Rewatchables Reference

Bill and Kyle both pick the grocery store scene – the supermarket siege where Cobra arrives, then eating frozen pizza with scissors at his apartment. Kyle: 'It is the grocery store scene in any movie.'

• The opening monologue with crime statistics – 'In America, there's a burglary every 11 seconds.'
• The movie poster: 'Crime is a disease. Meet the cure.' – 'one of the better movie posters of the last 40 years.'
• Brian Thompson as the Night Slasher – genuinely scary and effective.
• Stallone's match/toothpick gimmick.
• Cobra's car – 1950 Mercury with 'AWESOME 50' license plate.
• The Zombie Squad name.
• Massive product placement (Pepsi, Coors, Toys R Us) – possibly Apex Mountain for awkward product placement.

• Brigitte Nielsen's wig – 'makes her look like Robert Plant.'
• The Robert Tepper 'Angel of the City' montage – a fashion shoot with robots intercut with Stallone walking through Skid Row.
• Andrew Robinson's character – Stallone punches him at the end as an overt 'fuck you, Dirty Harry.'
• The 'Feel the Heat' by Jean Beauvoir montage during the safe house drive.
• The cut original ending where Robinson's character was revealed as the real cult leader via a satanic tattoo – would have actually been great.

• Winner: Marco Rodriguez as the supermarket killer – 'I'll kill you all, man!'
• Also created a new category: the 'Marion Cobretti Underacting Award' for Stallone – mumbles so much Bill had to turn on subtitles.

• Winner: Art LaFleur (Sly's boss) – the first baseman from 'Field of Dreams'. 'He looks like Fred Flintstone.'
• Also discussed: Reni Santoni (Poppy from Seinfeld), Andrew Robinson (Dirty Harry villain).

• Bill: Replace Brigitte Nielsen with Markie Post (from Night Court).
• Kyle: Dolph Lundgren as the Night Slasher – 'just get the band back together.' Bill counters that Dolph would overshadow the role.

• Based on the novel 'Fair Game' by Paula Gosling.
• Originally to be filmed in Seattle – cancelled because of mosquitoes.
• The rough cut was over 2 hours; a director's cut is 40 minutes longer with cult backstory.
• Brian Thompson asked about his character's motivation; Stallone said 'Look, the guy's just evil, okay?'
• Cobra's car was Stallone's real 1950 Mercury; 3 replicas were made.
• Ryan Gosling's toothpick in Drive was a direct Cobra homage.

• Stallone – no, it's 'Rocky IV'.
• Brigitte Nielsen – Kyle says Flavor of Love, Bill says 'Rocky IV'.
• Stocking mask as serial killer gimmick – yes, Apex Mountain.
• Serial killer cults – yes, Apex Mountain.
• Product placement in movies – possibly ('Back to the Future' is a competitor).
• 1950 Mercury Monterey – yes, Apex Mountain.

• Brigitte Nielsen as a fashion model is a stretch.
• Cobretti takes the witness to a safe house even though he knows there's a mole and everyone seems to know where it is.
• The 'What's the magic word? / Please' exchange is a direct ripoff from Ghostbusters.

• How did you join the axe-clanging serial killer cult? How do they recruit?
• Did this movie invent the nitrous boost in action movies?
• Has any movie star ever been shot at more by people with terrible aim than Stallone?
• Does the Night Slasher check the most boxes of any horror movie villain?

• Bill: The Night Slasher's knife.
• Kyle: The 'AWESOME 50' license plate from Cobra's car – wants it for his 50th birthday party.

• Bill: Stallone.
• Kyle: The knife – 'the indelible image of this movie.'

• Kyle pitches 'Cobretti's son, Marion the Second' dealing with modern policing restrictions.
• Bill suggests Tom Hardy as Bruno Cobretti – played completely straight, not knowing it's a comedy.