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Batoru rowaiaru (2000)
The best movie in the entire world
I am a die hard fan of Battle Royale. I've also read the novel and collect the mangas, and I feel that even though there wasn't enough time to detail many of the events in the above two, the director of this movie did a fantastic job of bringing his own verson of the story to life.
It's the dramatic tale of a group of High School students forced to fight to the death in a sick and twisted game until only one survives. If they refuse, then they all die.
The movie shows shows in many ways the human need and demand to survive. It's a great movie and I highly recommend it.
Tokyo 10+01 (2003)
Second only to Battle Royale
Battle Royale fans should get a good kick out of this movie.
Basically a group of people are forced into playing a deadly game. They have to be the first to reach a mansion where a lot of money awaits the winner. The catch is that a group of machine gun carrying thugs get to chase after them and to make sure that they don't get that far. That's the best summary I can give without spoiling anything about the movie.
The characters are really interesting and the movie was made to look as unrealistic as possible, but that's what makes the whole thing so funny. Some things Battle Royale fans would get a kick out of are the many traits they take from the movie like a girl on a video screen explaining the rules and the poison filled bracelets the contestants wear. They even admit straight out in the beginning of the movie that they stole all of the ideas.
But the thing I loved the most was Masanobu Ando the actor who played Kazuo Kiriyama! is in the movie once again as the crazed player looking to win and yes, he gets to kill people.
So in my opinion Tokyo 10+01 makes a lovely addition to your movie collection.