Product Details

• Actors: Tatsuya Fujiwara, Riki Takeuchi, Sonny Chiba
• Directors: Kinji Fukasaku
• Format: Anamorphic, Dolby, NTSC, Widescreen
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Studio: Toei
• DVD Release Date: October 11, 2005
• Run Time: 155 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 2.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (18 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000KF0W30
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #89,106 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Understand 1 and the books before watching 2, June 28, 2011

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taniwa - See all my reviews

This review is from: Battle Royale 2 Revenge Uncut SE (DVD)

I have read a lot of complaints about this movie, but after watching the first movie, and reading the manga, I have learned that a lot of people just don't understand the TRUE meaning to the story. For one, you must read the graphic novels or manga before even watching the first movie. The manga provides a deeper plot and background story to ALL the characters, not just Noriko and Shuya. It also provides a more intense understanding to what's mentally happening to the kids, kind of like what they did in the second movie. The first movie, only provided the idea of what a Battle Royale is, but the second movie tells you what it's doing to the kids and the consequences. Everyone who gave this movie a bad rating seriously (if they are a true fan) needs to re-watch the first movie and/or read the books, because the second movie out of the two is the BEST when it comes to the plot.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Quickly overlooked, misunderstood, November 15, 2010

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vedicardi - See all my reviews

This review is from: Battle Royale 2 Revenge Uncut SE (DVD)

The critique for this movie really blows me away. People cite it as inciting terrorism and such, but seem to forget this movie is set in an alternate universe! It's frankly bizarre how quick people are to put this down when it really is the direction that this franchise would go. How could you possibly say it's an imitation of the first film, when they are nothing alike other than in characters. The setup makes you think it will be a replica, but having an actual enemy for the students rather than themselves turns the whole plot on it's head. They are nothing alike It seems clear to me that a lot of people here barely understand the first movie in the first place. You have to watch this as a direct sequel, and you have to THINK about where the characters' minds are. One reviewer says that having the students team up with the terrorist is obvious. Did you watch the first part of the movie? All of the students have collars on them that could explode at any time. If you assume that they're going to team up the way they do, deactivating the collars and all, you are likely looking for the movie to be a failure. Think about it, they kill half of the class before they even reach the terrorists, why would they want to join them?

Now, I don't want all of this to be some sort of counter review. This movie does have a few cheesy moments, and the beach landing scene is very dated already, but I think if you go into this movie not thinking "it's going to suck" or "it's trying to imitate BR1" and view it as a direct sequel in terms of plot advancement to BR1, you will enjoy this. Don't pick this up WANTING to see another BR, see it if you want to know where the story goes, because that's what sequels should be for primarily and that's what this is.

8 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Battle Royale Flush more like it., March 16, 2007

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Christopher "and that's the way the cookie cr... - See all my reviews

This review is from: Battle Royale 2 Revenge Uncut SE (DVD)

Battle Royale II takes all the substance out of what made the original so compelling ... the character studies, the story arc, the underlying social commentary.. and what have you... leaving a hokey... sci-fi channel movie production quality neck blowing up fest. Now that shouldn't be the worst thing ever... sacrificing story substance for cheese at least sounds like a fun time...case and point-Howard the Duck or Snakes on a Plane. but they sacrificed the fun too.... this movie is boring and every scene drags. This is a "cash in" film, and a horrible one at that. File with Weekend at Bernie's 2, Mannequin 2, American Psycho 2 (starring Mila Kunis of That 70s show), Beverly Hills Cop 3, Honey we shrunk ourselves, Secret of Nimh 2, The Neverending Story 2, The Ring 2,... you get the point... although Mannequin2 and Weekend at Bernie's 2 were easier to sit through.