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Battle Royale

Name: Battle Royale
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Released: 2000
Duration: 123 min
Cast: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Aki Maeda, Takeshi Kitano, Tarō Yamamoto, Masanobu Ando

Taste attributes: actiondramathrilleradventurefastunsavouryimaginarylinearbig & variedcomplex relationshiphuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardysocial commentaryunderdog triumphsunlikely connections

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"Could you kill your best friend?"

Boxlist takeExpect a sweeping, stylised thriller, dark rather than wholesome. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Taste details

Pace: fast · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: balanced · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: very linear · Look: balanced · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

Quality rating

7.3 /10

TMDB · 2,449 votes

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What lines up

Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
Weightiness: Balanced weightiness, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

Setting / scale: Big / varied, where this profile leans small / confined
Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate

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Synopsis

In the future, the Japanese government captures a class of ninth-grade students and forces them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.

Synopsis: TMDB