Battle Royale 2 - Requiem

Starring: Shugo Oshinari, Tatsuya Fujiwara Original UK Premiere: 2003 Dvd Release: 23rd August, 2004 Number Of Discs: 1 Format: Anamorphic, PAL, Subtitled, Widescreen, Region 2 Encoding Subtitled In: English

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Battle Royale II: Requiem is a Japanese dystopian film action-thriller, released in 2003. It is a sequel to the 2000 film, Battle Royale, which in turn was based upon a controversial 1999 novel of the same title by Koushun Takami. Director Kinji Fukasaku, who had helmed the first film, started work on the sequel but died of bone cancer on January 12, 2003, after shooting only one scene. His son Kenta Fukasaku, who wrote the screenplay for both films, completed the film in his fathers honour. In the sequel, survivors of previous Battle Royales, led by Shuya Nanahara, have formed a terrorist group called Wild Seven. The government creates a new Battle Royale game where the chosen class must storm Wild Sevens island stronghold & kill its leader. Once again, Shuya - accompanied by survivors of previous Programs - must fight to survive. The film does not use any elements of Takamis novel, save for a few characters.

This is a great film that is a vast improvement on the 1st film, which I thought was powerful but shallow. Its plot is a political one about the directors perspective on the U.S. bombing of Afghanistan & the war on Iraq, as well as terrorism & anti-terrorism in general. I watched a friends copy of this film & I am glad that I didnt buy it, because another review on Amazon says that a special edition is being released. Ill wait for that.

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