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Two movies titled City on Fire enter, only one will leave (with that title) as Herman “OmegaPrime” Davis and Robert Rau watch a movie so bad, it was featured in a Mystery Science Theater 3000 episode — and a movie so good, Quentin Tarantino stole from it (allegedly) — to see which should be called City on Fire.

Even with all-star talent like Leslie Nielsen and Shelly Winters, the only copy available of the first movie was an episode of MST3K someone uploaded on YouTube. This shouldn’t sway our opinion about the title, so we were game. It turns out early episodes of MST3K (like Minneapolis public access TV early) aren’t that great. It does literally show a city on fire, giving it a good reason to call itself that.

The second movie has been touted as the inspiration for Reservoir Dogs, because that sounds like a classier form of stealing. If anything, it shows how good Tarantino is as a director, because his unorthodox style of storytelling and engaging dialogue really punches up a relatively bland Hong Kong action movie. Also, no city burning, and that’s a shame.

But will literal best figurative in this struggle for title supremacy? Listen if you dare.

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Do you have an idea or even want to join the “There Can Be Only One” gang at their next viewing party? Email Robert Rau with your movie suggestion, the days you’re free to watch, and how much beer you can bring.

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Show credits:

* Director/Producer: Robert Rau

* Executive Producer: Jeremy White