Battle Royale
$8.00
Kinji Fukasaku's Battle Royale is among the most controversial films of last years. It is based on Japanese novel that also was very provoking and "shocked the nation." The plot is simple: at the dawn of new millennium (the film is set in near future) nation collapsed and all kind of social menaces were born as students started to boycott their schools and act very violently towards teachers and adults in general. Unemployment number was alarmingly huge and everything was going to fall apart. Battle Royale act was created and it meant that every year, one ninth grade class was chosen by random to play "Battle Royale" which turns out to be savage hunting game in order to stay alive. The game is played in deserted island in the middle of the sea. The rule is that only one of the 40+ students is allowed to survive and the winner is the one who is last alive. They have 3 days time to fight and if there are more than one person alive after three days, everyone will be killed. They can't escape as they have deadly necklaces that explode if they try to rip them off or try to escape etc. do something that is against the "rules." The chosen ninth grade's teacher is played by Takeshi Kitano with his usual charisma and sense of very dark and wry humor. It is no necessary to tell anything more about the story since this is all that can be told without spoiling anything. In few words: a human hunting/killing game in which only one can be a winner. You may need to kill your closest friend or girlfriend if you want to stay alive..
Language: Japanese
Subtitles: English (on/off)
Number of Discs: 1
Battle Royale Director's Cut (DVD)
