This is the one where Richard celebrates protest art via Russian punk rock influences, while Garrett realizes that loving low culture is like eating French fries.

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Referenced media:

• “Eye in the Sky” (Gavin Hood, 2015)
• “Night Watch” (Timur Bekmambetov, 2004)
• “Day Watch” (Timur Bekmambetov, 2006)
• “1917” (Sam Mendes, 2019)
• “District 9” (Neill Blomkamp, 2009)
• “A Clockwork Orange” (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)
• “John Wick” (Chad Stahelski, 2014)
• “John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum” (Chad Stahelski, 2019)
• “John Wick: Chapter 4” (Chad Stahelski, 2023)
• “Nobody” (Ilya Naishuller, 2021)
• “The Matrix” (The Wachowskis, 1999)
• “The Matrix Reloaded” (The Wachowskis, 2003)
• “The Matrix Revolutions” (The Wachowskis, 2003)
• “The Matrix Resurrections” (Lana Wachowski, 2021)
• “Point Break” (Kathryn Bigelow, 1991)
• “A Scanner Darkly” (Richard Linklater, 2006)
• “Death Wish” (Michael Winner, 1974)
• “Death Wish II” (Michael Winner, 1982)
• “Death Wish 3” (Michael Winner, 1985)
• “Death Wish 4: The Crackdown (J. Lee Thompson, 1987)
• “Death Wish V: The Face of Death” (Allan A. Goldstein, 1994)
• “Deadwood” (David Milch, 2004-2006)
• “The Searchers” (John Ford, 1956)
• “Unforgiven” (Clint Eastwood, 1992)
• “Atomic Blonde” (David Leitch, 2017)
• “The Fall Guy” (David Leitch, 2024)

Audio quotation:

• “The Stampede” (Ilya Naishuller, 2011), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYm-dT24iRY
• “Bad Motherfucker” (Ilya Naishuller, 2013), https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rgox84KE7iY
• “Hardcore Henry” (Ilya Naishuller, 2015), featuring “Don’t Stop Me Now” (1978) by Queen and “For the Kill” by Biting Elbows, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2acgXYvfFGFUAD1PT9_dhXLR0RZYz5Xv
• “A Clockwork Orange” (Stanley Kubrick, 1971)
• “John Wick: Chapter 2” (Chad Stahelski, 2017), featuring “Plastic Heart”, “Razor Bath”, and “Presto Museum Battle” by Tyler Bates and Joel J. Richard, https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLh4Eme5gACZE7DDD_LKltfN8jBe_AzofV