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Tuesday, June 3, 2008

Movie Review - Battle Royale aka Batoru rowaiaru

It's sheer brilliance. I've seen the film 7 times now and it just gets better each time. I see more and more every time I watch it, spotting different things I hadn't seen before.

1stly don't think of this as a foreign language film with English Subtitles. It surpasses the fact that you have subtitles to read to follow the plot. That becomes a natural part of your movie experience. I think some of the English translations are a little weird so the characters end up saying some slightly unusual sentences where things don't always make sense.

The film is about a world in the near future where school children have decided anarchy is their weapon against the world of adults. the adults pass a law that allows them to choose 1 class every year to fight against each other until 1 child stands alive. The winner is allowed to live, if there is no winner within the 3 day time limit then the players are killed by the necklaces they wear which are filled with explosives.

With no stars in this film there are no egos and everyone works to the best of their ability. The film looks amazing and the story is so well thought out. Buy this and watch it over and over, you will not regret it.

BR!

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