While looking at everyone's reviews, its apparent I shouldn't like this at all. Cheesy but still fairly fun.

I liked it a lot the first time, but after my latest viewing I found that I wasn't as impressed.

Maeda and Kuriyama.

The main flaw in this movie, I think, is the way we watch the movie from an outsider's perspective. It would have been so much more powerful if we had been watching more often from the perspective of the two main characters. We *see* too much of the killing. I never really felt scared and it was never really that exciting. It all went too mechanically, too casually... I expected more from this movie.

For as good as this film is, the manga was much better. Still, nothing wrong with watching a movie about a bunch of teenagers violently murdering each other. Any guy would love to watch this film.

Interesting concept, entertaining movie, and a shit ending.So god damn frustrating when the useless innocent harmless ones always emerge at the end alive and intact.Kiriyama had the right idea.Just go in there, don't say a word and just basically go all Columbine on those annoying pesky squealing douches.Enjoyed the commentary updates of the fallen comrades and the statistic guide of how many to go made it almost seem like a Japanese version of Running Man on an island.

Watching Japanese teens massacre one another is always a grand old time.

Probably not deserving of all the hype that it gets but it is still a rather brutal and unique little film. It's a lengthy satire of the media, Japanese youth, pop culture, and game shows. The characters are not all that well developed and I couldn't help but feel let down by Takeshi Kitano's role which could have been written much better. It loses a lot of steam in the last 1/3rd but the first half is tense and totally random.

Who cares if it's overhyped? This movie is great, if a bit played out (every foreign film fan, otaku, and Japanophile has seen it, and probably more than once). It has such a bombastic Verhoevenesque style, I've always felt like this would make a perfect double matinee with Starship Troopers. The goofy satirical content is similar and the action reaches the same levels of carnage and bloodshed. I love it.

Insane, in bad taste and funny as hell. This Teacher's guilty pleasure should be shown to insubordinate teens all over the world...

What a fucking GEM of a film!

this has better violence and more emotion than most death race 2000/most dangerous game knockoffs. the screenplay is a bit of a mess, but at times beautifully executed. too long and meandering, sure, but the first two acts are very interesting for an exploitation film.

Started as a very promising thought provoking action/thriller middle act seemed to remove all the initial buildup of societies demise, but managed to pull off the action part of the film, was not disappointed. Decent film.

An interesting premise which the films fails to explore (can't speak for the book), only fools will search for some meaning. Screaming and crying is what passes for acting in this film, but damn it, is it one of the most fun you'll have watching a film. A guilty pleasure. Mmmmmm Asians...

Blood, blood, blood... oh, and blood.