Battle Royale
Anchor Bay Films | Release Date: May 25, 2012 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
81
METASCORE
Universal acclaim based on 7 Critic Reviews
Positive:
6
Mixed:
0
Negative:
1
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
The New York TimesA.O. ScottMay 24, 2012
American fans of "The Hunger Games" may not embrace - or even be permitted to see - Battle Royale, which is too bad. It is in many ways a better movie and in any case a fascinating companion, drawn from a parallel cultural universe. It is a lot uglier and also, perversely, a lot more fun. Read full review
90
VarietyRobert KoehlerMay 24, 2012
Departing from two decades' worth of domestic and personal dramas and returning to his roots as Japan's maestro of mayhem, Kinji Fukasaku has delivered a brutal punch to the collective solar plexus with one of his most outrageous and timely films. Read full review
90
Village VoiceEric HynesMay 22, 2012
[Fukasaku's] genius is finding the overlap between teenage dreams and nightmares, between the intensity of first love and the terror of extinction. Read full review
80
Time OutJoshua RothkopfMay 22, 2012
Kinji Fukasaku's slick, sick nightmare is best left to the quasi-banned realm where it exists as a perfect satire; when brought into reality, it's a touch awkward. Read full review
75
New York PostSara StewartMay 25, 2012
This one's a thoroughly campy exercise in teen melodrama and Grand Guignol gore (how gory? it's one of Quentin Tarantino's favorite movies), the other (The Hunger Games) a straight-faced action picture. Read full review
70
The Hollywood ReporterMaggie LeeMay 21, 2012
Bloodhounds will lick their lips experiencing the re-launch of Kinji Fukasaku's trendsetting Battle Royale (2000) with 3D effects, which basically make the splatter scenes gorier and stickier. Read full review
38
Slant MagazineChuck BowenMay 21, 2012
Maybe Battle Royale's ultimate punchline is its inexplicable ability to fool some people into taking it seriously. Read full review
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