Takeshi Kitano, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda
Japan at the start of the new millennium. The country is in a state of chaos, violence by rebellious teenagers in schools is completely out of control. The government hits back with a new law: every y...( read more
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DVD Release Date: January 25, 2005
Stats: 7,910 reviews
I'm afraid I'm gonna have to disagree with Tarantino on this one. I could never regard Batoru rowaiaru, with the amount of flaws it has, as the best movie of the last 27 years. It's not even the best movie of 2000, for that matter. If we were talking about mere concepts, then it ...( read more)
The more i think about it the more i convince myself of something: Battle royale was the only way a story like this one could had been made to the big screen, and it was the right approach. After seeing this so many times now i actually have found how well acted most of the kids ...( read more)
Battle Royale is part social comm entry, part dark vision of the future. I can't help but notice a George Orwell influence too as its much like a modern mix of 1984 and Lord of the flies. It is also darkly humoured and very violent, not to mention absolutely brilliant!
A Japan increasingly concerned with spiralling urban violence makes an example of troublesome teens by stranding them on a desert island with the sole purpose of making them kill each other off until just one remains. Kinji Fukasaku's magnificently tasteless satire on reactionary...( read more)
It was good, but a lot more cuter than I expected :P
an overall good movie, but I might have been wanting a little more blood and gore :P
One of the greatest Japanese movie of all time! Please don't ever let Hollywood remake this amazing movie. Just please.
Battle Royale (2000)
Also known as Batoru Rowaiaru.
Remember those terrible, bloody, teen slasher films from the 80s, where wild teens are getting killed off one by one by crazy dudes in masks? Well, that was sort of the same thing that Japanese kids were enjoying too, with th...( read more)
Violent, quite irreal, but, well, you can see it... What I have been told is that the comic is much better. In the movie, sometimes is deep, other is just comic, most of the time you say, "Ok, another death, continuye dying"...
The best Japanese Movie ever my favorite character ever in the film is Mitsuko Souma ^^
Hey wassup people. I gotta say big up to the whole people behind this movie i love it!! Was this a controversial film in Japan any Japanese readin' this? & Is the 2nd any better? Comment back...
Yes, they have most definetly taken the rights to remake this. From what i have heared Battle Royale is a very good movie, but it's a common thing now Japan release something original and America snatch it and remake it. Most of American remakes turn out to be alot of rubbish.
Apparently New Line Cinema has snatched up the rights to make an American version of BR.(Here for more details: http://www.joblo.com/index.php?id=11650)Thoughts? I think this is probably one of the more idiotic things Hollywood has done. Why mess with a classic?
Mental ! And I'm not just talking about Beat Takeshi's acting either ! The man himself is up to his usual high standard when it comes to playing mentally deranged individuals. As for the schoolkids.... The death by poison spaghetti is a piece of comedy genuis. I'm sure at some point in the near future the great vampire Hollywood will make a totally lame re-make of this classic but even that won't spoil my enjoyment of this classic Japanese craziness !
i watched this one night coz it came on the tv nd frankly i culdn't be assed to find the remote but i actually i quite enjoyed it.......very dark. good movie
I saw Battle Royale recently about a month or so ago and I liked it. Which do you prefer 1 or 2? I actually liked the first one better it was more shallow lol. I actually put my pic over Chiaki Kuriyama's character pic and put it on lmy page...yeah dork. lol.
I had to watch this on YouTube because the film is not available in the U.S. (unless you spend $30+ to get an imported copy. And I happen to be low on cash). It's pretty good for what it is. Granted, it's more of an action movie than a balance of action and drama (the novel truly got the balance just right on it). Nevertheless, it's a good watch and a recommended one at that.
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