What’s Aged the Worst?
Reused title; uncontainable villains; Uzis; police abuse; scarf flourish; interrupted sex; repetitive final hour; soundtrack beyond Sweet Freedom; fake snow; underused R rating
In the discussion (10)
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- The unrelated 2006 Running Scared creates title confusion on cable, streaming, search, and the episode title. — Bill Simmons
- Uzis are described as a once-common film prop that seems to have fallen out of fashion; the speakers remain unsure whether they still appear in newer action films. — Chris Ryan
- Constant police brutality and rule-breaking are identified as another dated genre convention. — Chris Ryan
- Crystal’s repeated scarf flip feels more like a performer bit than Danny Costanzo behavior. — Chris Ryan
- Walking into a friend’s bedroom during sex is described as something films rarely show now, while Hines’s character seems completely comfortable with the interruption. — Chris Ryan
- The last hour repeats confrontations with Julio and could lose roughly seven minutes, especially from the airport chase. — Bill Simmons
- Sweet Freedom carries an otherwise weak, loud, synth-heavy soundtrack. — Bill Simmons
- Some artificial Chicago snow looks cheap. — Bill Simmons
- The movie is rated R, but the hosts ask why it did not “earn the R” with the adult material it repeatedly approaches. — Bill Simmons
- A murderer being released immediately after an obvious public killing is offered as Aged Worst before the same trope is defended separately as Aged Best. — Bill Simmons