"Hendrix says one of the most important things Battle Royale and The Hunger Games share is the idea of teenagers trapped in a ruined society, coerced by grownups into doing horrible things. Even so, they both make it clear — there's nothing more utopian than a teenager. Even in a dystopia."

"Hunger Games author Suzanne Collins came from a military family. But Battle Royale director Kinji Fukasaku actually survived World War II. He was just a teenager himself when he was put to work in a munitions factory in Japan. "It was bombed, a lot," Hendrix says. "And one of his jobs, at the age of 15, was to take a wheelbarrow around the factory and pick up body parts after bombing raids." The experience left Fukasaku with a lasting abhorrence of war — and a profound sense of betrayal by grownups that persisted into his own adulthood. And it fueled his decision to film Battle Royale, which was both highly controversial and a massive theatrical hit when it was released in Japan, despite a rating that kept young teenagers from seeing it. That irritated the director, says Hendrix. "He gave a very famous statement to the press where he said, 'Kids, if you have the courage, you can sneak in. And I encourage you to do so.'""

"Have you ever killed your best friend?"

"Today, I killed my best friend."

"42 Students, Three Days, One Survivor, No Rules."

"One Dead. 41 To Go."

"Could you kill your best friend?"

"Each weapon is different. Not just guns or knives either! It is random so maybe you will get lucky, maybe not. It eliminates natural advantages. [picks up axe] Oooh. This one is SUPER lucky."

"So today's lesson is...you kill each other off until there's only one left. Nothing's against the rules!"

"There's a way out of this game. Kill yourselves together, here, now. If you can't do that, then don't trust anyone... just run."

"What's wrong with killing? Everybody's got their reasons."

"[to Noriko Nakagawa] I'm weak, I'm useless, but I'll stay by your side; I'll protect you."

"Paul Greco - Sully, the Orphans leader"

"Edward Sewer - Masai"

"John Snyder - Gas Station Man"

"Mercedes Ruehl - Policewoman"

"Ginny Ortiz - Candy Store Girl"

"Lynne Thigpen - D.J."

"David Patrick Kelly - Luther"

"Roger Hill - Cyrus"

"Deborah Van Valkenburgh - Mercy"

"Marcelino Sánchez - Rembrandt"

"Terry Michos - Vermin"

"Thomas G. Waites - Fox"

"Tom McKitterick - Cowboy"

"David Harris - Cochise"

"Brian Tyler - Snow"

"Dorsey Wright - Cleon"

"James Remar - Ajax"

"Michael Beck - Swan"

"Tonight they're all out to get the Warriors."

"They could run New York City."

"They are 60,000 strong."

"They outnumber the cops three to one."

"These are the Armies of The Night. They are 60,000 strong. They outnumber the cops three to one. They could run New York City. Tonight they're all out to get the Warriors."

"Hollywood forgives a lot when you have a hit. I don't know what to say about it, other than the fact that it was just a gift in terms of getting it. The studio hated it, and didn't even want to release it. There was a lot of friction with management at the time. Some of it might have been my fault."

"What made it a success with young people... is that for the first time somebody made a film within Hollywood, big distribution, that took the gang situation and did not present it as a social problem. Presented them as a neutral or positive aspect of their lives. As soon as you said in the old days gang movies it was how do we cure the pestilence and how do we fix the social waste. We want to take these kids, make sure they go to college... This was just a movie that conceptually was different. Accepted the idea of the gang, didn't question it, that was their lives, they functioned within that context. And the social problem wasn't were they going to college, but were they going to survive. It's the great Hawksian dictum, where is the drama? Will he live or die? That's the drama."

"D.J.: [last lines] Good news, Boppers: The big alert has been called off. It turns out that the early reports were wrong, all wrong. Now for that group out there that had such a hard time getting home, sorry about that. I guess the only thing we can do is play you a song. [the Warriors theme song, "In the City" plays]"

"Mercy: Yeah, that's right, Warriors. Just keep walkin'. Real tough muthas, ain't ya? You guys don't show me much. Why don't you dickheads just walk all the way back home, huh?"

"Masai: [addressing the Gramercy Riffs] Who are the Warriors? [no reply] There must be some word! [no reply] I want them all! I want ALL the Warriors! I want them alive, if possible. If not, wasted! But I want them. Send the word!"

"[Swan demands a one-on-one fight and he pulls out a gun] One on one? You're crazy. You're dead, all of you, and you know it. You're dead."

"[banging bottles together] Warriors, come out to play-i-ay!"

"[To Jocelyn Jordan] Raymond is sick, Mrs. Shaw, in a kind of a special way. He doesn't even realize it himself."

"Joe Adams — Psychiatrist"