Starring: Shûgo Oshinari, Tastsuya Fujiwara, Ai Maeda, Ayana Sakai, Riki Takeuchi, Aki Maeda, Takeshi Kitano
Certificate: 18
Genre: Action, Sci Fi
Awards: None
Battle Royale was a stunning film featuring schoolchildren forced to kill each other by an uncaring government. Like its american cousin, The Hunger Games, the sequel steps away from the concept that made it so intriguing and takes thing to a level of army vs army. A story much less unique.Since surviving the Battle Royale, Shuya Nanahara (Fujiwara) has created a resistance group that has declared war against all grown ups. This declaration gains the response of Japan sending another class of schoolchildren to kill Shuya and disband his group. Among them are the violent tempered Takuma (Oshinari) and Shiori (Ai Maeda), the daughter of Kitano (Kitano) - the teacher who ran the last Battle Royale.
Whilst not as terrible a film as many would lead you to expect, Battle Royale II cannot compete with its predecessor. Although its much more action packed, there is less interest as most of the characters are completely forgettable whilst the plot complicates and then falls under its own weight (although Battle Royale suffered from this problem at its conclusion).
Battle Royale II is not a terrible film yet it is still a disappointing follow up, perhaps due to the death of original director Kinji Fukasaku at the beginning of filming. The potential was still there yet it seemed that the outcome was slightly different to intended.
***Okay
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