After loving the first battle royale, I was extremely disappointed in this and struggled to make it through the whole movie.
Most of the faults have already been pointed out. The acting (not really a feature of even the first film) is laughable. Fujiwara, who was well cast as the naive Shuya in the first film, looks totally out of place as a hard bitten terrorist/freedom fighter.
The rugby coach was one of the worst actors I have ever seen, hardly a suitable replacement for Kitano.
The direction is full of choppy cuts, meant to convey a sense of fast paced action but effectively just turns the movie into a bloody mess.
Obviously the movie wasn't helped by the untimely demise of the director. Avoid this one and watch the first instead.
Most of the faults have already been pointed out. The acting (not really a feature of even the first film) is laughable. Fujiwara, who was well cast as the naive Shuya in the first film, looks totally out of place as a hard bitten terrorist/freedom fighter.
The rugby coach was one of the worst actors I have ever seen, hardly a suitable replacement for Kitano.
The direction is full of choppy cuts, meant to convey a sense of fast paced action but effectively just turns the movie into a bloody mess.
Obviously the movie wasn't helped by the untimely demise of the director. Avoid this one and watch the first instead.