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Drama, Thriller, Action 113 min R
Rotten Tomatoes90%Metacritic81IMDb
Could you kill your best friend?
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.
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Bleak, overwhelming, relentless and plot-driven.
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Put together with remarkable confidence and flair, its steely candour, and weird, passionate urgency make it compelling
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30 profiled raters. Loved most by The Formalists; disliked most by The Comfort Seekers.
If you loved this film, the television, the book, the music, the game.
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