Battle Royal The Complete Collection 2000 1080p Blu-ray AVC DTS-HD MA 7.1- UNICRON

Directed by the late, great Kinki Fukasaku and based on the novel of the same name by Koushun Takami, 2000's Battle Royale proved to be quite a controversial film but few who saw it would deny its power. For various reasons, from rights and contractual issues to a wariness to release it in a post-Columbine world, the film and its sequel were never released domestically. It was shown sporadically here and there at a few festivals and released on DVD in Europe and Asia but until now the only way to see it on home video in the United States was to import a legitimate release or snag one of the countless bootleg copies that have been floating around for years (despite no official release the film really hasn't been all that difficult to acquire). With that said, Anchor Bay has finally stepped up to the plate (conveniently enough, just before the theatrical release of the uber-hyped debut of The Hunger Games, which seems to have much in common with this movie) with this four disc set. So here's the run down for this much anticipated releas

At the dawn of the new millennium, Japan is in a a state of near-collapse. Unemployment is at an all-time high, and violence among the nation's youth is spiraling out of control. With schoolchildren boycotting their classes and physically abusing their teachers, a beleaguered and near-defeated government decides to introduce a radical new measure: the Battle Royale Act Overseen by their former teacher Kitano and requiring that a randomly chosen school class is taken to a deserted island and forced to fight each other to the death, the Act dictates that only one pupil is allowed to survive the punishment. He or she will return, not as the victor, but as the ultimate proof of the lengths to which the government is prepared to go to curb the tide of juvenile disobedience.

Three years after the events in "Battle Royale," Shuya Nanahara (Tatsuya Fujiwara)is a well-known terrorist bent on bringing down the government. In response, they order the creation of the "Battle Royale 2" program, and send a class of junior-high students to catch and kill

Disc Title: BATTLE_ROYALE_DISC_1 Theatrical Cut
Disc Size: 40,768,949,987 bytes
Protection: AACS
BD-Java: Yes
Playlist: 00001.MPLS
Size: 39,971,192,832 bytes
Length: 2:02:09.322
Total Bitrate: 43.63 Mbps
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 29928 kbps / 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: Japanese / Dolby TrueHD Audio / 7.1 / 48 kHz / 4318 kbps / 24-bit (AC3 Embedded: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps)
Audio: English / Dolby TrueHD Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3703 kbps / 24-bit (AC3 Embedded: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps)
Subtitle: English / 30.783 kbps


Disc Title: BATTLE_ROYALE_DISC_2Directors Cut
Disc Size: 32,419,839,310 bytes
Protection: AACS
BD-Java: Yes
Playlist: 00001.MPLS
Size: 32,155,662,336 bytes
Length: 1:54:03.837
Total Bitrate: 37.59 Mbps
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 29918 kbps / 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: Japanese / Dolby TrueHD Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3988 kbps / 24-bit (AC3 Embedded: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps)
Subtitle: English / 31.142 kbps

Disc Title: BATTLE_ROYALE_DISC_3 Battle ROyal 2 Theatrical
Disc Size: 36,593,573,729 bytes
Protection: AACS
BD-Java: Yes
Playlist: 00001.MPLS
Size: 36,286,076,928 bytes
Length: 2:12:59.972
Total Bitrate: 36.38 Mbps
Video: MPEG-4 AVC Video / 29886 kbps / 1080p / 23.976 fps / 16:9 / High Profile 4.1
Audio: Japanese / Dolby TrueHD Audio / 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3230 kbps / 24-bit (AC3 Embedded: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps)
Subtitle: English / 20.469 kbps

DISC FOUR: Bonus Disc
"The Making of Battle Royale" documentary (50:24)
Battle Royale Press Conference (12:03)
Instructional Video: Birthday Version (3:04)
Audition & Rehearsal Footage (7:12)
"Special Effects Comparison" featurette (4:18)
"Tokyo International Film Festival 2000" featurette (4:28)
"Battle Royale" featurette (12:10)
"Basketball Scene Rehearsals" featurette (8:40)
"Behind-the-Scenes" featurette (10:10)
"Filming on-Set" featurette (11:02)
Battle Royale Theatrical Trailer (1:51)
Battle Royale Special Edition TV Spot (0:32)
Battle Royale TV Spot (Tarantino Version) (0:32)