Camera Movement, too much of a good thing.

Rating: 9/10 (26 March 2012)

Let this be stated from the very beginning, this is not a remake or a copy or an adaptation of Battle Royal. But instead is an adaptation of a Susanne Collins book of the same name. As for the film, regardless if you have read the book or not, everything is placed in a clear and concise manner that will play to your enjoyment and amusement throughout. Granted, seeing as this is a book adaptation, there has been some artistic leniency in which to cover some material in the book in a different way, but that should only really bother only the most die hard of fans.
The only aspect of this film that I feel detrimentally works against it is the cinematography, it is panicked and quick moving between different distances. Artistically, I feel I understand the effect that they were attempting to go for, seeing as this is a post apocalyptic film, they went with an established camera style to help convey this overall theme. (Look at most apocalyptic zombie films and the like, and the camera moves the exact same way.) However, the consistent camera movement has little to contrast with limiting the viewers ability to sit and absorb the scenery. This is what I personally found that this constant movement made some parts of the film visually and mentally exhausting.