Few movies give lasting impression, but Battle Royale is one of them. Not many can appreciate that movie though, some found it simply gross. I find it very human. All the pretention, all the betrayal, all the broken promises. As the story goes, once every year, a class of high school students is chosen, by force, to take part in battle royale. They are sent into an island, each got a metal bracelet put on their neck. They have to kill each other until there is one person left. There is a time limit, I think 72 hours. If they fail to get one winner, the bracelets will all explode and they will all die.
the previous year battle royale winner
So you get to see a couple who decided to suicide together early on as they couldn't stand this battle. And there are groups of students who agreed that they won't kill each other as they wanted to see out the 72 hours and die together. But suddenly a girl died of poisonous food and everyone else in her group started to suspect each other. In the end they killed each other. There are various situations which exposed the weaknesses and wickedness of us, human. Even if you don't want to harm others, other will harm you. Even if you keep your words, other won't. Even if you stay faithful, other will betray you.
my fave student ^^
What will you do then?
I don't know if this is coincidental. But I have a dad who got wronged and betrayed by his brothers and a mom who got ill-treated and again, betrayed, by her sisters. Since I was a kid, I was so used to our family being framed for all the bad things. So I learned to accept that 9 persons out of 10 will betray you at one point of time. I don't believe in the phrase 'don't trust anyone' since I know that we need to trust someones to live. But I learn to be prepared for Judas' kiss.
Sigh.. it's hard. You want to avoid getting hurt but at the same time, you have to make sure your heart ain't getting stonecold.
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