This movie was about a class that was selected to play a game to the death. After reading some of the posts and reviews I was a little skeptical about this movie, but after having seen it I did not regret it. I expected more gore in the violence but other than that the movie was a good one. Nice action and the various individual stories of its characters kept it interesting.

With the economy failing and unemployment at its highest, the government decides to take matters in their own hands. Choosing to target in on children that are "Now These Days" unruly, rude, and out of control. They come up with a "Game Plan", a "Lottery" where childrens names are drawn and these children get to go on a special "Field Trip" in their school. They enter the bus on the day of the trip only to wake up on a deserted island the government has set up for the game. Here they discover electronic collars fastened to their necks and the "Game" rules. They must fight each other and the last one alive after 3 days is the winner, there must be no other survivors or they will all be killed. This movie is about friendship and the betrayal of friends,family ,teachers,government and everything they have ever known. It is about survival in a world where the economy has failed and government rules you very life. The first of 3 movies Battle Royale will leave you feeling like we are on our way to drastic measures sooner or later with our own government....

Battle royale is about a group of japanese students who have been sent to a deserted island to play a deadly game and only one can win. when the game starts each student is given a bag of items some are usefull some are not. its a battle of the fittest and only the strongest can survive.overall this movie is a must see it has a very interesting storyline and plenty of action.

this one gets a 5/5!!

I loved this flick and had no trouble keeping up thanks to the english subtitles...lol

While the premise of people being killed for entertainment on futuristc game shows has been done to death, this movie has a few other things going for it...first, the acting is better than your average japanese film...i was prepared to laugh at the corniness of the actors' chops, but was pleasantly surprised that it was the jokes and sight-gags that got me for once!

The premise was a little flimsy, but we can let it go....it is a movie after all...and this one is pure fun from beginning to end.