Batoru rowaiaru II: Chinkonka (2003)

User Rating:

4.7/10   

Directors:

Kenta Fukasaku
Kinji Fukasaku

Writers:

Kenta Fukasaku (writer)
Norio Kida (writer)

Release Date:

5 July 2003 (Japan)

Genre:

Action | Drama | Thriller

Tagline:

This time it's war.

Plot:

Three years after the failure of the last BR program, a second act is forged and a class of students are sent to an island with one objective: kill international terrorist Shuya Nanahara.

Plot Keywords:

Terrorist | Island | Self Sacrifice | Dystopia | Returning Character Killed Off

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Tatsuya Fujiwara	...	Shuya Nanahara
Ai Maeda	...	Shiori Kitano (Transfer Student)
Shûgo Oshinari	...	Takuma Aoi
Ayana Sakai	...	Nao Asakura
Haruka Suenaga	...	Haruka Kuze
Yuma Ishigaki	...	Mitsugu Sakai
Miyuki Kanbe	...	Kyoko Kakei
Masaya Kikawada	...	Shintaro Makimura
Yoko Maki	...	Maki Souda
Yuki Ito	...	Ryo Kurosawa
Natsuki Kato	...	Saki Sakurai
Aki Maeda	...	Noriko Nakagawa
Riki Takeuchi	...	Riki Takeuchi (Sensei)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Aja	...	Kazumi Fukuda
Munetaka Aoki	...	Jun Nanami
Riasu Arama	...	Rena Niimi
Sonny Chiba	...	Makio Mimura (Shinji's revolutionary uncle)
Seiichi Ebina	...	Tatsuro Morishima
Ryoji Fujihira	...	Masami Shibaki
Maki Hamada	...	Chizuru
Ayumi Hanada	...	Ryoko Hata
Kenji Harada	...	Naoki Jo
Hitomi Hasebe	...	Asuka Motomura
Takaaki Ikeyama	...	Yasuaki Hosaka
Asuka Ishii	...	Maho Nosaka
Hiroaki Ito	...	Soldier
Ai Iwamura	...	Mai (Smiling Winner from BR1)
Kotaru Kamijou	...	Kenji Maezono
Minami Kanazawa	...	Yuko Natsukawa
Ryo Katsuji	...	Haruya Sakurai
Asami Katsura	...	Risa Shindo
Mika Kikuchi	...	Ayane Yagi
Takeshi Kitano	...	Kitano (as Beat Takeshi)
Musashi Kubota	...	Wataru Mukai
Miku Kuga	...	Kengo Yonai
Maika Matsumoto	...	Shiho Matsuki
Michiho Matsumoto	...	Sanae Shioda
Yoshiko Mita	...	Takuma's mother
Chisato Miyao	...	Hibiki Yano
Akane Mizuno	...	Sayaka
Yuuko Morimoto	...	Kana Yûki
Aiko Moriuchi	...	Miki Ikeda
Mitsuru Murata	...	Soji Kazama
Ami Nakagawa	...	Honami Totsuka
Kayo Nayuki	...	Eri Yoshiyama
Yûya Nishikawa	...	Nishi
Kenji Ohba	...	Mimura's Comrade
Nanami Oota	...	Hitoe Takeuchi
Yuka Ozawa	...	Shinobu
Gou Ryugawa	...	Lieutenant Anjo
Rika Sakagushi	...	Yuka Mifune
Mai Sakamoto	...	Shoko
Makoto Sakamoto	...	Osamu Kasai
Mikiya Sanada	...	ATAT soldier
Shoko Sato	...	Nozomi Sagisawa
Takeru Shibaki	...	Shugo Urabe
Mitsuki Shimada	...	'Wild Seven' Member
Sae Shimizu	...	Ai Yazawa
Hikaru Takahashi	...	ATAT soldier
Kei Tamura	...	Tatsuhiko Hasegawa
Takeshi Tanaka	...	Masakatsu Taguchi
Takashi Taniguchi	...	Leader of the Anti-Terrorist Attack Team
Masumi Tooyoka	...	Yukari
Toshiyuki Toyonaga	...	Shota Hikasa
Masahiko Tsugawa	...	The Prime Minister
Haruka Umeda	...	Aya
Toshihiro Wada	...	Satoshi Imakire (as Toshihiro Wada)
Kouta Yamada	...	Tetsuya Shimura
Kazuki Yamamoto	...	Yosuke Miyadai
Michiko Yamamura	...	Reporter
Nana Yanagisawa	...	Mayu Hasuda
Takahiko Yanagisawa	...	Shiro
Kazutoshi Yokoyama	...	ATAT soldier
Yasutake Yuboku	...	Kiyoshi Minamoto
Takashi Yukawa	...	'Wild Seven' Member
Yuuma	...	Yuuma

Also Known As:

Batoru rowaiaru II: Rekuiemu (Japan) (alternative title)
Battle Royale 2: Revenge (UK) (DVD title)
Battle Royale II (USA)
Battle Royale II: Requiem (literal English title)

Runtime:

Japan:134 min | Japan:155 min (director's cut)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Singapore:M18 | Hong Kong:III | Australia:R | Germany:18 (JK/SPIO) | Japan:R-15 | New Zealand:R18 | South Korea:15 | UK:18 | Finland:K-18 | Iceland:16

Filming Locations:

Nishisinoki-gun, Nagasaki, Japan

Company:

Fukasaku-gumi

Trivia:

After director Kinji Fukasaku's death during filming, the production continued with his son Kenta Fukasaku as the new director.

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: The cameraman's shadow can be seen in one of the flashback shots of the children.

Quotes:

Nao Asakura: One day, they'll all disappear. Family, friends... But I'll always be by your side. I can't do anything for you, but I'll be there. I promise...

Movie Connections:

References The Terminator (1984)

A Dull Un-Inspired Mess Nowhere Near The Originality of The First Film

Why, is the first thing I thought when I watched this movie, why the hell have they made this mess of a sequel to something that was so unique and shocking that it only works once. The initial shock value of kids kidnapped by the government has gone now if you've seen the first film and this is just one of this films many problems.

The plot doesn't make any real sense, while this is true of the original too it managed to suspend dis-belief with it's sheer over the top bravado, while this film is mired in pretentious philosophical musings and over the top 9/11 imagery. The anti-American sentiment running through this film is so over-played it really works against it to often using heavy handed metaphors and one image in particular referencing the twin towers is way beyond the limits of making a statement. America and the war in terror is an easy enough target to hit so why the film makers have consistently missed the mark in un-known.

The acting quality of the film is a severe let down gone is the fine performance of 'Beat' Takashi and in its place is an actor who wouldn't look out of place at Wrestlemania. The kids fare no better than the adults they just seem to be trying to out scream each other and the main 'star' seems to have only two facial expressions dumb shock and angry. The script is second rate, the action scenes seem like a low budget Saving Private Ryan, I could go on and on listing the faults of this film but by now you'll have got the point this is a bitterly disappointing sequel that leaves a bad taste in the mouth.

3/10 – Dumb where the original was smart, blunt and offensive where the original was laced with cutting satire, a dour nasty mess of a sequel that sours the memory of the original avoid!