Lemmiwinks Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 went to see this at the cinema after all the rave reviews and wondered why the hell did it get such positive reviews? It's a total rip-off of The Running Man and Battle Royale, there was almost nothing original in there! What the hell, movie critics don't watch old movies anymore?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiriyama Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 Haven't seen it but you pretty much hit the nail on its head. I too was thinking about Battle Royale when I saw the trailer a few days ago. Some tasks require a Beat Takeshi to do it, and there doesn't seem to be any Beat at play here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Veracohr Posted April 13, 2012 Share Posted April 13, 2012 The story isn't exactly the filmmaker's fault, it already existed. I haven't paid attention to any commentary on it, but I thought it was decent. True, nothing original, but not bad. For me, the bar is pretty low these days for Hollywood movies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
needle ninja Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 I almost went to see this... The film clip I saw had a comment that the girl was naked in the scene in the book so apparently they changed a lot from the book which must have had some fans. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rotwang Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 I saw it yesterday, and I enjoyed it. Don't go expecting Battle Royale with white people, go expecting a fun, smart film for kids and you'll have a good time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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