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  • Battle Royale
  • Opened December 16, 2000 | Runtime:1 hr 54 min
  • Information for parents: Common Sense Media says Iffy for 17+. Read More
  • 42 9th graders are sent to a deserted island. They are given a map, food, and various weapons. An explosive collar is fitted around their neck. If they break a rule, the collar explodes. Their mission: kill each other and be the last one standing. Read More
  • Cast: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Taro Yamamoto, Masanobu Ando, Kou Shibasaki
  • Director: Kinji Fukasaku
  • Genres: Action Thriller, Thriller

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    Battle Royale

    by movie_Man_on_Wire

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

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Must Go! Avg. Critic Score 81 out of 100 Metascore ® based on all critic ratings.

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  • 90
    Village Voice |

    [Fukasaku's] genius is finding the overlap between teenage dreams and...

  • 90
    Variety | Robert Koehler

    Departing from two decades' worth of domestic and personal dramas and returning...

  • 90
    The New York Times | A.O. Scott

    American fans of "The Hunger Games" may not embrace - or even be permitted to...

  • 80
    Time Out New York | Joshua Rothkopf

    Kinji Fukasaku's slick, sick nightmare is best left to the quasi-banned realm...

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