Battle Royale Limited Edition [4K Ultra-HD] [Blu-ray]

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That’s virtually all of the special features that have been produced over the years (save for a few items created by Capelight Pictures’ for recent German BD releases).

Despite the harsh brutality that ensues (for instance, some students decide it’s better to off themselves rather than participate), Fukasaku handles the issue well by not allowing their plight to feel overly cruel or distasteful. years after its initial release, it remains of the most ground-breaking pictures to ever come from Asian cinema. He has the looks of Johnny Depp matched with the endurance of Jason Vorhees (forgive the comparison! Terrible storytelling, overly political to the point of distraction, Olympic medal-winning overacting, and overlong, with a broken premise, Battle Royale: Requiem is best avoided. These scenes - contrasted with the ugliness and immediacy of the violence - are profoundly moving, and they actually improve on what was already a magnificent work of art.These are particularly interesting for the way that Kenta offers insights on his father’s personal history, his reaction to the original novel, and his thoughts on the overall subject of violence. But in the grand scheme of things, what you really get is 20 more minutes of a film with an utterly broken premise, and 20 more minutes of excruciating over-acting. Although potentially polarising for some audiences, Battle Royalemanages to strike up the right balance of heartache, humour, and bloodshed in an unforgettable experience.

Every player is fitted with an explosive collar around their neck, imposing a strict three-day time limit on the deadly games in which there can only be one survivor. Based upon the book by Koushun Takami, the story has been adapted to manga, western comics, and the big screen. Now that legacy lives on with the movie receiving its very own UHD restoration in a new 4K Ultra HD limited edition box set. The original Battle Royale was shot on 35 mm photochemical film using Arriflex 535B cameras with Zeiss and Angenieux spherical lenses, and was finished on film at the 1. You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice.In expanding the target of the teen characters’ rage from the authoritarian Japanese government that wronged them to the entire world of adults—a deliberate commentary on the real-life bloodshed happening around the globe at the time—the filmmakers muddied their story and served its characters poorly.

The sequel doesn’t fare as well as the original in terms of visual quality, but still looks incredibly good, and like the first one comes in both a theatrical and director’s cut. There are several actions that could trigger this block including submitting a certain word or phrase, a SQL command or malformed data. I was still in my twenties when I first watched Battle Royale, still of an age when its story and the social satire would be effective, and the world was a different place too, not as divisive or as reactionary. You might think that Revenge would help, after all with another 20 minutes of footage, that would offer 20 minutes of character development and background in a film where the cast drop like flies in the first hour.

The material on this site may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, cached or otherwise used except with the prior written permission of The Digital Bits, Inc. Though conceivably motivated from a story perspective, the concept would have required careful and nuanced writing and direction to pull off, not to mention a story that was far more thoughtful and restrained. The Special Edition on Disc 2 has a 4k restoration from a duplicate negative according to the blurb in the booklet.

The film Kenta ultimately delivered was a heavy-handed and nonsensical Saving Private Ryan knock-off, complete with more grisly action, over-the-top violence, and bad CG effects.It is worth noting that Battle Royale II: Requiem remains exclusive to this limited edition release. Overseeing the carnage is ‘Beat' Takeshi Kitano (Sonatine, Hana-bi, Zatoichi) as the teacher pushed to the edge by his unruly charges. Extras: The Theatrical and Director’s Cut versions
of Battle Royale are accompanied by archival extras carried across from Arrow’s original 2010 BD release. They are all fitted with collars that explode if they break the rules, or attempt to remove them, or wander into a designated danger zone. Inspired by Koushun Takami's controversial bestseller, the two films comprising the collection - Battle Royale and Battle Royale II: Requiem - detail a dystopian .