BATTLE ROYALE: Lionsgate And Iconic Releasing Ready Theatrical Limited Re-Release in 4K In October
One of the greatest turn-of-the-century action horror adapatations is coming back to the big screen!
One of the greatest turn-of-the-century action horror adapatations is coming back to the big screen!
Kinji Fukasaku’s last fully completed film launches the start of a new series of articles in which I weigh in on the films that got me here today, as a critic AND a fan.
The early 2000s proved to be the best era for films fans amid the rise of the Asia Extreme subgenre. This no less includes one of the most topical releases by far with Kinji Fukasaku’s Battle Royale, long celebrated even after the director’s passing in 2003 upon the production of his son’s sequel, Battle Royale II: Requiem. How so? Leave it to Arrow Video to pave the way for a deluxe limited edition/4K blu-ray re-release of the films with all the trimmings several times over. Time will tell if North America will get a stab at this jam-packed package of bygone physical media delight, but pre-order links are currently up-and-running for collectors in the UK to snatch up ASAP, via Arrow, Amazon, Zavvi and HMV ahead of its April 26 release! The kids of Third Year Class-B Shiroiwa Junior High School are back, in a brand new UHD restoration of […]