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Cruise or Hanks?

Tom Cruise as Rick Santoro and Tom Hanks as Kevin Dunne.

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Approx. transcript time · 01:42:57Read transcript
  • Tom Cruise as Rick and Tom Hanks as Kevin is proposed.
  • The villain reveal and their combined star power are argued to make the pairing especially effective.
  • A Cruise-and-Will-Smith alternative is raised, but their age difference is offered as an objection.
  • The panel invents a hallway sprint for Cruise.
Snake Eyes The Rewatchables
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Snake Eyes

Picking Nits

Pre-fight party; ignored blood; weak security; implausible fighters; Julia’s plan and glasses; ignored assault; abrupt romance.

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Approx. transcript time · 01:45:09Read transcript
  • A model-and-drug party immediately before a heavyweight fight is questioned, with a possible Tyson-era defense.
  • Almost nobody reacting to Julia being covered in blood is criticized.
  • Rick reaching the defense secretary without a security screening is criticized.
  • The fighters’ physiques are questioned relative to elite 1990s heavyweights.
  • Julia’s public whistleblowing plan is criticized as incoherent, while fear of interception and the secretary’s public standing are offered as explanations.
  • The crowd becoming impatient in the first minute is criticized.
  • José Pacifico Ruiz’s performance and confused execution of the fixed fight are criticized, while participants disagree about whether he understands the plan.
  • Julia relying on glasses rather than contacts is questioned; her collision with the wall is praised, and the lenses are said to look too weak for her impairment.
  • Nobody noticing the heavyweight champion punch a police officer is criticized.
  • Carla making a move on Nick at the end is criticized as unearned, though his earlier advance offers minimal setup.
  • Other 1990s movies are criticized for forcing romantic energy between the male and female leads.
Snake Eyes The Rewatchables
In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 01:56:57Read transcript
  • Face/Off is the immediate choice for another Nicolas Cage pairing.
  • Dress to Kill, JFK, In the Line of Fire, No Way Out, and L.A. Confidential are offered as alternatives.
  • No Way Out is favored as the closest sleazy political-crime pairing.
Snake Eyes The Rewatchables
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Approx. transcript time · 01:58:22Read transcript
  • Nicolas Cage is chosen on the theory that he has never lost a movie in which he is the lead.
  • Brian De Palma is an alternate winner because this was his last memorable commercial success.
  • Carla Gugino is considered but not selected.
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