I had heard a lot of good about BR but when I finally watched it I was greatly disappointed
The premisse is so stupid. The government of Japan enacts the "Battle Royale Act" to curb unruly behavior of teens and every year a whole class is sent to an island where they fight each other until there is only one standing. This person is then declared winner.
let me get this straight. You want to curb criminal behavior by using a natural selection process that will leave you with the toughest, most ruthless youth in a class? You choose which class goes to the island through "random lottery"? How does that punish criminal behavior? Good kids are sent to their deaths while criminals still roam the streets.
Then there's a guy who actually volunteered to be there. What a wacked out plan. It's very idiotic and even with my willingness to suspend my disbelief for 90 minutes I just could not get past that hurdle.
Also, seing schoolgirls get wasted in horrible manners is not my idea of a cool distraction.