This week Matt and Brian discuss the highly influential and controversial book and movie Battle Royale, a story that inspired the The Hunger Games and video games such as Player Unknown's Battleground and Fortnite. They discuss how Battle Royale became well known in the United States before it's wide release on home media, the attempted and successful bans of the movie and book, what happens when the Streisand Effect begins to take hold, why the MPAA hated this movie, why the director was inspired to helm the movie, the confusing message the movie states, Stephen King's influence, and so much more!