The attempt to kill the bicycle messenger as he rides down the hill in the first scene is a reference to the I want my two dollars bike-riding paperboy who menaces John Cusack's character in Better Off Dead... (1985). There are several Bond movie references, including the attempted poisoning by string (You Only Live Twice (1967)), and the Guns N Roses version of the theme from Live and Let Die (1973) which Martin listens to just before enters the Ultimart for the first time (when he enters ...[Read Story ]