Battle Royale - DVD

I liked this movie. I was interested in watching it because I've been playing Playerunknown's Battlegrounds and it reminded me to finally find it and watch it. Hunger Games is a definite cheap rip off of this. You could never match the intensity that this movie has. I do see that people don't like it because 'the book is better' but honestly never having read the book, the movie is great.

Great movie i have not watched dubbed version yet but i am curious to see if it can hold up well. All around thrilling movie worth watching.

By far, "Battle Royale" is one of the best movies you will ever see! Though it differs from the novel, it is still good in it's own right. If you have not seen this, the simple description of the movie does not seem like much: kids being forced, by their government, to kill each other off. However, the movie is not just about senseless killings; there is a lot of character development going on. You get to know who these characters are and what they are about. To me, that's what really makes a movie. I should not need to say much more, as you probably already have searched about this on the internet. With that being said, I do have to down-rate this due to this particular Anchor Bay release. The supposed "Director's Cut" is not a true "Director's Cut". The additional scenes were filmed after the movie's initial release, to capitalize on the film's success. This Anchor Bay release is also not the true "Special Version" (as it is properly called). This release was actually re-edited, using scenes from the original theatrical release, because Anchor Bay did not want to deal with some of the color corrections the "Special Version" required. Another issue, though this "Directors Cut" is the first release to feature an English dub version. Though, the only way to see subtitles for the written Japanese text is to turn on the entire movie's subtitle track, which do not match up with everything spoken in English. If it is easier and cheaper for you to get this version, then, by all means, get it. Otherwise, I would recommend looking for another country's release, as no one else tinkered with it.