Battle Royale

Josh had a few people over a couple of months ago to do dude things. You know drink some beer, order in some Chinese ... um, watch a foreign film.

But before you scoff too much, this isn't just any foreign film.

It is an over-the-top crazy foreign film.

Things are out of control in Japan. Kids just can't be subdued. They are bad, bad, bad. So the adults create a way to keep them under control. The adults create the Millennial Reform School Act which in effect forces 44 9th graders to an island where they are forced to kill each other for a new reality television show. They each are given a weapon and sent off. Only one can survive. May that be a lesson to you bad youngsters!

Super violent of course. Super fun of course. But also surprisingly full of teenage angst and melodrama as well. I can honestly say I haven't ever seen a movie like this before - that is at least since The Running Man.

Directed by Kinji Fukasaku
2000
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