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Battle Royale

In future Japan, the government capture a class of ninth-grade students and force them to kill each other under the revolutionary "Battle Royale" act.

At dawn of the new millenium, Japan is in a state of collapse. Unemployment stands at 15% with millions out of work. School violence is out of control and rebellious teenagers stage mass boycotts. The beleaguered government retaliates with BATTLE ROYALE.....each year a randomly chosen calss is pitted against itself on an abandoned island in a cruel game of survival.


A boisterous group of 9th graders embark on a school trip. On arrival, they awaken from a drup-induced sleep, to find they have been hijacked to fight this years BATTLE ROYALE. A former teacher, Kitano (Beat Takeshi) will oversee the battle. Each student has been fitted with a necklace that monitors their location. It can also explode on command.



The rules of the game are simple:
* It lasts three days
* Each player starts out with food, water and a "weapon"
* If more than one player survives, everyone dies
* There is no escape



As the roll call begins, each kid grabs a backpack stumbles-away towards death or murder. As the game progresses, terror and panic challenge students' fragile trust in each other. Some suspect everyone, blindly striking down those who cross their paths. Others form alliances dreaming of a peaceful solution with multiple survivors. Despite the games brutality, the adolescent players maintain their school obsessions with crushes, petty grudges and their dreams. But as the game approaches it's shocking final stages, even this semblance of normality disintegrates.