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Battle Royale 3D (2001)

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Average Rating: 7.5/10
Reviews Counted: 29
Fresh: 25 | Rotten: 4

Battle Royale is a controversial and violent parable of adolescence, heightening teenage melodrama with life-or-death stakes.

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Release Date: May 25, 2012 Limited

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In a future where society is on the verge of collapse, the government takes drastic action against the problem of rebellious teenagers in this violent sci-fi opus from Japan. In the year 2002, Japan's economy has taken a dramatic turn for the worse, and massive unemployment and inflation have thrown most adults into a state of chaos; the nation's youth culture responds with unprecedented violence, delinquency, and truancy. Desperate to restore order, the Japanese parliament responds by creating

Unrated, 1 hr. 54 min.

Art House & International, Mystery & Suspense

Directed By: Kinji Fukasaku

Written By: Kenta Fukasaku, Koushun Takami

In Theaters: May 25, 2012 Limited

On DVD: Jan 25, 2005

Anchor Bay Entertainment

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Cast

Tatsuya Fujiwara
Shuya Nanahara
Aki Maeda
Noriko Nakagawa
Taro Yamamoto
Shougo Kawada
Masanobu Ando
Kiriyama
Kou Shibasaki
Mitsuko Souma
Chiaki Kuriyama
Chigusa
Takeshi Kitano
Kitano
Yamamoto Taru
Ai Maeda
Shiori Kitano
Ai Iwamura
Smiling Winner
Sousuke Takaoka
Hiroki Sugimura

Critic Reviews for Battle Royale 3D

All Critics (39) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (28) | Rotten (4) | DVD (28)

Battle Royale's dystopia reflects a hyper-tech Japan still deeply concerned with social cohesion and the value-gaps between the generations. It's the disturbingly dark social frame, not its bloody canvas, that makes this a battle worth watching.

May 10, 2012 Full Review Source: Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

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Brian Gibson

Vue Weekly (Edmonton, Canada)

Fukasaku's set pieces are dynamic, composed and edited with a neatness that is missing from the shaky-camera esthetic of the movie's successor, 'The Hunger Games.'

March 30, 2012 Full Review Source: Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

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John Beifuss

Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

Battle Royale is a masterpiece of mayhem, violence and unfettered teen melodrama.

March 19, 2012 Full Review Source: IGN DVD

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R. L. Shaffer

IGN DVD

Battle Royale is The Hunger Games not diluted for young audiences.

February 22, 2012 Full Review Source: Boston Phoenix

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Alexandra Cavallo

Boston Phoenix

Pitched with the insatiable verve of a TV game show and the vacant regret of a Grand Theft Auto videogame.

July 19, 2011 Full Review Source: Projection Booth

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Rob Humanick

Projection Booth

It gets no points for subtlety, but this confronting, devastating, hilarious and extremely fun film is a masterpiece all in its own right.

March 6, 2011 Full Review Source: What Culture

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Shaun Munro

What Culture Source: What Culture

Gloriously sick and twisted. A masterpiece.

November 24, 2009 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid

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Jeffrey M. Anderson

Combustible Celluloid

A disturbing film to say the least, and definitely one that could never have been made in the United States.

June 17, 2008 Full Review Source: ESplatter

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Lucius Gore

ESplatter

A modern classic about the folly of violence.

July 23, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com

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Rob Gonsalves

eFilmCritic.com

What it does have is plenty of splatter, noise and energy.

November 7, 2006 Full Review Source: Ozus' World Movie Reviews

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Dennis Schwartz

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

Os intert�tulos e o excesso de flashbacks comprometem um pouco o ritmo do filme, mas, de modo geral, a a��o � muito bem conduzida e os personagens, satisfatoriamente desenvolvidos.

May 26, 2006 Comment

Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

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Japan's most controversial export in years has already achieved a certain cult status do its grisly violence and audacious plot, but as much as I wanted to like it, the bottom line is Battle Royale is just not that good. The basic narrative is razor-thin, the characters are extremely underdeveloped, and any attempt to

April 2, 2012

Jonathan Hutchings

Super Reviewer

'Battle Royale'. Teen melodrama overload and absurdly violent, with a tone that was too muddled for me. The film tried to address a lot of "big" issues, but I couldn't go with any of it because it felt like a spoof that wasn't one. The whole motivation behind forcing the students to kill each other was "you're mocking

March 31, 2012

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Battle Royale 3D Quotes

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1. Kitano: So today's lesson is, you kill each other off till there's only one left. Nothing's against the rules.
– Submitted by Orin G (2 months ago)
1. Shougo Kawada: There's a way out of this game. Kill yourselves together, here, now. If you can't do that, then don't trust anyone... just run.
– Submitted by Orin G (2 months ago)
1. Chigusa: God, can I tell him one more thing? You look really cool, Hiroki [dies]
– Submitted by John E (6 months ago)