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March 24, 2004

Battle Royale

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   First off, I'd like to say that this was an awesome movie.  My friend Daniene let me borrow it awhile ago, and I decided to watch it today.

   Battle Royale is a sick-ass flick.  It's one of those movie where you might lose your appetite, should you watch it and eat at the same time.  So far, I've only seen three of these movies: "The Story of Ricky", "DeadAlive", and "Battle Royale".  They're not scary at all, if you're wondering.  I find these movies to be totally stupid, yet amazingly hilarious and totally awesome at the same time.  Think about it.  In "The Story of Ricky" the protagonist knows Qigong Kung-Fu and is able to uppercut through people's chins and punch their fists hard enough so they explode.  Not only does Ricky know how to do this, but also the Gang of 4, the antagonists.  In "DeadAlive", there's some rat monkey thing that causes people to turn into zombies if they're bitten by it.  The best part is the fact that the one and only Peter Jackson directed it.

   Back to Battle Royale.  The movie is about a class of middle school kids who are transported to a remote island.  Since they started to boycott some school (for reasons I don't know or forgot) they are being punished.  They must all participate in an all-out bloodbath where the winner (and only survivor) gets to go home.  Damn those Japs.  So, everybody's killing everybody else, and there's a little bit of drama here, but who cares?  They'll all die anyways, except for one person.  The winner of the Battle Royale tournament is the chick who played Gogo Yubari from "Kill Bill."

   I give Battle Royale 8-9/10 for having gory shit and helping me study Japanese.