Does anyone else think the film Condemned looks like a US ripoff of Battle Roayle???? (trailers provided)?

Question

I just saw the trailer for the film Condemned and I think it is a total rip-off of the Japanese cult classic Battle Royale. But instead of releasing junior high school students on an island to kill each other, they put serial killers on an island to kill each other. And in Condemned they broadcast it over the internet for people's entertainment, while in the book Battle Royale(and a little in the in the movie) it is bet on and entertainment for the people as well. Total rip off. Don't believe me check out the trailers below. I included Battle Royale incase someone wasnt familiar with it....
Rip off or what???

Condemned trailer
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=1953053988

Battle Royale Trailer (this one is very bloody and violent, so if you dont like that stuff, then dont watch this trailer)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oi_gwJgtrIs

Answer 1

yeah. I like wrestling, I've been a huge stone cold fan....
BUT I LOVE ASIAN CINEMA!!! and yeah I totally agree, it does seem like a Battle Royale rip-off. Damn you wwe or whoever is making this movie, don't mess with a Fukasaku film!!! don't play with a classic like Battle Royale!!!

Answer 2

In literature, which is the basis of movies, there really are no wholly new ideas. While movies like Star Wars deliver new names and gadgets and sets, the story is actually from ancient Greek literature. Naturally, some are more obvious than others in their inescapable forms of plagiarism.

Answer 3

do you think anything's "original" these days? asian films rule. looks like americans are buying the ideas (and or copying them). it's getting pretty repetitive though. (the number 23 & stranger than fiction, for example)

Answer 4

I agree

Answer 5

yes it is