Battle Royale : Movie Review


Battle Royale has been much talked about. It is more an action movie than a war-drama or a horror film and, even with the macabre context, is a good pretext for a role-playing game. If the combatants would have been adults, this movie would have been just like any other (No Escape, Running Man, Cube). It is the fact that adolescents are the targets that makes it very interesting. It is probably why it will attract horror fans, cult film fans and by no one else. I strongly suggest that you not watch this movie if society controls you. The historical context where the army amuses itself with total useless games is unrealistic but what follows it totally credible.


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