mitchellyoung's Movie Review of Battle Royale ( Batoru rowaiaru )

Rating of
3/4

Battle Royale ( Batoru rowaiaru )

Lord of the Flies Redux
mitchellyoung - wrote on 01/09/11

Battle Royale is an unrelenting and twisted take on a Lord of the Flies like plot. What elevates it above most mindless bloody action films is that it exhibits a conscience and takes the time to establish characters, emotion, and themes, before the bloodletting begins. At the same time, there isn't much exposition, and the film moves along at a jaunting pace that makes it both entertaining and terrifying.

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