“The School Duel” welcomes viewers to “the near future,” with “the free state of Florida” organizing a celebration of violence to make sure the citizens don’t actually do anything about violence. Writer/director Todd Wiseman Jr. has something to say about the state of the nation in the picture, pulling inspiration from “The Purge” and “Hunger Games” franchises to form his story, which observes the recruitment and organization of a game involving the death of children. Passion is there for the premise, but the helmer doesn’t have a lot of money to spend, which keeps “The School Duel” limited in its visual reach. Wiseman Jr. can’t always sell the enormity of what’s happening, but some of his ideas remain potent in a feature that’s never quite as haunting as it hopes to be. Read the rest at Blu-ray.com
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