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Battle Royale
2000 · 1h 53m · Drama, Thriller, Action
IMDb
7.5
Metacritic
81
RT
90%
Battle Royale is a visceral, controversial masterpiece that demands your attention tonight—90% on RT doesn't lie. This is the film that invented the hunger games formula before it became mainstream, and it hits harder with its brutal social commentary and unflinching direction. Watch it if you have the stomach for raw, uncompromising cinema.
Plot
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.
