BATTLE ROYALE UK
BY MATHEW WEEKS
Fade in.
EXT. Battle Royale Island Daytime:-
There are various journalists and photographers waiting patiently a helicopter is heard overhead.
FEMALLE REPORTER:
The inaugural Battle Royale class where chosen from over 450,000 possible classes King James Year Thirteen Set Alpha. We have a winner after 2 days three hours and forty five minutes. The winner outlasted forty one of their classmates. I can see the convoy taking the winner back to the mainland.
INT. Army truck Daytime:-
We can see the POV of the winner they can see the line of photographers and journalists. There are flashing light bulbs from the cameras the winner stands up. We just see their back.
FEMALE REPORTER:
The winner is standing up I can now see the winner and the winner ladies and gentleman is a ………
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TITLE CREDITS
At the beginning of the 21st Centenary England was in a state of near collapse. Unemployment was sky high at 15% school children started attacking their teachers and boycotting their classes. Youth crime started to sore. The adults losing faith in the youth went to the near defeated government demanding that they stop the tide of rising youth crime. The government responded with a radical and brutal new measure. FINAL EDUCATIONAL ADMENMENT REFORM ACT The act dictates that a randomly chosen class from year eleven to thirteen is taken and forced to fight each other to the death. Their can be only one survivor in this game. The act know as Battle Royale was passed and now it is time for the first class to be chosen.
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Caption 72 hours earlier.
EXT. King James School Car park Daytime.
Thirty Eight Students are laughing and joking waiting for their skiing trip to celebrate finishing school before their exams. Their class teacher MR THOMAS mid thirties with a kindly manor about him joins in with the laughing and joking. A coach pulls into the car park two female drivers get out and start to load the luggage up in the coach.
MR THOMAS:
Driver can you get a picture of all of us please?
The driver just nods and takes the camera
MR THOMAS:
Guys get in the picture
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The class all gather around a picture is taken of the class smiling faces little do they know that their lives are going to change forever.
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Int. Coach Daytime.
The students are laughing and joking various chatter is heard from them. LUKE FAIRFIELD 18 Confident a natural leader is sitting next to his twin sister DINNY FAIRFIELD 18 good looking and popular with the rest of her classmates.
LUKE:
Well at least we are going to have a good trip soon we will be skiing.
DINNY:
Yea that’s true I really can’t wait.
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Ext Motorway daytime
An army truck is parked on the hard shoulder as soon as the coach drives by the army truck starts to follow the coach.
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Int. Coach Daytime.
MAX ST JOHN SMITH 18 very cocky but likeable is sitting next to his girlfriend CHARLIE PATERSON 18 cute tennis team captain she is asleep with her head resting on Max’s shoulder. His best friend GRAHAM DAVIS 18 loud and brash sticks his head over the seat in front of him.
GRAHAM:
Hey mate can you believe this law got passed?
Graham shows him a newspaper showing the headlines BATTLE ROYALE BEGINS TODAY JOYFUL CHEER! Max takes the paper.
MAX:
Well it says that a random class will be chosen today and will be forced to fight to the death. Nice well we won’t get chosen.
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Ext. Motorway Daytime.
The coach passes another two army trucks they again start to follow the coach after it has passed.
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Int. Coach
The coach turns off the motorway and then heads into a tunnel.
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Int. Coach.
In the coach all of the students are asleep some are lying on the floor.
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Ext. Battle Royale Island Night Time.
Journalists see the coach approaching under heavy guard there are also four prison transport vans following the coach.
FEMALE JOURNALIST:
And here they are ladies and gentleman King James High School Year Thirteen Set Alpha are the first ones to be chosen to compete in the first ever Battle Royale they are also joined by four convicts who have been given the promise of freedom and a full pardon if they survive. Now the rules of the game are simple. The entire class enter the game zone and only one of the class can survive. We will keep you updated when the game starts and we will update you every six hours of the casualty lists. Keep watching!
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Ext Battle Royale Island. Night Time
The Coach and the prisoner transports enter the complex and vanish from view.
Cut to:-
Int. Battle Royale Control Room.
There are a few soldiers watching Mr Thomas as he begins to stir.
MR THOMAS:
(GROGGY)
Where am I?
CAPITAN BLACK Late 30’s with very little expression in his face turns to face him.
BLACK:
Ah you are awake
MR THOMAS:
Where are the students?
BLACK:
Good question Mr Thomas do you have any idea of where you are.
Mr Thomas takes a look around the room and he sees the Battle Royale logo on a massive monitor near him. He knows what situation he is in.
MR THOMAS:
Oh my God.
BLACK:
Well I take it by that you are aware that your class has been chosen for Battle Royale.
MR THOMAS:
I understand the law but why my class?
BLACK:
Luck of the draw
MR THOMAS:
Well ok what if refuse?
BLACK:
Well choose by yourself but if you refuse you will die.
MR THOMAS:
Ok I accept what do I have to do?
BLACK:
You have to oversee the game. Ok let’s go and take a look at what the computer is making of the situation all your class have been given numbers from one to twenty one for the boys and one to twenty one for the girls.
MR THOMAS:
That’s forty two I don’t have that many in my class.
BLACK:
True they are joined by four convicts three of them are complete scumbags and volunteered for the game. The forth was a involuntary entry.
MR DAVIS:
Who are they?
BLACK:
Ok Boy Number five Casper Wiltshire a complete psychopath convicted of multiple murders remember the Greenfield Post Office Murders that was him. Boy Number ten Wesley Hudson our involuntary entry an escape attempt last night from Mooreland Juvenal Prison brought him to our attention. Girl Number ten Ellie Smith a happy slapping killer. Girl Number twenty Erica Mackenzie a gang member of Casper’s.
MR DAVIS:
Ok and so explain the rules of the game for me.
BLACK:
Gladly.
Cut to:-
Int. Battle Royale Entrance Room.
The room is dark all of the students are lying on the floor asleep they are joined by CASPER, WESLEY, ELLIE and ERICA. In the room through the darkness we can make out a desk and a massive plasma screen television mounted on the wall there appears to be no exits. LUKE begins to stir. We see that all of the students are dressed the same now. Blue Boiler Suits with army boots on the boys have an insignia B1 to B21 on their right hand side of the chests the girls have g1 to g21 on the right hand sides of their chests. LUKE in the darkness finds DINNY he starts to wake her. Then he sees a collar around her neck. DINNY wide awake now sees a collar around LUKE’S neck he touches it.
LUKE:
Dinny we’re in trouble
DINNY:
Oh my God what’s that around your neck?
LUKE:
You’ve got one to around your neck.
Te other students are waking up. Max looks around and sees the four new “students” he glares at them. Suddenly the lights switch on and a door opens. Eight soldiers march in followed by CAPTAIN BLACK and MR THOMAS.
CHARLIE:
Sir! Where are we?
MR THOMAS sits down behind the desk.
MR THOMAS:
Ok sit down class
The class keep standing
BLACK:
(BELLOWS)
SIT DOWN!
The class obey the order.
MR THOMAS:
Ok class do you understand what situation you are in?
MATT CHAMPION 18 a bit geeky glasses stands up.
MATT:
Understand what where the fuck are we?
MR THOMAS:
I don’t care for that type of language Matt now sit down.
Matt obeys his girlfriend VIKKI PRESCOTT 18 more of a swat than geeky calls out.
VIKKI:
Who are these people? Where are we?
MR THOMAS:
Ok I understand that their may be some confusion here. Do you know what this law is?
(He uses a remote control to flash up a logo on the television. It reads Battle Royale Survival Program.
GRAHAM:
Sir I don’t understand we have been chosen?
MR THOMAS:
Yes you have I was surprised by the decision but as a patriotic adult I knew it was my duty to obey the law. Ok first things first. There are four new students in the class today Casper, Wesley, Ellie and Erica be nice to them. So today’s lesson is you must kill each other off.
Luke laughs hysterically
MR THOMAS:
What’s so funny Luke?
Luke shuts up.
CHARLIE:
Sir I thought the law was going to punish failing schools not good ones like ours!
MR THOMAS:
Yes but all the schools from year eleven to thirteen where entered in a lottery and your class was chosen.
LUKE:
This is madness we are all friends aren’t we?
DINNY:
Yes listen to Luke why should we fight?
MR THOMAS:
Ok before we get any more objections can I point out that you will have to do this.
DINNY:
So you are sending us to a death sentence?
MR THOMAS:
Listen that’s a fair point then but I must warn you that if you fail to obey you will be punished.
MAX:
You two shut up and listen!
LUKE:
What the hell are you saying Max you are willing to go through with this game?
Greg 18 the school bully glares at Luke.
GREG:
Looser shut up.
LUKE:
All of you listen to me we don’t have to fight!
MR THOMAS:
Think very carefully Luke not only are you risking your life by speaking out of turn but anyone else who objects.
LUKE:
You where are good teacher why are you doing to us?
MR THOMAS:
Ok that’s enough
Mr Thomas motions to a nearby solider. As quick as a flash the solider pulls out a pistol and fires.
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Int. Battle Royale Entrance Room.
Dinny’s head explodes with the force of the bullet her body hit’s the floor with a sickening thud. The students cry out in terror and start to back off
CAPTION GIRL NUMBER 6 DINNY FAIRFIELD DEAD 41 TO GO
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Luke he runs over to Dinny’s dead body cradling his sister in his arms. His eyes swell up with tears. Anger is brewing up inside of him. He leaps for MR THOMAS. But before he can get a few paces forwards. BLACK has him on the floor with a vicious take down he drags Luke over to Mr Thomas.
MR THOMAS:
Ok still struggling Luke? Now it is time for you to learn you lesson for this.
Suddenly Luke’s collar starts to beep. Beep, beep, beep the beeping is getting faster. Luke runs over to Graham who swats him away he tries to grab Charlie Max punches him away. Luke falls on the floor.
LUKE:
No!
Bang the collar explodes blowing Luke’s neck out blood splatters all over the room. Luke hit’s the floor face first.
CAPTION BOY NUMBER 9 LUKE FAIRFIELD DEAD 40 TO GO
MR THOMAS:
Ok now do I have your full attention?
MAX:
Yes sir
MR THOMAS:
The kind people at Battle Royale Ministry have provided an instructional feed for you all to watch pay attention as it may save your life.
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Battle Royale Instructional Video feed. A Logo of Battle Royale appears and the same female coach driver appears. She is called Big Sister.
BIG SISTER
Hello and welcome King James Year Thirteen set Alpha you are the lucky class chosen for the first ever Battle Royale many congratulations!
MR THOMAS:
Thank you for choosing my class Big Sister!
BIG SISTER:
You are welcome Mr Thomas. Now I will explain the rules to you pay attention. Ok first of all you are on a deserted island. Which looks like this.
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A video graphic of the island of which they are on.
BIG SISTER:
You can see where you are here. An arrow points to the headquarters where they are. Ok as you can see the island is divided into many zones which at some point may become danger zones your teacher will read off the zones which are becoming danger zones every six hours. If you are in these zones you should leave quickly as your collars will explode. Now listen as you have already seen what happens when they exploded they monitor your pulse rate and tell us if you are alive or dead. Also they are shockproof and waterproof and they will also explode if you try to rip it off so let’s not do that ok? Now in a few moments some soldiers will be bringing in some equipment bags these hold food, water, map, compass, flashlight, a pen and a weapon. Now the weapon is random it may be a gun or a knife or you may be unlucky. This stops natural advantage. I will be in touch in a few minutes when the kit bags arrive.
MR THOMAS:
Ok any questions so far?
ANDREW PLATT 18 fat out of shape raises his hand
MR THOMAS:
Yes Andrew.
ANDREW:
Sir if I survive can I go home?
MR THOMAS:
Sure but only if the other forty one are dead any more?
MATT:
What about our parents?
MR THOMAS:
They have been informed of where you are and what you are doing.
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Four more soldiers enter from another door pushing two trolleys full of equipment bags. They stop by another wall which is revealed to be a door.