Battle Royale R2
 

This is being released 1/14/02. Anyone have any specs on it? Why do I have a feeling it will not pass the BBFC quietly?

-ax

Go here:

http://www.battleroyale.allhere.com/

Click on MISC, then DVD DETAILS. This has the details for the R2.

Man, this looks like a sweet release, wish it had subtitles :(

Thanks Chris.

But I am talking about the PAL R2 release next month. Can't find any details. Anxious to find out though!

Ax

Whoops... I looked on every site I could find, and none of them had specs.... but all do say 1/21 and not 1/14....

I'll keep looking, but if you find the specs first, please post them, I am curois too.

There's a little info at:
http://www.bulletsnbabesdvds.com

They said they will be reviewing the DVD shortly. They did say it's non-anomorphic.

Tartan's track record has been less than stellar. Their previous releases (RING 1, 2, AUDITION) has very poor picture quality, despite being anamorphic and all. The contrast is too low.

I wouldn't hold my breath

Yup. It's 1/21/02.. I didn't look at my page headers..

Can't seem to find anything except the R3 on Bullets... Do you have a linky?

Some new info from BR link above
 

Released: 21st January 2002
Where: Uk and Ireland
Rated: 18

Picture: 1.85:1 (Anamorphic)
Sound: Japanese 2.0 Dolby Digital
Subtitles: English (burnt in)
Special Features: - Photo Gallery
- Director and Actor Filmographies
- Merchandise Gallery
- Film Notes by Mark Wyatt
- Theatrical Trailer
- Extreme Asia Trailer Reel

Sadly the previously mentioned "Battle Royale: Gaiden" documentary was unobtainable by Tartan Home Video

I gotta say the Universe version of this film is great. I have no problems with it... I don't have a widescreen TV though so it being non-anamorphic doesn't matter to me. It does have DTS though, and it sounds great and the picture is crisp. I'll hang on to this one unless they release a supreme edition with anamorphic, DTS, Behind the Scenes with English subs and a bunch of extras and the case should look like its bound in human flesh or else actually be made of human flesh. Either way.

Battle Royale
 

Sadly the Universe dvd doesn't fair toe well on larger screens, as the master/compression problems become painfully obvious. On an average size tv it's a good choice though, especially at the bargain price. Unfortunately it looks like Tartan has chosen to dump another theatrical/festival print to dvd, rather than ante up and obtain a proper master. The audio specs are quite disappointing as well. Looks like either choice on the subtitled dvds has its downsides. I've opted for the Japanese release, but then you have to consider the cost and have the ability to playback via a pc to add in subs, which is a problem for many. As for BBFC censorship, heres their verdict on the film:

When submitted to the BBFC the work had a running time of 113m 7s.
The running time of this film was calculated from the measured length of 10180+6 ( feet + frames ).


This work was passed with no cuts made.

Does anyone know if it will be the uncut version, or the same as the Universe one?

I though the picture was a little soft, even on my 27" TV. The colors were muted
but that may be intentional and the same in the original. I liked the DTS track
and the DD was not bad either.