Battle Royale II

Original title:
Batoru rowaiaru II: Rekuiemu

Written by:
Kenta Fukasaku
Norio Kida

Directed by:
Kenta Fukasaku
Kinji Fukasaku

Made in:
Japan in 2003

Actors:
Tatsuya Fujiwara .... Shuya Nanahara
Ai Maeda .... Shiori Kitano (Transfer Student)
Shûgo Oshinari .... Takuma Aoi
Ayana Sakai .... Nao Asakura
Haruka Suenaga .... Haruka Kuze
Yuma Ishigaki .... Mitsugu Sakai
Miyuki Kanbe .... Kyoko Kakei
Masaya Kikawada .... Shintaro Makimura
Yoko Maki .... Maki Hayada
Yuuki Ito .... Ryo Kurosawa
Natsuki Kato .... Saki Sakurai
Aki Maeda .... Noriko Nakagawa
Riki Takeuchi .... Sensei

Plot:
Three years after the events in "Battle Royale," Shuya Nanahara (Tatsuya Fujiwara)is a well-known terrorist bent on bringing down the government. In response, they order the creation of the "Battle Royale 2" program, and send a class of junior-high students to catch and kill him. IMDB

Review:
This is the sequel to Battle Royale, obviously. But don't expect a movie that is just like Battle Royale.

This movie has a different purpose. It has a very anti-war message, especially against the USA - naming several times all the countries the USA as bombed after WWII (and it takes awhile to get through the list, too).

I think the actors do a great job.

The beginning, in the chamber is a little drawn out, especially since you are anticipating what is going to be happening to the children.

But the plot doesn't include them killing each other, as in Battle Royale. The children must hunt and destroy a group of children that have declared war against adults, especially against the Japanese and US governments.

I think this is a great movie and I really like the anti-war message. The plot goes a little deeper than in Battle Royale, as well as the message and all round meaning of the movie. Battle Royale was pure gore and killing, this movie is about a group of young adults that think they are safer in the Middle East than in the lies and wars of the Western World.

I definately recommend it.

Langauge is in Japanese, definately available with subtitles and probably dubbed, too.