I never really got to watch this movie on cable. I guess I was busy at that time. My brother got to watch it though and said that the movie sucked. So I checked the net and the same thing, they said that the movie isn’t as good as the first one. But I still went on to watch it. Come on! This is another chance for me to see my prince Tetsuya Fujiwara! ^_^
The story begun 3 years after Nanahara Shuya and Nakagawa Noriko survived Battle Royale. Shuya together with 6 other people formed Wild Seven. Wild Seven is a terrorist group that swore to fight all adults (I don’t think it’s the right term but *shrug* whatever). Because of this BR Act changed rules.
Sikanotonide 3rd year class B was chosen to go through another BR Act. One of the students named Kitano Siori (Ai Maeda), Kitano’s daughter from the first movie, voluntarily signed up for the next Battle Royale so she could forget her memories of her father.
All 42 students are drugged and once they woke up they discovered the necklaces on them. Their sensei Dekeuchi Ryu (Takeuchi Riki ?) oriented them to the new BR. The rules are almost the same from the first Battle Royale but this time they have to go as pairs. If one person dies the person with the same student number will die too or if they get 50 meters separated the necklaces would explode. This time they are given guns and the necessary supplies. But the objective of the new game is different instead of killing each other they have to find and kill Nanahara Shuya (Tetsuya Fujiwara) the said leader of Wild Seven.
The story is all about war, one subject that I really don’t understand. I also thrive for utopia making me go against war and tries to understand why some people sacrifice they’re lives to go through all the bullets. Anyway I kinda understand now why some people think that this movie sucked. It’s because the story from the first Battle Royale is totally and utterly different. But I disagree, the story is great and it went the opposite way from the violent motives of the first movie.
originally posted: July 2, 2007
