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12/30/06
Battle Royale (2000)
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Reviews Counted:23
Fresh:19
Rotten:4
Average Rating:7.3/10
Genre: Foreign Films
Starring: "Beat" Takeshi Kitano, Tatsuya Fujiwara, Chiaki Kuriyama
Director: Kinji Fukasaku
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01/26/06
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11/10/02
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10/30/02
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12/10/01
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09/17/01
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09/14/01
This is a heart-stopping action film, teaching us the worthy lessons of discipline, teamwork, and determination, but wrapping them up in a deliberately provocative, shockingly violent package.
09/10/01
Top CriticGloriously sick and twisted.
11/24/09
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04/29/09
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10/18/08
A disturbing film to say the least, and definitely one that could never have been made in the United States.
06/17/08
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05/20/08
Top CriticA modern classic about the folly of violence.
07/23/07
What it does have is plenty of splatter, noise and energy.
11/07/06
Os intertítulos e o excesso de flashbacks comprometem um pouco o ritmo do filme, mas, de modo geral, a ação é muito bem conduzida e os personagens, satisfatoriamente desenvolvidos.
05/26/06
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12/06/05
Top CriticUne oeuvre faisant l'objet d'un véritable culte que l'on imagine mal voir sortir d'un studio d'Hollywood.
11/25/05
Races along with the swift, brutal precision of a samurai sword cutting through cotton.
05/03/05
The basic storyline just isn't very good, and any attempt to say anything meaningful or moving is ham-fisted and obvious, which quite simply isn't good enough for a film as in-your-face as this.
08/12/03
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