Quote Originally Posted by Baloki View Post
Isn't this movie just an american-ised version of Battle Royale? If so, then yes I enjoyed Battle Royale without reading the book first.
It's a possibility that that book had some inspiration on the author to think of this story. Though I think it is more probable that her main inspirations were from shows like Survivor, The gladiators from the Roman Empire, and how popular reality shows are these days.