 Throughout the film there are many references to the actors more  famous roles. For instance Billy Dee Williams famous for the Star  wars films refers to a dangerous way of life as "the dark side" an  infamous star wars term. Also Ashley Laurence an actress famous for  fighting demons in many films is referred to many times as a demon  as a way of describing her evil nature. Finally, Michael Pare says  at one point "Im trying to stay away from tequila", riffing his  line from Streets of Fire (1984) "Ive always been a tequila man."