FILM · 2014 · USA

Ride Along

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1. #001

   Initially, James was to be played by Dwayne Johnson and Ben by Ryan Reynolds.

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2. #002

   Omar's younger photo is a younger photo of Laurence Fishburne.

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3. #003

   When Ben is surrounded by cyclists, he quotes a few lines from Denzel Washington's speech in Training Day (2001).

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4. #004

   When Ben threatens James in the arms-dealing scene at the warehouse, James says he will execute him with 1000 cuts, also known as "slow slicing." It was a form of torture and execution used in China roughly from 900 AD until it was banned in 1905.

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5. #005

   WILHELM SCREAM: When Angela stops Ben from playing the shooter game, her character is shot.

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6. #006

   "Ride Along" was a commercial success, earning over 153 million dollars in box office revenue.

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7. #007

   When Ben talks with James about his sister, James imagines himself shooting him. Ice Cube had imagined the same thing as Craig in Friday (1995) when he shot Deebo after Deebo called him "last."

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8. #008

   Ice Cube and Laurence Fishburne had previously appeared together in Boyz n the Hood (1991) and Higher Learning (1995).

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9. #009

   Ben's ringtone is the World 1-1 theme from Super Mario Bros. (1985). John Leguizamo, who plays Santiago, played Luigi in Super Mario Bros. (1993).

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10. #010

    Although James's car is an unmarked police car, James never turns on the siren or lights throughout the film, even though Ben tries to.

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11. #011

    This is the second film starring John Leguizamo and Laurence Fishburne. The first was Assault on Precinct 13 (2005).

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12. #012

    The warehouse in the shootout scene was the same warehouse as in the film A (2014).

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13. #013

    The iconic police car used in the film is a 2013 Dodge Charger Pursuit.

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