Scenes depicting the systematic killing of the family in a similar fashion to Michael Corleone's massacre of the heads of the Five Families in The Godfather.
Scene played over the opening credits, which depicts Ming assassinating the Mafia boss with a gun concealed by a paper bag - alludes to the scene in The Godfather: Part II in which Vito Corleone (Robert De Niro) kills Don Fanucci in a similar fashion.
The trunk shot during the murder sequences, with the victim lying on his back with his mouth taped shut; references the trunk shot with Billy Batts in Goodfellas.