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"Battle Royale: Special Edition"

It came! It finally came! After reading countless reviews, I just had to get this DVD, despite owning the original (as this special edition does somewhat alter the meaning of the film). So, here's what you get for the £23.99 price:

Deluxe Presentation
Collector's Card
Film Frame Card
4 page booklet
Special Edition of the film featuring additional footage & alternate ending
Scene selection
The Making Of
Takeshi Kitano Interview
Battle Royale Press conference
Original Theatrical Trailer
Star / Director filmographies
Production Notes
Director Interview
Asia Extreme trailer reel

Some really great stuff on these 2 discs (I've seen an hour of the extras so far) and I'm proud to say that I own one of something like 10,000 limited edition film frames. And I got a decent one of Kawada :D

Buy it. Now.

MoJoJoJo wrote:
> I bought Battle Royale without realising the one in the tin had loads
> of extras, I just thought they were trying to rip me off. It was only
> a tenner more (£30) but I thought "No"
>
> Now the one I bought is £13 and the tin one is cheaper too. I
> want it, but I can't buy it! It's bad enough I have a load of DVDs
> that I already had on video! Must... stop... myself...

I think that you should still get BR:SE - it really is bloody superb. Get it. Now.

:)

Mystique wrote:
> Collective Zepplin wrote:
> Yeah, but I hate CDWow. They're like the other side of the world.
> *****
>
> And yet they only take two days to deliver.

I've heard that they have pretty bad customer service, so I'd rather pay the extra £3 from somewhere that I know as reliable :)

Totoro wrote:

> Got my Uncut Dutch version in the post this very morning.
> It looks highly sick...can't wait to see it!

It's really sick...which can never be a bad thing.

An absoloute mind f--k of a movie, brilliant direction by Takashi Miike and just a damn good film all round. Believe me, you won't have seen anything quite like it before.

Tiltawhirl wrote:
> While we're on the subject of Asian films, has anybody seen 'Ichi the
> Killer'?
>
> All I can say is WOW. Everyone should see this film, go on, you owe it
> yourselves.

Got my Uncut Dutch version in the post this very morning.
It looks highly sick...can't wait to see it!

Collective Zepplin wrote:
> Yeah, but I hate CDWow. They're like the other side of the world.
*****

And yet they only take two days to deliver.

I bought Battle Royale without realising the one in the tin had loads of extras, I just thought they were trying to rip me off. It was only a tenner more (£30) but I thought "No"

Now the one I bought is £13 and the tin one is cheaper too. I want it, but I can't buy it! It's bad enough I have a load of DVDs that I already had on video! Must... stop... myself...

While we're on the subject of Asian films, has anybody seen 'Ichi the Killer'?

All I can say is WOW. Everyone should see this film, go on, you owe it yourselves.

Yeah, but I hate CDWow. They're like the other side of the world.

It rocked. I just finished watching it about half an hour ago.

Get it. Now. And the normal version.

CDWow have it for £19.99

I downloaded it the other day but my PC has decided to be too damned slow so I guess I'll have to buy it.
Roll on pay day!

All the extras ammounted to just over 2 hours and so does the film, so that's four hours of footage. I'm up to the scene where Kiriyama decapitates Oda and lobs his grenade-ridden head through a window :D

Masanobu Ando rocks. And needs to return for the sequel in some way or another :)