For the revenge cut the japanese dvd has been used while the hkdvd has been used for the requiem cut. While the author of the original novel, koushun takami, is given the gensaku credit, the story and art are by hitoshi tomizawa tomizawa hitoshi. Requiem, but he died of prostate cancer on january 12, 2003, after. With tatsuya fujiwara, ai maeda, shugo oshinari, ayana sakai. Shortly after the beginning of the battle, the prometheans and mdamas covenant would join forces against humanity. Special features include, english subtitles, anamorphic widescreen 1. Gleaming office buildings dominate the skyline, the image tinged to near sepia by the setting sun. Its three years after the events of the original battle royale, and shuya nanahara is now an internationallyknown. Battle royale ii requiem british board of film classification.
Battle royale takes place in a fictional fascist japan in the year 1997. Aki maeda was born on july 11, 1985 in tokyo, japan. The book the road to brii isbn 4834252124 is a behindthe scenes photo collection about the production of the movie. Battle royale directors cut disc two battle royale theatrical version disc three the film disc four the making of battle royale documentary 50. Pg for language, underage drinking, and implied drug use. The story tells of junior high school students who are forced to fight each other to the death in a program run by a fictional authoritarian japanese government, now known as the republic of. There are numerous plot differences between the book and manga.
Personally i enjoyed battle royale as a short action novel, but the characters were all pretty flat. In order for the government to study the benefits of teamwork, the new students work in pairs, with. Requiem, up to and including the hamfisted attempt to tie in the 911 attacks. Aug 03, 2002 battle royale 8 was a little over the top, bordering on the ultra violent pornography stereotype of manga in the west.
In some ways you feel that mitsukos victims deserve their fate for letting their lust cloud their judgement. Comparison between the requiem theatrical version and the revenge special edition. Directors kenta fukasaku,kinji fukasaku cast includes tatsuya fujuwara, ai maeda, shugo oshinari, ayana sakai, haruka suenaga, yuma ishigaki, miyuki kanbe, masaya kikawada, yuuki ito, natsuki kato, aki maeda, riki takeuchi. I relatively liked the first battle royale, and i was excited when i saw there was a second one, especially since the plot looked pretty good, but it turns out i had just wasted 2. An extended version of the film is titled battle royale. In it, shuya and noriko lead a revolution against the government that forced them to kill. Were sorry but jwapp doesnt work properly without javascript enabled. Battle royale 2000 was a great actionhorrordrama film directed by the late kinji fukasaku. Revenge is considered better than requiem, though not to redeem the worst flaws. Battle royale also focuses very effectively and poignantly on the prisoners dilemma.
Battle royale ii is bigger, bolder and bloodier than the original, but is it any better. Requires pal region 4 compatible player battle royale 2. Three years after the failure of the last br program, a second act is forged and a class of students are sent to an island with one objective. The act of battle royale decrees that once a year a class of 9th graders is chosen at random,stranded on a small island,and armed. Rekuiemu, abbreviated as brii bii aru tsu, is a 2003 japanese, dystopian, actionthriller film. In the picture, various ak47, akms and a svd dragunov can be seen. In the future, random junior highschool classes are chosen to compete in a game called battle royale. About ten tiein books related to the movie have been released in japan. It later formed the basis for a cult film which spawned a sequel, and has been adapted as a 15volume manga series, later adapted into english by keith giffen and.
Asian only threedisc box contains battle royale directors cut, battle royale 2. Back in the 60s, the best local kids show in my area was koams fun club. The original battle royale was one of the most audacious movies id ever seen. I loved battle royale and had great hopes of the sequel, but was hugely disappointed, by the acting of some cast members, the ridiculous plot and extremely strange morality it appears to espouse. A manga series called is partially related to battle royale ii. She is an actress, known for battle royale 2000, battle royale ii 2003 and the cat returns 2002. In total that means there are 3 battle royale movies. An extended version of the film is titled battle royale ii. If you watch this, dont expect much out of it, as it is a mess from start to finish and really. Quentin tarantino proclaims my favorite movie of the last 20 years. Battle royale is one of the most controversial and challenging movies ever made. Maybe because there is only one novel, that doesnt go beyond the lore of the first movie.
The battle of requiem was a series of skirmishes on the forerunner shield world requiem beginning on july 21, 2557. Weapons are handed out and each student is sent out into the field alone and unprepared for the horror that awaits them. This time its war its three years after the events of the original battle royale, and shuya nanahara is now an internationallyknown terrorist determined to bring down the government. May 20, 2014 my first edition dvd of battle royale ll requiem, i have in my collection plus collectors tin dvd, tartan asian extreme enjoy. Chinkonka, non usa format, vhs pal video with greek subtitles 3 min action drama. Battle royale was the last film to be directed by fukasaku. Like the earlier battle royales, a class of middle school students are picked to compete in fights to the. He was assisted by slim andrews, a local talent who had amassed a pretty impressive movie resume in westerns. Requiem is not likely to unspool is dubyas white house screening room. Its three years after the events of the original battle royale, and shuya nanahara is now an internationallyknown terrorist determined to bring down the government.
Requiem, son kenta took over, having written the scripts for both the original film and sequel, but what ultimately transpired from the novice director was a flatout disaster. A part poetic, part actionfilled bulletfest in which the terrorists are the good guys. Unfortunately, the revenge cut is a bit disappointing since really spectacular changes are not present and the editing is somewhat worse than it was is in the. A group picture of the wild seven, a terrorist organization founded by the survivors of the first movies events. We declare war on all adults its three years after the events of the original battle royale, and shuya nanahara is now an internationallyknown terrorist determined to bring down the government. It was in a class by itself, and the unashamed way it treated its subject matter guaranteed that it would never. It was first published in japan in april 1999, and it is one of japans bestselling and most controversial novels. It was waged between the prometheans occupying requiem, jul mdamas covenant forces and the united nations space command.
Combat action sequel to the 2000 film battle royale. Jul 05, 2003 directed by kenta fukasaku, kinji fukasaku. The battle royale book series by multiple authors includes books battle royale, v. Requiem, and a bonus third disc of special features, all in a collectors box. Battle royale ii requiem dvd, first edition and tin youtube. Una pelicula dirigida por kinji fukasaku, kenta fukasaku con tatsuya fujiwara, aki maeda, shugo oshinari, ayana sakai.
In thg, the tributes pretty much accept that they have to kill to survive. Instead, kenta fukasaku, who took the helm of number 2 when his old man kinji croaked, rips off everything insane, edgy, dangerous, and gloriously bloodthirsty about the infamous battle royale pretty much lord of the flies with an nra membership and exploding necklace iedsand turns it into a steaming cauldron of rhinoceros doodle. Battle royale ii opens with a spectacular aerial view over tokyo. Rekuiemu, abbreviated as brii bii aru tsu, is a 2003 japanese dystopian action film. Back in the 60s, the best local kids show in my area was. His son was hired to complete battle royale ii requiem 2003.
The book battle royale spawned a japanese manga series, which are comics with a specific japanese drawing style, and several movies which includes battle royale 2. Kitano, battle royale ii i went into battle royale ii desperately worried that i wouldnt like it. Battle royale 2 is a mediocre sequel, and could have been much better than what it turned out to be. Battle royale 2 requiem dvd 2003 dvd musicmagpie store. Many students tried to find a way to beat the system. Requiem mimuras lair ak47, a sword, gasoline and oil as lighter. The making of battle royale english subs part 2 youtube. It is a sequel to the 2000 film, battle royale, which in turn was based upon a controversial 1999 novel of the same title by koushun takami. Three years on, in a dystopian nearfuture japan, shuya tatsuya fujiwara, along with his cosurvivor noriko aki maeda and their antistate alliance the wild seven, is intent on bringing down the goverment who put him and his classmates on an uninhabited island and ordered them to battle until all except one were dead.
In 2009, filmmaker quentin tarantino praised battle royale as the best film he had seen in the past two decades. Batoru rowaiaru is the first novel by the japanese author koushun takami. Battle royale, batoru rowaiaru is a novel written by japanese author koushun takami. The film had great potential for being a good watch. That is as perfect an endorsement as a film distributor could hope to have, especially when selling a film like battle royale to a hungry cult audience. The original battle royale, written and directed by kinji fukasaku, was one of the most controversial and celebrated movies in japanese history. Tatsuya fujiwara, ai maeda, riki takeuchi the thing people fear most isnt dying, its being forgotten. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Its three years after the events of the original battle royale, and shuya nanahara is now an internationallyknown terrorist determined to bring down. With a tremendous amount of hype building up to a sequel, fukasaku declared war on political correctness and put forth his last efforts in battle royale ii.
Three years after battle royale, a new class of students are sent to an island with one objective. Nov 11, 2010 junior chihara remakes minami no teio loan shark manga aug 30, 2010 1st battle royale film to get 3d conversion may 17, 2010. Whereas less observant viewers have read the first film as a critique of the harshly competitive japanese school system, or as documentary proof of the irreversible arc of japans postbubble descent. The show was conducted by koam newscaster roger neer. There is a book called the road to brii that is related to the movie. I relatively liked the first battle royale, and i was excited when i saw there was a second one, especially since the plot looked pretty good, but it turns out i had just wasted 2 hours of my life. His terrorist group, wild seven, stages an attack that levels several buildings in tokyo on christmas day, killing 8000 people. This is a new zealand classification of battle royale 2. Suddenly an explosion rips through the air, and the phalanx of skyscrapers slowly collapses into rubble. The music score was good, it had high production values and an ultrapretty female lead who looks like an anime character. He was the fortyniner, appearing in cowboy garb and. Nov 17, 2009 battle royale focuses much more on the morality of the game, and many students didnt want to kill anyone.
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