Groundhog Day masquerades as a mainstream Hollywood comedy but lures in the viewer with a deeper existential message.
Bill Murray's character eventually realises the only way to break the chain of repeating the same day over and over is through personal growth.
England's players will be stuck in the same vicious disciplinary circle until good intentions eventually force a change in muscle memory.
Two weeks, two important World Cup warm-up matches, two head-high tackles, two red cards and at least three disciplinary hearings.
World Rugby's appeal of Owen Farrell's rescinded red card against Wales at Twickenham nine days ago means England will go into the week of their final warm-up match ahead of the global showpiece in France facing two concurrent disciplinary wrangles.
Farrell's appeal hearing is tomorrow, in which the England captain (right) will appear by video link.
Bad enough to lose the skipper and team leader for half of one training week because of disciplinary hearings, but nigh on disastrous to see a repeat seven days later.
If Farrell's appeal leads to a ban that substantially affects his World Cup participation, England's disarray
will become mayhem — and that is even before factoring in Billy Vunipola's own impending brush with the beak.
The powerhouse No8 was sent off — again after an initial yellow card — in Saturday's chastening 29-10 defeat by Ireland in Dublin for a high tackle on prop Andrew Porter.
Just a few inches lower, and Vunipola's tackle would perhaps have been entirely legal.
Fine margins are more decisive than ever in a sport that has always been determined by fractions.
If player welfare is indeed chased above all else, then both Farrell and Vunipola should receive suspensions.
As with Farrell, England would look to ride out any World Cup suspension for Vunipola. A ban as high as six weeks, though, would likely see Borthwick forced to turn to a replacement in the shape of Tom Willis.
England head coach Steve Borthwick is disappointed with rugby's authorities for the length of Farrell's disciplinary saga and frustrated to have to handle two hearings in one week, given Vunipola's issues.
The game's authorities are an easy press conference target, however, used to diffuse the sting in the situation.
Let us hope that behind the scenes England are as diligent and prudent on training for lower tackle height as they attest.
Defence coach Kevin Sinfield and Borthwick were hailed for delivering industry standard player welfare and tackle training initiatives during their time at Leicester.
Sinfield has defended Farrell's high tackle on Wales's Taine Basham as one rogue hit in some 2,000 challenges.
And yet, zero tolerance has no error margin, and entirely by design. Vunipola, meanwhile, can hardly deliver a low-impact collision, such is his size and power, yet Courtney Lawes is far taller, every bit as powerful, but routinely hits low, hard and legal.
Biomechanics are, granted, hardly that reductive, but Test players across the world have recalibrated.
Every area of England's game requires total improvement.
They have scored just 15 tries and leaked 27 in Borthwick's eight matches in charge.
Ireland ran in five of those on Saturday, as Bundee Aki, Garry Ringrose, James Lowe, Mack Hansen and Keith Earls showed England how it can be done.
Kyle Sinckler shunted home for England's only try at Dublin's Aviva Stadium, stretching their barren run of no back crossing the whitewash to a staggering five hours and 53 minutes.
So, England are left clutching at straws and celebrating the small wins, but even this basic psychological technique has reached cringeworthy proportions.
Multiple fist-pumps to toast crooked lineouts and other unforced errors from their opponents continues to be some choice.
England obviously do not see the problem with it, but here is the real take: rugby will always revolve around earning the right to do anything.
Earn the right to go wide by first breaking the gainline.
Earn the right to celebrate through substantive, positive action.
England's overly-animated celebrations used to wind up the opposition, but now other teams hardly seem to even notice.
