Battle Royale was originally completed in the 1990s.
 In 2009, filmmaker Quentin Tarantino praised Battle Royale as his favourite film of the past two decades
" In 2009, filmmaker Quentin Tarantino praised Battle Royale as the best film he had seen in the past two decades, stating that, "If there's any movie that's been made since I've been making movies that I wish I had made, it's that one

