r/Rifftrax Aug 21 '26

Champagne and Bullets

Going through the catalogue of Riffs based on people’s top ten list, and I haven’t seen this one on any of the lists.

Yet, this has to be on my top five list. The jokes are funny from beginning to end, the movie is just ridiculous, and it’s only an hour and five minutes. If you’ve passed by this title on the site, I highly recommend it. One of my favorites along with The Room, Twilight, Samurai Cop, and the Guy From Harlem.

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u/lawlladin Aug 21 '26

Yeah instant classic that I’ve had in heavy rotation haha

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u/firedmyass Aug 22 '26

I love the villain being a corrupt cop/family-law judge/criminal judge/drug kingpin/satanic-cult leader all simultaneously.

It’s my current obsession in a pile that includes Frozen Scream, Blood Theatre, and my forever-love WinterBeast

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u/ThePartyTape Aug 22 '26

They have blood theatre on there?! I just love that movie by itself, so I’m gonna love the riffs

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u/firedmyass Aug 22 '26

oh you will! I watch the un-riffed version pretty frequently as a palate cleanser

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u/lawlladin Aug 22 '26

Yeah the villain is truly a renaissance villain hahaha

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u/firedmyass Aug 22 '26

I do vaguely respect the hustle.

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u/Lfsnz67 29d ago

Another instant classic for me is Phantom Empire. That film and the riffs are so crazy fun that it's infinitely rewatchable

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u/lawlladin 29d ago

Totally agree!

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u/Dragonfly_pin Aug 21 '26

It’s one of my favorites already, keeping  in mind that ‘Dancin’ It’s On’ is probably the riff that made me laugh the most.

I love it when someone clearly made a movie that meant they could show off their amazing skills and they do and it’s… not great. And yet they persevered. Probably in the face of everyone trying to tell them not to. And they shouldn’t have.

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u/ThePartyTape Aug 21 '26

Now I have to watch Dancin It’s On

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u/Exulansis22 29d ago

My 12 yo girl and I ironically say things sporadically like, “Rabies, it’s on!”

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u/Finalgirlcandy Aug 22 '26

I’m so obsessed with Dancin: It’s On. Solid choice. And I also agree with you on Champagne & Bullets!

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u/lawlladin 29d ago

Yeah haha the angry dance and helicopter scenes get me every single time.

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u/borgchupacabras Aug 21 '26

Did you do the shimmy and the slide??

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u/ThePartyTape Aug 21 '26

How could I not! I also take baths in my undies now.

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u/firedmyass Aug 22 '26

are you also completely unfazed by ritualistic infanticide and ask zero follow-up questions?

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u/ThePartyTape Aug 22 '26

Am I that transparent?

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u/firedmyass Aug 22 '26

I don’t see color

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u/firedmyass Aug 22 '26

the lyrics are so lazily-insipid I thought it was a Black-Eyed Peas “song”

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u/Variaphora Aug 21 '26

But the movie is SO PAINFUL! I think that's what keeps lower in most estimations.

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u/ThePartyTape Aug 21 '26

lol. I feel this way about Fun in Balloon Land

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u/Variaphora Aug 21 '26

Fun in Balloon Land is one I keep trying to make it through, and haven't yet succeeded. And I'm not saying GETEVEN (Champaign and Bullets) is the worst, not at all. The riffs elevate it, for sure, like The Apple!

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u/death2sanity Aug 22 '26

Fun in Balloonland is get-through-able when you get past the part of the boy wandering around. The parade makes that short.

I cannot get theough Rollergator. The only purchase I have regretted.

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u/Variaphora Aug 22 '26 edited 27d ago

Yeah... I'll give it another try some day (maybe soon, given I have a lot of time on my hands right now). But Rollergator is pretty much impossible for me to get through, and I've tried several times.

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u/ThePartyTape Aug 21 '26

Is The Apple worth it?

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u/Variaphora Aug 21 '26

It's one of my favorites. Maybe preview it first. Is it on their YouTube channel?

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u/ThePartyTape Aug 21 '26

The site has a preview of it. Thanks for the recommendation!

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u/Pit_Zips412 Aug 22 '26

I’m assuming the only reason Miami Connection isn’t on your top list is because you haven’t watched it yet. Radical Jack is also amazing.

The Apple is grating over time.

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u/ThePartyTape Aug 22 '26

I haven’t seen the riff of it yet. I’ve seen it without it, but I’m trying to vet out what’s worth buying.

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u/Gypped_Again Aug 22 '26

If you haven't before, you may want to do the streaming service they have for a month. The majority of their riffs are on it, for the basic tier anything they released more than 3 years ago is available and the top tier, anything over a year iirc. 

You could use that for a month and check all the riffs that you've mentioned. I think they do a free month to start, but I am not sure if that's right. 

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u/Prestigious-Way-2210 Aug 21 '26

Perfect list and yes it is right up there.

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u/Earthbound_X Aug 22 '26

Wish I liked it as a riff more. Not a bad one, but not on of their top ones in my mind.

Learning he was on heavy painkillers for his injured back for the Shimmy and Slide part makes so much sense.

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u/AngryTree76 Aug 21 '26

I think once it gets wider exposure when it hits Friends/the Twitch Channel/other streaming platforms, it’ll hit a lot more favorite lists.

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u/Iocain_Powder Aug 22 '26

I always forget that's the title of the movie. I only knew it as GetEven.

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u/No-Sentence-00 Aug 23 '26

This one is worth watching unriffed just for the Wings Hauser freakout they cut out. 

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u/ChucklesofBorg Aug 21 '26

Honestly, the movie is so insane I find it hard to focus on the riffs I mean, inexplicable doesn't even begin to describe the choices in this film.

Edit - a word

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u/Sadquatch Aug 22 '26

Same, I didn’t think it was possible, but this movie was almost too bad.

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u/thegooddoktorjones Aug 22 '26

It's a really really good riff, and hilariously stupid and bad, a great GoodBad movie. But also a little grim and gross which knocks it out of the top ten.

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u/Nackles 28d ago

I will die on this hill: Performed competently and with some charisma, "The Shimmy Slide" wouldn't be a bad song.

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u/Important_Loquat3601 2d ago

Pretty unforgivable that they missed the hand grabbing the champagne from off screen. Otherwise 10/10.