So this movie is set in japan where the youth are uncooperative with their education and learning. They are basically skipping school. So the Japanese Government decided to pass the " BR Act" which randomly chooses a class fight to the death. Till there is only one survivor left, and that survivor will get freedom. Sound familiar? Maybe like The Hunger Games? Well it shouldn't because the author of the books, Suzanne Collins, "supposedly" has never heard of Battle Royale. The movie that was the rave of the early 2000s and we have THE big time director Quentin Tarantino saying that Battle Royale was HIS FAVOURITE MOVIE OF ALL TIME. Come on Suzanne, lie better.
Well that isn't the point but as an avid movie lover and big fan of Quentin Tarantino, this movie would have been extra awesome if you haven't seen the Hunger Games. But nevertheless, the action scenes in this movie were over the the top but yet simple. It was simple because of the amount of special effects available at that time. They really didn't hold back when the killings started, there was some really gory deaths!
The only gripe i have with this was the unrealistic deaths. I get that it's a movie but they emphasised heavily that this is set in the real world and that this movie is as real as it can get. BUT the deaths were stupidly unrealistic. Every time someone was shot or riddled with bullets, it was as it bullets are made of paper or something. No one stays down. Literally everyone gets back up after a whole magazine is emptied into their chest. I get that you dont immediately die after being shot but you definitely wouldn't be able to get up and have that much mobility. All in all, this movie had an interesting plot, character development and it made me question who would really survive if my class was sent to this. I dont think I would survive, but i do have a list of people i would like to take with me when i go down. MUAHAHAHA! OH another thing i didnt really like was that there was so much love stuff going on in one class, i mean come on, i get that they are all handsome actors and pretty actresses but NOT everyone in the class has to have feelings for one another.
Still I really liked it and enjoyed the crazy experience. I would defininately recommend it to someone who likes the classics, someone who hates the hunger games, or people who just like action in general.
Hunger Games aint got nuttin' on Battle Royale!
I think Royson would survive, he had that hidden cunning look. I feel like if he's back to a corner, i think he would really fight his way out.
My weapon of choice would be a shotgun. Its easy to use and it doesn't really need precision to kill? I guess the scary thing is if i run out of ammunition.
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