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Road House. Roger Ebert May 19, 1989. Tweet. Now streaming on: Powered by JustWatch. The guiding spirit of "Road House" can be glimpsed in one particular scene, which is set in the trophy room of an evil sadist who holds a helpless town in his iron grasp.
60% Tomatometer 198 Reviews 53% Audience Score 2,500+ Ratings In this adrenaline-fueled reimagining of the 80s cult classic, ex-UFC fighter Dalton (Jake Gyllenhaal) takes a job as a bouncer at a...
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- Doug Liman
- R
- Jake Gyllenhaal
Road House (1989) is my personal favorite number 1 film from Patrick Swayze. This film stands alone as Patrick Swayze's best work in my opinion. It is an action classic that I grew up with it, I am a fan of Patrick Swayze and I can say it is his best action film!
Whether Road House is simply bad or so bad it's good depends largely on the audience's fondness for Swayze -- and tolerance for violently cheesy action. Read Critics Reviews
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- Rowdy Herrington
- R
- Patrick Swayze
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
104 out of 122 found this helpful. Was this review helpful? Sign in to vote. Permalink. 10/10. And just think: Morgan Freeman and Miss Daisy drove away with the Oscar that year! TOMASBBloodhound 14 November 2004. What brilliant trash this film is! It works absolutely every time!
The true heart of Road House taps into that peculiar, romanticized atmosphere of the Wild West: two dangerously violent-yet-soft-spoken, Southern-gentlemanly alphas, trading war stories and...
