their petty grudges - and their dreams.

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1. Related titles:
   
   
   
   1. Battle Royale II (2003)
   
   
   
   


2. Toei released a 3-D version of the original 2000 film "Battle Royale " on November 20, 2010 in Japan. Kenta Fukasaku, the son of Kinji Fukasaku (the original director of "Battle Royale "), supervised the 2-D to 3-D conversion.

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yumi Aug 28 2013 10:53 pm Not as good as the book, but captures most of the scenes well. Hauntingly memorable and pretty much a metaphor for the "real world" (or what I assume as the transition between between a child to an adult). The deeper message inside the movie is hard to catch, but I think most people would watch it more as a thriller than anything else.

Ki Jan 30 2011 8:04 am The premise of placing a class of high school age children on a island to kill each other off is shocking to say the least. After each of the students are given their instructions and one special weapon, it is pretty much 90 minutes of non-stop action, with at times a shocking amount of violence. With that stated, the film uses the metaphor of the Battle Royale to show the tendency of modern societies to extract these type of pressures upon children in everyday life. One of the more impressive qualities about the film is the way most of the character are given enough time to develop on the screen as individuals before they are killed off (there are 42 of them). The students all react in different ways, depending on their background and personalities. You can’t help to think about how you would react in that situation as well as how people you know would react. As the killing and mayhem continues you get a feel for who the likely survivor could be.

Nanahara Shuya, who refuses to take part in the killing, but vows to protect his girlfriend Noriko to the end, are both top candidates. Mitsuko, the vixen with the sickle, gives one of the best performances and has as good as a chance as any. Kawada, last year’s Battle Royale winner, has the experience and intelligence to survive to the end. Kiriyama, a plain nut case who joined this year’s Battle Royale for fun, probably won’t be the survivor but surely will be one of the last two or three. Trust seems to be the most important element in successfully playing Battle Royale. The ones that are able to trust (with discretion) are usually able to survive the longest, while most of the others are killed by confusion or paranoia over who they can trust. Takseshi Kitano was brilliant throughout the film as the captain/director of Battle Royale. I thought his character was representative of the older Japanese generation in general. Through two phone conversations that he had with his daughter Shiori, you realize he is the type of father that comes home way after his children are asleep and sometimes doesn’t come home at all. His affection for Noriko seems to show his inner despair at being a failure as a father to his daughter Shiori, but he never expresses such thoughts to her. The ending is surreal and I absolutely loved it. Battle Royale is ultra violent, but with enough wit, satire, and thought provoking ideas to make it one impressive film.

Richard Lim Jr Oct 27 2010 11:25 am Very shocked to read that this movie will be converted into a 3D flick. Do they need to milk more money from this movie? Some Classic shouldn't be touched. and btw Battle Royale 2 sucks big time.

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