Movie Review: Battle Royale...
I saw the most messed up movie today. It is so messed up it is actually banned in the United States. Imagine you take the characters in the Mexican soap opera "Rebelde" and you put them in a deserted island, give them weapons, and tell them to kill each other, that is the basic plot of the movie.
The movie is called BATTLE ROYALE. It is a Japanese movie. In it Japanese teenagers are so out of control that the government has implemented the "Battle Royale Act". It basically lets them take one 9th grade class and put them on a deserted island. They are told that they have one day to kill each other until 1 person survives. If after 3 days there is more than one survivor then the collars that have been locked around their necks will explode and they will all die. That is the basic plot of the movie and they get this out of the way in the first half hour. The other 90 minutes are just teenagers killing each other sometimes in very bloody ways.
What I liked about the movie:
1. The Premise- Very interesting premise It is sort of a cross of Lord of the Flies with Clockwork Orange. Its very messed up.
2. The Violence (not in a creepy I want to see Japanese school girls slaughtered way)- The violence was just so over the top that it was entertaining. It is sort of like Kill Bill. Supposedly this movie inspired Tarantino so much that he cast one of the girls as the killer Japanese school girl from Kill Bill.
3. The Characters - Some really cool characters. There is the real psycho girl who was mean in real life but given the chance just goes all out an really gets into the killing. There's also two people who are called "transfer students". One is a survivor from a previous class the other is someone who chose to be in the game. Both of them look so cool they remind me of the Turks from Final Fantasy 7.
4. The Music - A lot of classical music, especially in death scenes. Also influenced by the Final Fantasy series of games there is very dramatic music.
What I didn't like:
The humor. There was too little of it. For a movie with such over the top premise and violence a little more humor would have made it more digestible. As it is now it is just very weird.
I know there isn't much I didn't like of the movie but I thought it was good. Another bonus is you get to see Japanese school girls, Rennie. Actually this movie was made in 2000 and most of the girls (while not 18 at the time) are actually close to our age so I THINK its ok to look at them as hot (correct me if I'm wrong).
An interesting thing about the movie is that it was banned in the U.S. because of all the violence by kids against kids. This worries me because of the planned Ender's Game movie. Those kids are a lot younger and they do some messed up things. Anyway since it is banned in the United States I think it is ok for me to post the following. If you have a Bittorrent client here is where you can get the movie.
http://www.torrentreactor.net/view.php?id=6383
Otherwise they sell some versions of the DVD that are region free in eBay.
The movie is called BATTLE ROYALE. It is a Japanese movie. In it Japanese teenagers are so out of control that the government has implemented the "Battle Royale Act". It basically lets them take one 9th grade class and put them on a deserted island. They are told that they have one day to kill each other until 1 person survives. If after 3 days there is more than one survivor then the collars that have been locked around their necks will explode and they will all die. That is the basic plot of the movie and they get this out of the way in the first half hour. The other 90 minutes are just teenagers killing each other sometimes in very bloody ways.
What I liked about the movie:
1. The Premise- Very interesting premise It is sort of a cross of Lord of the Flies with Clockwork Orange. Its very messed up.
2. The Violence (not in a creepy I want to see Japanese school girls slaughtered way)- The violence was just so over the top that it was entertaining. It is sort of like Kill Bill. Supposedly this movie inspired Tarantino so much that he cast one of the girls as the killer Japanese school girl from Kill Bill.
3. The Characters - Some really cool characters. There is the real psycho girl who was mean in real life but given the chance just goes all out an really gets into the killing. There's also two people who are called "transfer students". One is a survivor from a previous class the other is someone who chose to be in the game. Both of them look so cool they remind me of the Turks from Final Fantasy 7.
4. The Music - A lot of classical music, especially in death scenes. Also influenced by the Final Fantasy series of games there is very dramatic music.
What I didn't like:
The humor. There was too little of it. For a movie with such over the top premise and violence a little more humor would have made it more digestible. As it is now it is just very weird.
I know there isn't much I didn't like of the movie but I thought it was good. Another bonus is you get to see Japanese school girls, Rennie. Actually this movie was made in 2000 and most of the girls (while not 18 at the time) are actually close to our age so I THINK its ok to look at them as hot (correct me if I'm wrong).
An interesting thing about the movie is that it was banned in the U.S. because of all the violence by kids against kids. This worries me because of the planned Ender's Game movie. Those kids are a lot younger and they do some messed up things. Anyway since it is banned in the United States I think it is ok for me to post the following. If you have a Bittorrent client here is where you can get the movie.
http://www.torrentreactor.net/view.php?id=6383
Otherwise they sell some versions of the DVD that are region free in eBay.
posted by Oscar at 1:12 AM
3 Comments:
there is also a part II
i am at 99% as we speak.
Check out Run Lola Run if you get the chance. Its very good, with or without subtitles.
Merary would tell me to watch this movie, this would be before she started to come on to me, Man do i wish to go back to the days she would come on to me.
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