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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.
OK, this isn't Oscar material, it garnered six Razzie nominations instead. The acting leaves a lot to be desired, and the dialog is pure corn, but it fills the "guilty pleasure" category like a glove. While others like Dirty Dancing, this movie will always define Patrick Swayze to me.
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
The review. Silly, yet plays it straight, and everyone involved knows exactly the type of genre-pleaser they’re making... aspires to be nothing more and nothing less than a goofy experiment in...
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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...
