Battle Royale

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Remakes of Battle Royale and The Seven Samurai on the horizon

by Chris   ⋅   June 10, 2006   ⋅   Comment now

So, you probably already knew about the pending Oldboy remake by Justin Lin, the My Sassy Girl remake starring Jessica Alba, and the Kairo remake starring Veronica Mars (Kristen Bell). Now add to this list Battle Royale and The Seven Samurai.
New Line will be handling the Battle Royale remake. The funny thing is that [...]

Battle Royale II (aka: Batoru Rowaiaru II Chinkonka) — movie review

by Chris   ⋅   April 29, 2004   ⋅   Comments [6]

ENDLESS DISPLAYS OF STUPIDITY Every country suffers from sequelitis at some point in time. As with those spurned by occidental production companies, Asian cinema has had its fair run of sequels in the past two decades. Some have topped the originals, some managed to entertain while being vastly inferior, and some have crashed and burned [...]

Battle Royale (aka: Batoru Rowaiaru) — dvd movie review

by Chris   ⋅   October 18, 2003   ⋅   Comment now

SPECIAL EDITION DIRECTOR’S CUT DVD Note: While many people believe this film to be banned in America due to its “excessively violent” nature, the actual reason for its absence from American markets is due to the fact Toei, the film company behind Battle Royale, refuses to have BR distributed in America at any cost. Unfortunately [...]

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