“- General William Devereaux: The time has come for one man to suffer in order to save hundreds of lives.
- Anthony 'Hub' Hubbard: One Man? What about two, huh? What about six? How about public executions?”

Bruce Willis - General William Devereaux
Denzel Washington - Anthony Hubbard

“- Cliff: This Costume Killer does horrible, horrible things. Injects his victims with window cleaner, puts weird costumes on 'em, puts plastic bags over their heads, and asphyxiates them.
- Max: No you're right, there's nothing polite about him.”
Ronald Francis Perlman - Cliff
Arye Gross - Max

- Nicki Brand: What's this? "Videodrome"?
- Max Renn: Torture. Murder.
- Nicki Brand: Sounds great.
- Max Renn: Ain't exactly sex.
- Nicki Brand: Says who?
Debbie Harry - Nicki Brand
James Woods - Max Renn

“- Deltoid: I've just come from the hospital! Your victim has died!
- Alex: You try to frighten me, admit so, sir. This is some new form of torture! Say it, Brother Sir.
- Deltoid: It'll be your own torture. I hope to God it'll torture you to madness!”
Aubrey Morris - Deltoid
Malcom McDowell - Alex (A Clockwork Orange)

“I don't give a tuppenny fuck about your moral conundrum, you meat-headed shit-sack. That's more or less the thing. And I want you to go out there... You, nobody else. None of your little minions. I want you to go out there. And I want you to punish the person who's responsible for murdering this poor little rabbit. Is that understood?”
Daniel Day-Lewis - Bill 'The Butcher' Cutting