Road House | | Cast : | Patrick Swayze, Kelly Lynch | | Director : | Rowdy Herrington | | Studio : | MGM/UA Video | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | May 19, 1989 | | DVD Released Date : | February 04, 2003 | | Language : | Spanish (Dubbed), French (Subtitled), English (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), English (Original Language), French (Original Language), Spanish (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | R (Restricted) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
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| Rating |  | | Date | July 06, 2005 | | Summary | THE NAME...IS DALTON | Content
 | What we have here is a big ol' slice of cheese from the 80's in the form of the Patrick Swayze vehicle "Road House". Back in the late 80's, Patrick Swayze was riding a wave of popularity that even HE didn't maybe expect, thanks to his role as Johnny Castle in "Dirty Dancing". Movies like this weren't meant to be Oscar winners, they were meant for basically what it amounts to, which is a couple hours of brainless fun.
Swayze plays "Dalton" (not sure if that's his first or last name, that's all he goes by), a COOLER, mind you, not just a bouncer, who more or less specializes in cleaning up the worst bars and makes them respectable establishments. Dalton gets paid ungodly sums of money, almost unrealistic amounts as you will find out about, to perform this feat. Dalton is paid a visit by a seedy looking guy named Tilghman, who hires him to help clean up the "Double Deuce", which is nothing more than a massive toilet that serves booze and a whole lotta trouble.
Dalton makes it to the Double Deuce, and starts to "take out the trash". What Dalton was unaware of, which is mysteriously never explained to him by Tilghman prior to his hiring, is that all of the businesses in town, including the Double Deuce, pays extortion money to the town kingpin Brad Wesley. Dalton fires a bartender who was "skimming the till", which apparently is bar slang for pocketing money from the register. This is how the Double Deuce was fleeced. And wouldn't you know it, the bartender is Brad Wesleys nephew!
Now. A normal person would have quit and moved on, but Dalton meets the sexy town doctor, and begins a relationship with her. Dalton eventually learns that she was once romantically involved with none other than Brad Wesley. What a small town!
So, thus begins the jealous battle between her ex-lover Wesley and the new guy threatening his stronghold over the town, Dalton. A great cameo by Sam Elliott as Daltons mentor and best friend Wade Garrett makes for good chemistry and drives what story there is along. The music is great, mainly featuring The Jeff Healey Band.
This is actually a pretty good movie, and entertaining right up until the predictible violent ending. Dalton slowly lets Wesley push his buttons until he blows a gasket and speeds to Wesley's compound to chew bubble gum and kick butt, but runs out of bubble gum on the way.
This isn't by any means a "MUST SEE" movie, but it has it's moments, and for the cheap price, its not a bad movie for your collection. AND...for you ladies, there's a naked butt shot of Swayze. Let me tell you something, if I was a woman and found that sort of thing attractive, well, I guess that would be a good thing. But I'm not, and I don't! |
| Rating | | | Date | May 16, 2005 | | Summary | I love this movie! | Content
| This is the greatest movie I own. It has everything you could ever want in it. Fighting, boozing, strippers, blowed up buildings and a monster truck. There is also a character who looks like the poor-man's Patrick Duffy and he gets his throat ripped out by a sweaty Patrick Swayze. The best part about this movie is that it makes no logical sense and you will understand that when you watch it. And you should watch it. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 30, 2005 | | Summary | Good movie | Content
| Ptrick swayze shown in this movie he had enough talent to look like a very tough man, puting order where there's disorder and chaos. A weak plot for the movie for but with good acting a dn good direction, and not a bad script. This is a real "must-have" movie, for those who like action, trhiller and plenty of pretty women. And remember the MPS. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 28, 2005 | | Summary | Incredibly bad, but somewhat redeemable | Content
| Yes, you read that title right. From the moment Road House opens, you know that you are watching not only one of the worst action movies ever made, but one of the most unbelieveable and incredibly mind numbing movies ever made as well. Yet, there's something about it all that makes it a guilty pleasure for those who use the term "suspension of disbelief" rather loosely. Patrick Swayze (and he wonders why his career went downhill) plays the new bouncer in town who runs a foul of the local crime boss (Ben Gazzara). For the story, that's pretty much it, along with Kelly Lynch in a role where she seems to be the only person who isn't brain dead, and poor Sam Elliot as Swayze's old friend who drops by to help kick some redneck butt. Incredibly unbelieveable in the ultimate sense of the term, Road House is one of those movies that have to be seen to see just how bad it really is, but for pure escapists only, it can be a bit of a guilty pleasure. |
| Rating | | | Date | March 15, 2005 | | Summary | Please come clean up my local bar! | Content
| Who can resist a movie with action, one-liners, and most of all Sam Elliott and Patrick Swayze?
I don't know a person that has seen it and hated it, but some did dislike certain things about it. You have to appreciate the 80's action to appreciate the movie, which I do.
And who can resist the loveable character Red? Who didn't cheer and jump around like you're playing nintendo in the last fight scene. Well I did:) |
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