Battle Royal Two More Days at Cinefamily one of my favorite Japanese movies. I hadn’t seen in about ten years. I went last week and had forgotten what a cinematic triumph it is.
Comedy & Gore mixed in a way only the Japanese can deliver.
Battle Royale (trailer) from Cinefamily on Vimeo.
Tuesday, January 10th: 10:15pm
Wednesday, January 11th: 10:15pm
Held over by popular demand, the most controversial Japanese film of the millennium comes to The Cinefamily for one more week in its first North American theatrical run EVER! In a Clockwork Orange for the 21st century, the late, great Japanese auteur Kinji Fukasaku tackles the anti-authoritarian Battle Royale — a gorefest with a purpose, an astonishing opus of teen rebellion, generation-gap satire and gleeful bloody anarchy. Seasoning the time-honored “Most Dangerous Game” scenario with an adults vs. teens twist, Fukasaku tells the dystopian tale of a depressed society run rampant with teen violence, as the government decides to tame insubordinate youngsters by shipping entire 9th-grade classes to a remote island for the ultimate test in survival. Whether goody-goody or troublemaker, the kids must prepare to kill or be killed. Shocking, hilarious and as thrilling as any classic Spielberg or Scorsese epic, it is one of the most incredible and explosive action films of the last few decades, made even better by a devious, ice-cold performance of a lifetime by Beat Takeshi (one of Japan’s greatest movie stars). Withheld from U.S. distribution since its original release in 2000 due to its disturbing teen-on-teen carnage, Battle Royale will blow you away. Whether it’s your favorite film, or you’ve never before witnessed this masterpiece of mayhem, join us for the theatrical experience of the season!
Dir. Kinji Fukasaku, 2000, HDCAM, 114 min.
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