Kinji Fukasaku

This is such a strange move. I wonder how big a release they’re planning, because there can’t be much overlap between the 3D crowd and the subtitles crowd, regardless of the arguable potential for the former to be enticed by BR’s unorthodox brand of ultraviolence. A shitty American remake wouldn’t have surprised me, but a 3D’d American theatrical release (of any size) ten years later is not something I ever saw coming.

Mine is now the supreme pleasure of having viewed the Japanese cult hit Battle Royale. The premise goes like this: In the not too distant future, the Japanese economy has fallen into decline. Unemployment has skyrocketed, and the subsequent rise of unruly, disobedient youth causes the government to concoct the Millennium Educational Reform Act, a.k.a. the BR Act (“Battle Royale Act,” get it?). This act mandates the random selection of one class of students each… See more →