Random Movie 'In Jokes' You Probably Didn't Notice (12 items)

(#6) Michael Biehn Keeps Getting Bitten On The Arm In James Cameron Movies

James Cameron really hates Michael Biehn’s arm. First in Terminator when Sarah Connor still thinks he’s not well. Then in Aliens: Newt gets him when they first meet her, and he’s trying to pull her out of the vent. And finally The Abyss: Lindsay Brigman (Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio) bites him on the hand.
(#3) Jeremy Irons Drops A 'Reversal of Fortune' Line In 'The Lion King'

No one plays “Creepy old guy” like Jeremy Irons. In The Lion King, when Simba says “you’re so weird,” Scar’s haunting response (“You have no idea”) would have been strange and foreboding even if it hadn’t been a repeat of the same line from an older film, Reversal of Fortune, where Irons played an arrogant and aloof British socialite accused of slaying his wife. Which is actually not all that different from the plot of The Lion King.
(#7) Sylvester Stallone Scoffs At Rambo In 'Tango & Cash'

“Just who do you think you are?” “He thinks he’s Rambo!” “Rambo... is a [coward].” And then Tango shoots the truck they’re talking about. Sylvester Stallone played John Rambo in First Blood and all its sequels.
(#5) Sean Connery References Bond In 'The Rock'

One of the most obvious ones we’ll encounter here, when Sean Connery says that he was trained by British Intelligence. We all know exactly what he’s talking about.
(#12) Hattori Hanzo Appears In More Than Just 'Kill Bill'

You probably know the character Hattori Hanzo from the movie Kill Bill, where he’s played by karate-film legend Sonny Chiba. But Tarantino didn’t invent the Hanzo character: he’s actually a common figure in samurai culture, and had even been played by Chiba before — most notably in the early '80s Japanese TV series Shadow Warriors.
(#4) David Duchovny Jokes About 'The X-Files In 'Evolution'

Does anyone remember Evolution? It was that movie that came out in the early 2000s that sci-fi enthusiasts really wanted to like because it had David Duchovny in it and was about wacky alien monsters. It actually wasn’t any good because it also had Seann William Scott and the jokes were all terrible. There’s a bit (which you can see in the trailer) where David Duchovny makes a joke about knowing “those people” who work in the government, which most people took as an X-Files joke.