John Lindsey
01-20-2011, 02:20 PM
Films about murder games of various sorts have become a popular Japanese-movie subgenre, beginning with the ultra-violent Kinji Fukasaku hit "Battle Royale" (2000) and continuing with the even more successful "Death Note" trio of films (2006-2008) — though the "game" in the latter was more of a battle of wits between the killer hero and the candy-addicted private detective hired to stop him.
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