The use of Scarface is mentioned again, and character names such as G Money, Pookie, Duh Duh Man and Frankie Needles are praised. — Bill Simmons
Nino's clothes are fantastic and possibly sampled by NBA players; lean, built Snipes could pull off the full suits.
Kente cloth, including Ice T's beanie in the beach scene, aged really well.
The unexpected Flavor Flav cameo, the Cash Money and Carter album tie-ins, and the "wouldn't want to be" line Snipes seems to say in three movies are cited. — Bill Simmons
The women feel early 90s in a good way, capped by Michael Michelle, later cast in Ali as someone extremely beautiful. — Bill Simmons
Ice T and Judd Nelson together were the CBS police show never made; Judd commentary is held until the end. — Bill Simmons
Ice T as a cop aged beautifully: he played a cop before Cop Killer and Law & Order and has a complicated pop-culture history with cops.
The crooked cop's redemption story, for Ice T's and Judd Nelson's characters, is a recurring 80s trope that seems retired, as in Cobra.
