Apex Mountain
The episode tests apex cases for the director, Hardy, Edgerton, Nolte, Atlantic City, underground MMA movies, Grillo, Pittsburgh, Brian Callen, and Sparta.
In the discussion (7)
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- The movie is called the director's artistic apex despite its original commercial failure.
- Bane is selected as Hardy's apex, with Mad Max, Dunkirk, and Inception considered.
- Sparta is proposed as an Atlantic City apex before Rounders and a Sopranos reference are considered.
- Nick Nolte receives an explicit apex check and is rejected.
- The film is selected as Edgerton's apex because he holds his own opposite Hardy as a leading man.
- Underground MMA movies and Sparta are declared apex cases.
- Grillo and Brian Callen are placed near their apexes, while Pittsburgh is placed with its 1979 sports teams and The Deer Hunter.