Review of Battle Royale (2000) by Grantd243 — 24 Apr 2018

I always wished that the Hunger Games movies were better. Well, it turns out that the Hunger Games movie that I always wanted was released way back in 2000, and it's called Battle Royale. This is definitely the adult version of the teen-targeted Hunger Games, and is better in almost every way.

I feel as though the story is fairly realistic in terms of what ninth-grade students would do if they were thrown onto an island and told to kill each other. Some would dive right in, some would be too scared to engage, some would aim to make peace, and some would try to defy the game.

The only problem that I have with this film is that I never really became attached to any of the characters. I think that the movie would have had a much bigger impact on me if I cared for certain characters in the end, but I wasn't rooting for anyone in particular.

Still a very solid movie, though.