Taylor Swift's just-released 'Bad Blood' music video is positively jam-packed with movie references. From Kill Bill to The Hunger Games, Taylor and promo director Joseph Kahn have obviously been rummaging through their DVD collections to bring together their latest opus.
Digital Spy rounds up 7 movie hat tips from the star-studded 'Bad Blood' video below...
1. Kill Bill
Remember the Crazy 88s from Kill Bill? 'Bad Blood' kicks off with Taylor and Selena Gomez taking down some goons who look like they're straight from a Tarantino flick.
2. Sin City
That Bad Blood font is pure Sin City.
3 and 4. Prometheus / The Fifth Element
The body scanner looks a lot like the medical bay from Prometheus, and Taylor's outfit is taking its cue from Milla Jovovich's Leeloo attire in The Fifth Element. Fast-forward the vid and you'll find Hayley Williams's Crimson Curse in a red Leeloo wig.
5. The Hunger Games
This training room is straight out of The Hunger Games, Divergent and every other YA dystopian movie to hit the multiplex over the last five years.
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6. Tron
Jessica Alba, taking on the role of Domino, races Swifty on motorbikes reminiscent of those lightcycles that tore across 'The Grid' in Tron and Tron Legacy.
7. Sucker Punch
It might just be us, but the *entire* video has a bit of a Sucker Punch vibe. Zack Snyder isn't normally seen as a cinematic trailblazer, however the 'Bad Blood' finale - Taylor's entourage armed to the teeth and marching to war - is very much in keeping with Sucker Punch. There's also a strong whiff of Aeon Flux - but we like to pretend that film never happened.
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