Battle Royale

Battle Royale

Okay, because there wasn't anything else to watch, a few friends of mine decided to view this Japanese movie called BR. It's mostly in Japanese with subtitles. (There are some English words on computer screens.) The basic storyline is that a group of middle school students get kidnapped and placed on a island. On the island, they have to kill each other all the way down to one student. This one student is then the Champion of BR. I'm not making this up. So, the movie is about students killing each other to get off the island.

The movie is extremely violent, but the sheer goofiness of the plot will keep you from ever taking it seriously. I laughed the entire time during the film. The acting is over the top, and the plot totally mindless. The movie is so bad that it's good. As long as you can keep that in mind, give this movie a guarded try.

Grade B

BTW, there is talk of an American remake. Sorry, but it won't work.

Look familiar? She was in Kill Bill as well.

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The Evil Teacher, this is true, I'm not making this up. He has all the students in the room, telling them about the rules of the game, and then proceeds to throw a knife into a student's head.