'Battle Royale' was rather amusing

I have to say I was expecting to have the shit scared out of me or at least be grossed out when I watched the Japanese movie Battle Royale, just to give you some background is you never heard of this movie;

Battle Royale is about a nationalist socialist Japan, in which students on a "study trip" are gassed in their bus and bought to a remote island where they are forced to play a game, in which they are given a variety of weapons that they are to use to kill each other until only one student remains.

Their movements are restricted by metal collars, later identified as Model Guadalcanal No. 22, around their necks which contain tracking and listening devices; if any student should attempt to escape The Program, or enter declared "danger zones", a bomb will be detonated in the collar, killing the wearer. If no student dies in any 24 hour period, all collars will be detonated simultaneously!"



Now you're probably asking how the hell I found this amusing, its the way the movie starts, as if it's a fun sporting event, except it's on an island and they are all forced to kill each other, after that it got a bit stretched out and like a sports event, (and I hate sports) updating on screen how many students are left after a kill.

The weapon distribution scene is rather amusing, for instance the one student who gets a kick out of it (the guy who has fun) is armed with an Uzi while the good guys (well the guys who stick together and don't kill each other) and armed merely with a frying pan handle!
And another armed with a paper fan!

It was about halfway through the movie I begun to question the whole point to the game, I mean they are using these games to eliminate the weaklings in society, but doesn't that mean when they cut down the population doesn't that mean the main survivors in society would be a load of cold blooded mass murderers!

That being said I enjoyed Battle Royale, (especially the set up at the start), and I would recommend it, its a two hour experience different than any other movie I have ever seen!