Kill 'em all!
When young people in Japan become virtually uncontrollable, the Japanese government organizes the Battle Royale. Each year, one class is chosen, taken to a remote location, and is forced to kill each other as punishment. Sound remotely familiar? It is a little like the Hunger Games but this film satisfies where the Hunger Games disappointed. Don't get me wrong, I thoroughly enjoyed the Hunger Games (the book more so than the film), but Battle Royale is like the Hunger Games on speed. And that is a good thing. B.R. has lots of action, some humour and a certain band of quirkiness that only the Japanese can manage.
Battle Royale gets 4 out of 5 Poblanos!
Director: Kinji Fukasaku
Writer: Koushun Takami (novel),
Kenta Fukasaku (screenplay)
Starring: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda and Tarô Yamamoto
Rotten Tomatoes: 86%
Metacritic: 81 out of 100
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