is a 2003 Japanese film about a group of
juvenile delinquent
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s set in the year 2025. The juveniles are host to a "murder gene", and are sent to an uninhabited island by the government so that they can be rehabilitated. The government studies the causes of the gene, and implants an experiment on the juveniles called a "Tag". The Tag gives the juveniles murder impulses and memory loss, and both boys and girls start to brutally kill each other.
This movie was distributed by
AsiaVision, the Asian live-action label from
Urban Vision Entertainment.
Reception
In a review at Horror.com, Staci Layne Wilson found that the film "combine
random elements of ''
Lost'', ''
Saw
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Saws began as serrated materials, and when man ...
/
Saw II
''Saw II'' is a 2005 horror film directed by Darren Lynn Bousman and written by Leigh Whannell and Bousman. It is the sequel to ''Saw (2004 film), Saw'' (2004) and the second installment in the Saw (franchise), ''Saw'' film series. The film sta ...
'', ''
Gattaca
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'', ''
Lord of the Flies
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'' and ''
The Running Man."''
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2003 films
2000s Japanese-language films
2000s Japanese films
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Films set in 2025
Films set in the future