What’s Aged the Worst?
Steering; title confusion; boomboxes; Scum similarities; sexual-assault scene
In the discussion (5)
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- The car’s apparent inability to turn away from Paco’s brother is an aged-worst choice, with both driver and child faulted in the staging.
- The title has aged poorly because the later Bad Boys creates confusion.
- Boomboxes are considered dated because phones have replaced them.
- Similarities to the 1979 British detention film Scum are discussed, especially a pillowcase containing pool balls used in a beating; influence is strongly suspected, not documented firsthand.
- The prolonged sexual-assault scene has aged poorly and is the bathroom-break choice; its slasher-like buildup is considered excessively brutal despite making Paco hateful.