Every boy in this movie looks like he is a character straight from anime. Man, I hate that hairstyle. Then and now.

Suzanne Collins (The Hunger Games) says she was inspired to write The Hunger Games after the poverty she saw in Iraq during the war. Uh huh.

Is anyone else buying that bullshit?

Still a great movie 14 years later.

Controversial Cult Classic, incredibly original and highly influential film that puts the Hunger Games to shame!

It has more than earned its reputation for its violence and brutality but the real star of the show is the diverse range of emotions and fears (Good and Bad) that are all too human!

Takeshi Kitano added some serious beaucoup depth and flavor to the film!

Naughty Approved!

better than the hunger games because jennifer lawrence isn't in it

is it too EDGY to hate on jennifer lawrence on letterboxd.com? whatever im gonna do it anyway

EDIT: lost a follower for hating on jennifer lawrence but i dont care because im committed to the truth

everyone looked like they had fun

where we dropping boys

mitsuko deserved better

I've been wanting to watch this for the longest time. I finally got around to it and if you cant tell from the five star rating...it didnt disappoint.

For some reason I had these preconceived notions for the film. I thought it was just going to be an emotionaless void of just adolescent murder. But to my surprise the violence, which was so well done, played second fiddle to an emotional story about how cut throat the educational system and adult life can be.

Every highschooler needs to watch this movie.

Uno shonen con attori in carne e ciccia.

Se volete vedere due ore di adolescenti giapponesi che si ammazzano a vicenda alora questo è il film per voi. Come in molti prodotti live action nipponici,la natura "shonen" del film si ritrova in personaggi perlopiù stereotipati ed insipidi,nel caso specifico di questo film ci si metteno in mezzo un sacco di paturnie adolescenziali che francamente ho trovato piuttosto indigeste.
A risollevare la situazione per fortuna ci sono gli ammazzamenti che sono piuttosto divertenti e sopratutto il personaggio interpretato da Takeshi Kitano,che è sempre un mito e riesce a compensare un buon numero delle pecche del film.

lol I had no idea Kenji Fukasaku was so OLD when he directed this. It’s a fun new layer to the movie to consider that this movie isn’t actually sympathetic to the children and is just about how much an old man wants children to die. I know that’s not correct or fair, but what are you going to do about it? Are you going to find me and stop me? Good luck, punk.

“Maybe Battle Royale’s ultimate punchline is inexplicable ability to fool some people into taking it seriously.” Slant

if peeta was in battle royale he would have got his neck royally sliced by mitsuko and her handy scythe on DAY ONE.

wait, this isnt fortnite

6.5/10