A re-release of BATTLE ROYALE 2: REQUIEM would have been better.

Rating: 1/10 (4 January 2016)

I went to the theater expecting to be let down, but it was still worse than I expected. If this was just a standalone movie the plot, character development and action would all be considered pretty weak. But this was supposed to be aBATTLE ROYALE 2: REQUIEM rip.
The characters are weak, we are given no insight whatsoever about the politics that are at play, the areana battle fights are few and far between, and manage to be both underwhelming and completely unbelievable. The worst part, however, was that the studio decided it was a good idea to simply recycle the REQUIEM Universe and just make a movie of the poorly conceived plots found there, rather than making something original.
The only redeeming part of the movie were some really excellent and enjoyable visuals, especially on the cgi stuff. If you really don't know or care that much about BR2 you will probably enjoy this movie. Anyone who really likes Battle Royale and cares about it will simply be less disappointed watching the originals.