The Connections and Similarities With The Previous Film
As a sequel, this film connects or has similar plots to pay enough homage to its previous work. Several of these connections and similarities are directly from their respective books.
- Chili Palmer repeats several tropes, behaviors and catch-phrases from the first film.
- After Chili's first break-in in the first film, its waking the host by using sound of TV style is repeated by many intruders in both movies. Besides this waking break-in, two movies also contain some awaiting break-in.
- Tommy's intern testifies that Tommy punched the Russian mob in the eye just like the scene in Get Leo, which is actually based on the punch Chili delivered to Ray Barboni in the first film.
- The name of his former partner, Harry Zimm from the first film appears on the commercial board as a director of the sequel to the fictional "film within a film", "Mr. LoveJoy".
- In both films, Chili uses his charm and power of perception and befriends the under-appreciated second bananas sent to rough him up; in the first movie Bear (James Gandolfini), Eliot (Dwayne Johnson) in the second.
- The main antagonist in each film ends up being busted by the cops after a series of set-ups.
- Similar to the "Cadillac of minivans" remark about the Oldsmobile Silhouette in Get Shorty, the Honda Insight is referred to as the "Cadillac of gas-electric Hybrids".
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