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Battle Royale Directors Cut
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Binding: DVD
EAN: 0796851000121
Format: AC-3, Color, Director's Cut, Dolby, Full Screen, NTSC
Label: Toei
Manufacturer: Toei
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Toei
Release Date: June 15, 2004
Running Time: 122 minutes
Studio: Toei
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Editorial Review:
With the Japanese currently leading the way in thought-provoking cinematic violence, it's only fitting that Kinji Fukasaku's Battle Royale is being touted as a Clockwork Orange for the 21st century. Based on the novel by Koshun Takami, the film opens with a series of fleeting images of unruly Japanese schoolchildren, whose bad behavior provides a justification for the "punishments" that will ensue. Once the prequel has been dispensed with, the classmates are drugged and awaken on an island where they find they have been fitted with dog collars that monitor their every move. Instructed by their old teacher ("Beat" Takeshi) with the aid of an upbeat MTV-style video, they are told of their fate: after an impartial lottery they have been chosen to fight each other in a three-day, no-rules contest, the "Battle Royale." Their only chance of survival is through the death of all their classmates.
Some pupils embrace their mission with zeal, while others simply give up or try to become peacemakers and revolutionaries. However, the ultimate drive for survival comes from the desire to protect the one you love. Battle Royale works on many different levels, highlighting the authorities' desperation to enforce law and order and the alienation caused by the generation gap. Whether you consider the film an important social commentary or simply watch it for the adrenaline-fueled violence, this is set to become cult viewing for the computer game generation and beyond. --Nikki Disney
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Pretty darn good
While I wasn't bugged at all about this some may not like that its a subtitled movie. With that said, this movie is a PURE BLOOD BATH! If your against violent movies don't get this one! I personally loved it! It wasn't just about people killing people, it was about friends forced to kill each other or die anyways One of the issues of the movie is it shows that its a bit dated now. The blood was fake looking, and some of the lines a bit funny (though that could be due to translation also). Over ... Read More
Rating:  - Incredible masterpiece made by Kinji Fukasaku
"Battle Royale" is one of the most controversial and challenging movies ever made.The film is very gory and violent,but it's also witty,satirical and thought provoking.The concept of "Battle Royale" is pretty simple.The act of Battle Royale decrees that once a year a class of 9th graders is chosen at random,stranded on a small island,and armed with random weapons.The kids are also outfitted with strange necklaces that monitor their locations and life functions,and explode if more than one student is ... Read More
Rating: - Social Ineptitude
This film is to be described as the single most groundbreaking film in the history of Chinese cinema, and as I'm sure that many of your heads just exploded, because you believe this to be a Japanese film. Well let me tell you it's not. I'm Chinese and I know things, I know many things about China and our history, and this actually happened in China. That's why it's such an important film for our country. We've erased this from our history but it's good to have a retelling of the sweet past in which ... Read More
Rating:  - Strange Japanese movie
You have to love Japanese movies otherwise you will switch off after 10 minutes. The story is really crazy and insane. Watch it without any expectation - it can end up being a trash horror movie or a brilliant one.
Rating: - Great Movie And Thought Provoking
I actually got a bootleg version of this movie on ebay and am now just buying it from Amazon. What the amazon info gives you is most of the story of the movie but when you finally see it you will come to understand why it is such a cult icon movie both and Japan and the United States. As you see the movie you feel that the director actually got how a real-life person would react in this situation could you kill you're best friend or another person you knew to survive.The acting from all the people I felt ... Read More
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