Patrick Swayze
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May 19, 1989 · Road House: Directed by Rowdy Herrington. With Patrick Swayze, Kelly Lynch, Sam Elliott, Ben Gazzara. A bouncer hired to clean up the baddest honkytonk in a Missouri town. Armed with a black belt in karate and a degree in philosophy, Patrick Swayze sets out to tame the Double Deuce for its owner.
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- Action, Thriller
- Rowdy Herrington
- 1989-05-19
Apr 7, 2024 · Although there are many things the 2024 Road House remake leaves out from the original 1989 movie, it does include counterparts for most of the bad guys. The original Road House's main antagonist is Brad Wesley (Ben Gazzara), an older, wealthy business magnate and crime lord.
- Road House Is About The Nature of Violence
- Dalton's Rules Are Important to Him
- Dalton Would Rather Be A Pacifist
Summoned to clean up the ultra rowdy Double Deuce, Dalton's arrival is greeted by the employees of the club as the arrival of a legend and savior at the same time. Requiring a chicken-wire mesh to protect the band playing in the club, the Double Deuce's employees resign themselves to nightly brawls and are at the end of their collective rope by the...
The rules Dalton lays out don't just come from his understanding of how best to de-escalate conflicts, but from the one time in his past when he had to use lethal force. Employees of the Double Deuce whisper to one another the legend that Dalton once ripped a man's throat out, but Dalton holds far more guilt than pride in his mythical lethality. La...
Despite Dalton's rules and the approach he takes to stomping out fights in the Double Deuce as quickly as possible, Road Houseshows he still has his limits when Wesley clamps down on Jasper. After being pushed to his breaking point, the legend of Dalton is given a bloody confirmation when he tears out the throat of Wesley's henchman Jimmy. As Dalto...
Mar 9, 2024 · The kind of film in which the hero does tai chi, reads philosophy and coos Zen koans like “Pain don’t hurt,” and the bad guy utters bon mots like, “I used to fuck guys like you in prison ...
- David Fear
Mar 26, 2024 · In the final scenes of Road House, the business owners Wesley had been tyrannizing for the entire film banded together and shot him dead. The main reason that was possible was because of Dalton's rampage, as he wiped out all of Wesley's hired guns, clearing the way to the man himself .
- Rowdy Herrington
- Star Wars, Movie & TV Senior Writer
- Patrick Swayze
Road House is a 1989 American action film directed by Rowdy Herrington and produced by Joel Silver. The film stars Patrick Swayze, Ben Gazzara, Kelly Lynch and Sam Elliott. In the film, a bouncer at a newly refurbished roadside bar protects a small town in Missouri from a corrupt businessman.
Mar 21, 2024 · Major spoilers ahead. Prime Video. Road House ending makes a big change for Dalton. When the bad guys destroy the local bookshop, sending owner Stephen (Kevin Carroll) and his teenage daughter...
