Referenced by...: Robert De Niropublicly beating an underling to death with a baseball bat, in front of a shocked audience, have it's share of references.
Cop on a Mission have a mob meeting between some triads, the leader, played by Eric Tsang, beating an underling to death with a beer bottle, while chuckling all the way imitating DeNiro's demenour.
Super Cop on the other hand uses a "durian", note A Malaysian fruit with a hard, spiky shell