Blood, Guts & Giggling Schoolgirls – BATTLE ROYALE film-a-thon

There is Ringu (The Ring) with the crazy Sadako via videotape; there is Jumon with the crazy little boy with a grudge; there are all those blood-happy Beat Takeshi films; and then there’s Kinji Fukasaku's legendary cult hit, BATTLE ROYALE, and BATTLE ROYALE II by Fukasaku’s son.

What? You haven’t seen them? The ultimate trip down the Japanese horror-slash-bloody-slash-screwed-up-youth path—BATTLE ROYALE I & II showcase cute uniforms, frenetic violent fight scenes, live action videogame sequences, anime-like plot, and blood, guts, and gore all around!

Catch them both @ Blim Studios this Friday:
BATTLE ROYALE I & II
Friday, August 18 | 8:00-11:00pm
$5.00 - $10.00 sliding
Address: #197-East 17th (@ main)
Tel: 604.872.8180
Email: blimblim@telus.net

So, what’s it about anyways, you ask? Think Lord of the Flies with wide-eyed Japanese students who don’t even say “Banzai!” once! Okay, okay, let me break it down for you: Battle Royale is an annual event in which a school class considered "any teacher's nightmare" is selected by impartial lottery and dumped on a remote Pacific island. On the island, their teachers force them to murder each other. This leads to an ultra-violent slaying spree, where best friends and enemies whip out weapons…resulting in guts flying about like Jet Li in Hero.

Preview: Check out the cool shot of a hand extending beneath the camera lens, gripping a gun that spews bullets into a cute uniformed schoolgirl. Aw, why?! The horror, right? (shake finger back and forth) Don't judge a schoolgirl by her innocent-looking uniform...after all, she was holding a scythe, which she used to hack up others. "Could you kill your best friend?" says BATTLE ROYALE's tagline. Well, if your survival depended on it, according to BATTLE ROYALE you certainly could...and you thought our youth was $%&@# up!