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The Good Son The Rewatchables
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The Good Son

The Stephen A. Smith Hottest Take Award

Takes argue this is Macaulay Culkin’s greatest performance, both child stars should already have had supporting Oscars, and Susan should save her own son; another take says Henry could have become an NHL pest.

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  • Culkin’s Henry is argued to be a harder and greater performance than Kevin McCallister.
  • Culkin is hypothetically awarded for My Girl over Jack Palance, and Wood for Radio Flyer over Gene Hackman.
  • Susan choosing blood over truth and saving Henry is defended as the parental choice.
  • More engaged parents could have directed Henry’s skating and aggression into hockey.
Tango & Cash The Rewatchables
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Tango & Cash

The Ruffalo / Hanna / Rubinek / Partridge Overacting Award

Jack Palance is the clear choice.

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  • Palance is explicitly assigned the award before imitations of other overacting lines.
  • His uncompromising, bizarre villain remains full of riddles and jokes even facing death.
  • His inscrutable performance is compared with an implausible basketball claim on Kendrick Perkins’s Twitter feed.
Tango & Cash The Rewatchables
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Tango & Cash

What’s Aged the Best?

Kurt Russell’s action-star appeal leads a range of delighted responses to the absurdity.

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  • Joking and mutual mockery in frightening situations are enjoyed and believed.
  • The badge demand and Jack Palance’s later City Slickers Oscar are highlights; his exaggerated performance seems far removed from Oscar prospects.
  • The villain’s elaborate non-killing plan, prison diversion and convoluted trap for Cash are mocked affectionately.
  • Fubar is speculatively said to originate with this movie and its 90s TNT exposure.
  • Young Terry Hatcher is praised as a breakout, with later Seinfeld and Lois & Clark visibility recalled.
  • Insult nicknames and repeated jokes about the men’s bodies form part of the appeal.
  • Owen and the prototype armored vehicle exemplify the gadget-guy and supercar era; Stripes is compared.
  • Kurt Russell is selected, with the missing modern Russell/Swayze type of witty, resilient action star contrasted with current actors.
  • Michael B. Jordan is urged toward a buddy-cop franchise; Without Remorse scenes show potential, while a vaguely recalled Jamie Fox film illustrates overly serious modern action.
Tango & Cash The Rewatchables
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Tango & Cash

Most Rewatchable Scene

Prison arrival and the prison escape are distinct favorites among opening, torture, nightclub and final-fight candidates.

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  • The opening highway truck stop is said to borrow from an unnamed Jackie Chan movie, with windshield action, a badge demand and cocaine revealed by gunfire.
  • The Rambo insult breaks the actor/character boundary; a personal first encounter is compared to Vanilla Ice in Ninja Turtles 2 and Boys to Men on Fresh Prince.
  • Jack Palance and his fellow villains drive by; the exaggerated villainy is compared with Brad Wesley in Roadhouse.
  • The billion-dollar operation’s dark television-filled lair, tiny henchman crew and convenient villain drive-by make little sense.
  • Desert scenery is compared with Another 48 Hours and Lethal Weapon.
  • The trial, laundry-chute trip and prison electrocution are nominated; the apparent pain and obligatory Stallone groan are enjoyed.
  • The prison escape includes apparent betrayal later revealed as help, a dead helper, a villain bossing guards, rain, a fan obstruction and an improbable cable jump.
  • Huge survivable drops and the lavish strip club with Hatcher drumming lead to Cash evading police in a wig.
  • The Cockney henchman is recalled from 48 Hours and its sequel; dangling him from a building and grenades echo other action films including Commando.
  • The simultaneous final fights are praised as a device also used in Double Impact.
  • The arrival at prison, with litter, fire and relentless jokes despite fear, is a favorite; another selection picks the escape.
  • Cash being shot, chasing the assailant and confronting him at the station is recalled as an omitted scene candidate.
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Tango & Cash

1989

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Tango & Cash

1989 film

Bill Simmons · Shea Serrano

Aired August 30, 2022

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