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I have NOT seen "The Hunger Games"as it just opened in theaters,however some have compared it to the 2000 release of the Japanese cult classic"Battle Royale"which I HAVE seen and am now reviewing for you.At 114 minutes this movie is subtitled and very violent and it has HS kids killing HS kids.The Japanese have far different views on violence than we do and there's no need to talk about WW11 or A bombs or the cult of the Samurai to explain it here. Lets just accept it for the purpose of this films review.
I have put the trailer URL after the pix as usual and a IMDB summary below.I took 1 and 1/2 stars off because it is subtitled and very violent but its also thought provoking in some ways.However that is why US film makers re-make Japanese films so many times to avoid the cultural disconnects.Seven Samurai becomes "The Magnificent Seven"and "Rashomon" has spurred many tributes in many US films and TV shows.Horror films are many.So I'm not claiming "Hunger games"has done that,but this film is a cult classic and we shall see if Hunger becomes one.
Forty-two students, three days, one deserted Island: welcome to Battle Royale. A group of ninth-grade students from a Japanese high school have been forced by legislation to compete in a Battle Royale. The students are each given a bag with a randomly selected weapon and a few rations of food and water and sent off to kill each other in a no-holds-barred (with a few minor rules) game to the death, which means that the students have three days to kill each other until one survives--or they all die. The movie focuses on a few of the students and how they cope. Some decide to play the game like the psychotic Kiriyama or the sexual Mistuko, while others like the heroes of the movie--Shuya, Noriko, and Kawada--are trying to find a way to get off the Island without violence. However, as the numbers dwell down lower and lower on an hourly basis, is there any way for Shuya and his classmates to survive? Written by Prissy Panda Princess
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