Thursday, June 7, 2012

review : Battle Royale

Director - Kinji Fukasaku
Written by - Kenta Fukasaku
Cast - Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Taro Yamamoto, Chiaki Kuriyama, Kou Shibasaki, Masanobu Ando, Takeshi Kitano

Country - Japan [2000]

A dystopian future where teenagers are forced into a death game. Based on the book by Koushun Takami, it opens to a class of students moved to an uninhabited island. They are all given weapons and 3 days. With explosive collars tied to their necks, there's nothing left but merry killing to begin. The film is infused with a lot of red as the kids use arrows, shotguns, knives, sickles, automatics, grenades and axes. Friendships, loyalties and trust are stretched to a breaking limit. Let the games begin. 

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