I really can't understand why so many people are hating on this movie. I understand if you think it's not a great movie but it certainly isn't horrible. I question your joy for movies if you say you can't even have fun watching it. 6/10 for me.
I thought the action was great, the callbacks to the og were really nice and subtle (not like those obvious ones that throw the movie off), and it was just a fun movie to watch.
Here's my pros (Excluding above for the most part)
1. I loved what they changed from the original and how they did it. Ex-UFC fighter, book store family, etc. I felt it worked well with the story.
The characters felt like they were real individuals. They all felt like their own. Even each biker felt like even though they were the baddies, they had their own thoughts. Especially the funny nice guy. Sorry to say, unlike the og. The bad guys mostly felt generic with a few solid ones and the barmembers were mostly there to fill slots besides a few.
I loved how Dalton was teaching the other's how to handle their clients. In the original, it was more of "just be nice until things get rough" but this one was slowly teaching them how to be rough when needed.
And even though Connor's acting isn't great.. He was a blast to watch. Absolutely hilarious.
Even though the ending was very Hollywood action film, it was still way less corny than the og ending.
Now for cons:
1. The storyline isn't fantastic, nothing to really complain about though.
Sadly, acting wasn't phenomenal across the board (except Jake ofc)
Even though Dalton killing that dude was sick and clearly his anger showed, I wish there was a more wild scene with him going nuts till he controlled himself. Like he did in the Octagon but actually stops himself. He was a beast during the fights but that rage wasn't quite there to bring the story home.
Honestly I really liked the look of this trailer until mcgregor came on the screen
It's enjoyable, and that's all there is to it. There's some adventure in it, decent action. It's not a quality movie, which I think is unusual when Jake Gyllenhaal plays in one. It's not mentally stimulating. It's just fun to watch with almost no depth.
I mean I could watch a jacked and topless Jake Gyllenhaal forever don’t get me wrong - but what on earth happened in the water, did Michael Bay take over from there?!
All of you people out there having a meltdown over this movie makes me laugh. What are you expecting? Oscar material? Get a grip. You all need a hug? Good thing opinions are like assholes, everyone has one. I went into this because I like Jake plain and simple. Knock yourselves out whiners.
Everything's been said already but what makes the movie even more unwatchable is the awful camera work. Doug is not a filmmaker that's known for his subtle directing but this felt like it was directed by someone with ADD.
Absurdly and laughably bad times and enjoyably fun at times. It's dumb as hell, and even the crew knows it but there seems to be no effort to make it at least mildly tolerable. Jake Gyllenhaal looks like he doesn't even wanna be there half the time and this is definitely not his type of movie. While McGregor looks like he had the most fun in set, his performance is nothing short of terrible, with puns that don't even land and outrageous line delivery.
Christ almighty, what a catastrophic mess.
If you ignore that it is a remake, then it is an overblown, generic, piss-poor CGI laden, irredeemable, straight-to-streaming pile of crap.
Add in that it is meant to be a remake of a cheap-but-lovable 80s classic and it takes on a sinister twist.
Suddenly the lead character is a psychopath who kills for any old reason, not to mention waits until the bar he is hired to protect is smashed to smithereens before intervening, and is plagued with a sketchy set of morals.
And the equally homicidal nemesis this time isn't genuinely fearful, he's a cartoon steroid rooster with a terrible set of veneers. Oh and he can't act his way out of a paper bag. And he's playing himself - which is, in case you haven't worked it out, a total prick with an arrogance problem.
It's an insult to the viewers from start to finish. From the first "oh look I just got stabbed and the blade is sticking out of me, isn't that something" to the final killing spree with 180-degree changes of behaviour from all involved... It's just a pointless tedious exercise.
None of the charm of the original exists. None of the peril. None of the character.
Hollywood and Amazon should be rightfully ashamed.
I actually enjoyed this movie more than I expected.
On the woke meter: acceptable.
Really nice movie until McGregor shows up.
Haven't seen anything this bad since Matrix Resurrections. Do yourself a favour and watch the original with Swayze.
Yeah, this could have been a comic book but it was actually ok-ish. The past weeks I’ve quit so many movies and shows after the first hour, that this has been one of the better ones.
I guess it’s the writer strike - so much :poop: coming out these days
Swayze Roadhouse>Peter Griffin Roadhouse>New Roadhouse ppphhhfffrrrttt
A very nice and sincere production. Entertainment is at its peak. The action pattern is very delicious. The lead role is already legendary. Definitely watch it. Not that, this guy loves walking around naked. :joy::joy:Thank you for your efforts, it has been added to my favorites.
If you're looking for a no thought action movie, this will fit the bill.
Paper thin plot, just dumb action fun.
Connor Macgregor was funny as the evil foil for Jake G - worth the price of admission alone...bare ass aside! :wink:
Story didn't make sense in 1989, and it don't make sense in 2024. It's just silly fun and I don't mind that.
God help me for saying this - Thank f*ck for McGregor, he brought that extra little something this movie needed, it would be bland without a crazy bad guy.
The good- jake gyllenhaal, the fight scenes, and the set in general.
The bad - everything else, basically.
the writing and dialogue are mostly odd, or it is just how people be in florida?
the acting of most of the characters is just bad. storyline just dont make sense at some points.
Verdict: Good time -passer if you don't expect anything special from it, it has some moments, but i believe it will be mostly forgotten
PS: I didn't watch the original
This was better than expected. 8/10.
Stay through the credits. Cut scenes were added to the final credits.
This thing is painful to watch lmao, here is a dialog from the movie:
-fuckity fuckiti fuck fuck
-fuck bitch fuckito fuckty get the fuck
An easy movie to turn your brain off to and enjoy. The fights were fun to watch, the simple jokes kept it light, and the music was fun all while in a scenic place. I wasn't looking for some heart wrenching masterpiece when i came into this and i haven't seen the original so i didn't have some crazy expectation of the movie. Overall a decent experience.
What.
Watching the third act - I imagine this is what it feels like having a stroke. Surreal.
It could have been a nice and very entertaining movie, because there is a place for a simple plot with a little over-the-top action. But the unnecessary amount of cgi is just absurd, and painfully obvious! It's in the sky, on simple stunts, on fights? Why have these two on your payroll and then add cgi over them and the fight? And the camara angles? Constantly moving and cutting the fight sequence. Less is more people, you and your "cgi in everything" philosophy ruin what could be a perfectly nice, simple not to many braincells needed movie.
It's a popcorn flick movie .. good old action.Jake Gyllenhaal is lowering his standard.. doing this type of movie ..but he worked hard, though
I have rarely seen such a bad remake. The whole movie looks like all the scenes have been lovelessly strung together. The dialogs are worse than in action movies from the 1980s. And why do all the actors grin stupidly into the camera for almost the entire movie?
And as if all this wasn't embarrassing enough, Conor McGregor is on top of it all. He walks around with his legs wide apart the whole time and grins even more stupidly than everyone else. That's probably what happens when you get too many blows to the head.
It's incomprehensible why Gyllenhaal would put himself forward for such crap.
A shame for the memory of Patrick Swayze, he would turn over in his grave if he had to see this movie.
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I think the controversy with the director being angry that the film didn't get a theatrical release was probably a set up to get some free publicity. Doug Liman doesn't seem that stupid from what I've seen so even though it appears to be shot for the big screen, why would he care that much. He later when to the only theatre screening at the premier with the cast and said that he admitted he had lost so he wanted to be with the cast and crew to see it on the big screen. If he was genuinely so proud of this then he's just another hack.
Pretty much everyone is miscast in this film but that's not the worst aspect of it. I like Gyllenhaal but he's too nice so he didn't have the right vibe and wasn't able to make the transition to let his demons surface when his character arc called for it. McGregor has a certain quality that could have worked if he was able to be directed better and Doug Liman was discerning enough as a director to use his film making skills to mould the film around the capabilities of a non-professional like Connor. Maybe McGregor will do another film with a better director and he will surprise everyone (probably not, but maybe). Billy Magnussen didn't have the screen presence to play the head honcho and when he is sharing the screen with experienced bad guy actor Joaquim de Almeida, it makes it even more obvious. Daniela Melchior is clearly very attractive but it seemed like they deliberately make he look much more plain and the light romantic plot never really rang true.
Arturo Castro was actually the one actor who I felt came out looking good. He played the charmingly foolish Moe quite well.
I didn't expect so many people to be complaining about the editing effects in the fights, I thought they were bad but I guess I underestimated how many viewers are turned into that stuff these days. Early in the film they tried to use digital effects to make some head punches look more realistic and later they just went a bit nuts in the edit. Whether they were trying to mask failings in how they shot it or planned the effects is unclear. It was a dog's breakfast either way. When you have a lead that has put in so much work to get ready for the role and his main adversary is played by a real fighter, how does a director think that their fights will look better if augmented with special effects?
The "emotional" turns of the film fell flat and as a result Dalton's actions lacked the required motivation to make them ring true. He is unbelievably calm in every fight even having conversations about how his opponents will need medical care before he has even started beating them. This seems like it would be cocky and facetious but Dalton then shows that he cares about the well being of these thugs. When his "big" secret is revealed it doesn't ring true that the Dalton we are watching was once the guy described. The fact that even when he lets his demons loose he still acts with the same calm demeanor and never really seems to lose control
Road House! First of all, got nothing on the original but I still enjoyed to what it was maybe because of Jake Gyllenhaal... Yeah that was the main reason because the rest of the cast and plot....yeah lets not talk about that and not gonna name and shame anyone like Conor Mcgregor... Well I've said it now, why was he in the film? That's all I'm gonna say about that. Without Jake Gyllenhall this film is nothing.
I enjoyed most of the silliness but the effects on the fights really drags this down. The biggest sin the movie commits is it seems to be building up to a completely unhinged Dalton and never fully delivers. Also why do they feel like they need to make shit so complicated?
The scenes where the guys are kicking and punching the shit out of each other are great. Everything in between is boring and shit.
Don't lie to yourselves, it's a really bad action movie.
in one sentence: made for modern audiences.
in one word: stupid.
This version is good, lots of action... although I prefer Patrick's :thinking:
Not a patch on the original. I didn't mind the character of Dalton but Conor McGregor is just a big no from me. Looked like an animated popeye and he definitely can't act. This is fairly tongue in cheek throughout and then with McGregor borders on the ridiculous.
LOL, Knox is crazy ! Watch the hospital scene at the end.
Did anybody found the new song 'Horsepower' by Post Malon? Can't find it anywhere.
Laughably dumb. More of an action comedy than anything with McGregor walking around tensing his arms. I feel sorry for Gyllenhaal considering his acting chops.
I'm probably too aged for this type of movie. Nothing new in the scenography, scene and story already viewed in hundreds of films. The hero, the bad, the mad, the corrupt and the girl, there's all you expect.
While not as good as the original, I still enjoyed this quite a bit. It is a decent remake that modernizes this story quite a bit. Getting it "free" on Prime definitely increases its overall appeal in my opinion.
Rating: 3/5 - 75% - Worth Watching
McGregor ruined anything marginally OK about this movie. Was he high the entire time? He was billed as a psycho, but he was simply a clown. He’s a lock in for a raspberry.
It would be ok if they were not trying to remake Roadhouse. It’s either too dark or they got some weird action cam style that makes following the action confusing.
The only enjoyable part is watching Connor McGregor chew through scenes and act like he doesn’t give a shit probably because he doesn’t.
Jake was great, action was fun.
Don't think whatever double/make-up/cgi they had to do to make Conor look like he can tan was worth it. Just hire someone else that doesn't have temper tantrums and punch elderly men in the face on their days off, how about? I didn't know it was Conor until the credits rolled honestly because I thought that guy was getting a senior discount at iHop already.
Silly film wanted to know more about the main character other then he killed his friend. Good fight scenes and some really bad puns from mcgregor. Can't stand the guy.
Is this a reboot of the Patrick Swazye movie? What a strange choice
Level "Zurullo" • 4 :heart: • Not recommended.
I quite liked this for the first hour or so (until McGregor showed up — the dude’s acting/character is just as shit as he is a person). McGregor’s character is so weird and outlandish for this movie’s setting — it’s very distracting and awkward.
Speaking of distracting and awkward, those fight scenes… yikes. The fight scenes are CGI enhanced to make the takes and camera whips seem like they’re one giant piece, but the physics/weight of the people/objects are off, so it’s noticeable fake and super distracting. Also, the backgrounds do not mesh seamlessly with the actors in these CGI action scenes. They try to get too cute with the faux camera flourishes and it makes for some of the worst recorded action I’ve seen in a minute.
:heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart::heart: - Great popcorn film, really enjoyed this one! Jake Gyllenhaal was fantastic, as usual, & was a totally believable badass. This film shouldn’t be taken seriously, otherwise you won't enjoy
10:heart:- Masterpiece :100:
9:heart:- Excellent
8:heart: - Amazing :ok_hand:
7:heart:- Great :sun_with_face:
6:heart: - Good :thumbsup:
5:heart: - Average :head_bandage:
4:heart: - Bad but watchable :octagonal_sign:
3:heart: - Bad :sob:
2:rage:- Awful :face_vomiting:
1:face_with_symbols_over_mouth: - Bull Shit
Virgil is still a coward for what he did
This was incredibly entertaining. I love Jake and hate Conor, and i enjoyed the 2 hrs thoroughly.
There is nothing better than the cult classic original!!!
I did watch this hoping for a lot better, that's about all I can say about it.
Like someone else said, I too, feel sorry for Gyllenhaal. His agent needs to find him better characters to play!
A classic that's now a victim of the modern age of lazy writing, laughable acting, and diversity hires. Swapping a lot of the characters for black or female ones for no reason adds nothing, especially if the actors/actresses can't act. The writers of this should maybe quit, I can't understand why those people go on strike for more money: they clearly don't deserve it. After 10 minutes I wanted to turn this off and ask for my prime money back if this is what they are spending it on. The attempt to make it current falls way short of the mark.
This film is surpassed by hallmark tv movies. It's just awful and I don't want to waste anymore time thinking about it. Awful
Great movie except mc Greggor. I think he really is a bad actor and made the movie nonsensical. Reminded me of some retarded Austin powers character. Really loved Dalton beating up bad guys though. All in all very amusing movie.
Don't waste your time.
This movie was a bit of a mess. Stick to the original. That’s all I’m gonna say about it…
is it just me or this movie has bad cgi and predictable story :sob::heart:, kinda entertaining tho idk i like jake gyllenhaal's movies
Didn’t finish it was that bad
old routine story, but good n sleek action bits.
Okay so this is hard to describe, but who would just think of casting McGregor in a movie? Or better yet, who cares if 90% of people hate him? And another question, why is the background of the main "hero" of the film the UFC? When in the end it had nothing to do with the movie at all?
To me, it's like when there was originally supposed to be a movie that was going to be about the UFC and suddenly someone decided it wasn't. It seems to me that even Jake was working on himself for the UFC movie and not for this. And the marketing was about the UFC too, right? There's pictures everywhere from the octagon shoot, etc.
There's no point in commenting on the film any further. I wouldn't write anything that hasn't already been said by others here. I just agree 100% that it's a disgrace and you're better off watching the original movie with Patrick Swayze and enjoying a nostalgic 90's action movie.
It is good...
But it's also cliché, it's expected, the action is ok....
The characters are typical...
Mcgregor was good, he acted like himself, the way he walked.... Lol
The scene when he kills the 1st one, like it was really dumb how he starts killing....
It lasted too long for the little story that was there....
The villain was laughable, in the end I think Mcgregor was the one who put up more of a fight and didn't show up that much.....
The typical kiss scene was very zzz....
The action was very fictional (normal in these movies)...
And the scene of the sheriff, being the father of the protagonist's love interest, ª you could see it coming....
It had action but lacked story...
I don't think I'll see it again...
But it's good to kill time...
Rated a Connor 5, normal 7.2
Despite the bad reviews this movie is very enjoyable.
It was super boring for me, very predictable. The action scenes are pretty good but nothing over the top you will remember for. The character of Jake was cliche... Connor on the other side did a good job, cheesy villain but work for me
Road House - :heart:x6
Not a horrible remake but also not that great. The original is definitely better tho. McGregor needs to take a few more acting lessons - he was way over the top. It's got some good fight scenes, a band that keeps playing on and on no matter what (lol), and beautiful scenery.
How I rate:
1-3 :heart: = seriously! don't waste your time
4-6 :heart: = you may or may not enjoy this
7-8 :heart: = I expect you will like this too
9-10 :heart: = movies and TV shows I really love!
so bad that you can't even laugh at it, actually a painful cringe watch
When it shrugs off the image of it's predecessor and lets Gyllenhaal do his trademark psychopath routine, Road House is an enjoyable, if a little silly and tonally inconsistent, action romp. McGregor dances on the line of so-bad-he's-good for most of the runtime, but ultimately comes off a little corny, even for this kind of movie. Not bad overall, but I think the overt 80's charm of the original still wins out when compared.
Too Wong Foo is like the only Patrick Swayze movie not to be remade. Jake Gyllenhaal In Jack Reacher mode is what this has going for it at least. Throw in an over the top bad ass Conor Mcgregor.
Though this remake is still unnecessary. It’s at least not Point Break remake or Red Dawn remake like bad. Since I just saw the original for the first time. I got deja-vu despite how different some things are.
Even if UFC probably wasn’t a thing then when the 1989 movie came out. The film has the macho 80’s cheesiness. It just works less 35 years later.
I admit the film did win me over by the end. It just doesn’t leave you with much, romance wise.
I have seen some complains about the movie being woke. It adds a little more diversity and that’s it. The film definitely never loses its macho aspect. The original is just more sleazy.
Just watched this "Road House" remake, and oh boy, where do I even start? The original with Patrick Swayze was an absolute gem, right? That mix of 80s grit, charm, and Swayze's undeniable cool made it iconic. But this 2024 version with Jake Gyllenhaal... I feel they missed what made the original so special.
Gyllenhaal tries his best, sure, but the whole thing feels like it's stuck in a weird limbo between wanting to pay homage and trying to be something new, and it just doesn't gel. The action scenes, which should be the highlight, feel like they've been zapped straight out of a video game with all that CGI. Remember the raw, in-your-face brawls from the original? This one's got none of that visceral punch.
And Conor McGregor as the villain... I mean, I like the guy, but acting might not be his calling. It's like watching a tiger trying to moonwalk - amusing but ultimately you wish it would stop. His character's like a cartoon villain but without the charm.And what’s with that walk? Cringey as F.
The whole thing just feels like a missed opportunity. They had the chance to build on the original's legacy but ended up with something that's more forgettable than memorable. There's a reason classics are classics, and some shoes are just too big to fill, I guess.
I liked the movie…. It was fast, intense and I love Connor Mcgregor….. I recommend this movie…. Intense!… I remember Billy Magnussen from As a the World Turns…I always liked him and thought he did a great job…. Music not as good as 1989…. Jeff Healy was awesome but it is a great watch.
I don't expect people who didn't like 80 movies to like it, It's simple, Just old school fight scenes. If you are looking for a complicated indepth movie. This is not it. If you just want an all around just a bunch of brawls old school way then this is your movie.
The title is the only thing shared with the original. This was a hodgepodge of elements fused together to make a bad movie. You know...a Joel Silver movie!
The first twenty minutes was tolerable, after that it be became a real "S" show.
Annoying and boring. Almost nothing happens, but when something does, it's cringe to the point it annoys you. The characters were annoying, and everything was mediorce. I expected it to be honest, but I think I expected a bit more. I haven't watched the original, but I know it has to be 10x better than this. The fights were cool, but it's a fighting movie, so it had to be somewhat good, and the locations were cool, but the characters ruined them. I forced my way through the first half just to see how bad Mcgregors acting was, and I tried to stay for the one sided laughs. Average at best.
Somebody obviously thought it was a good idea to say hey, let’s go to Florida and punch each other for two hours and destroy stuff
The original had way more taste, and a better storyline
I only watched this to kill time.
Jake’s body deserved a 9+.
MacGregor a -2.
The movie only a 5
Please keep McGregor away from movies.
It’s unlikely that it was needed, a remake of an old movie, which looks like a representative of a completely different art form. Well, or like McGregor and stuntmen in the roles of other bad guys. Different leagues. The pumped-up Gyllenhaal has nothing to play here. Just beautiful fights at the edge of the surf, not a film
This movie was frikin' awesome. One of the most entertaining movies I've seen so far this year.
As an added bonus, I found out there were two older movies in the franchise. The first one starring Patrick Swayze. I need to watch those.
A fun 7 Samurai kind of movie, with Jake Gyllenhaal.
Good action and comedy entertainment.
Film 136 (Goal: 300) of 2024:
I actually enjoyed this. I had no expectations and I had no real connection to the original, which I've only ever seen once. Jake Gyllenhaal is really well cast here, and is fantastic in anchoring this film. Connor McGregor is an interesting casting. At times he's really captivating and at times he's extremely over the top, which may just be Connor being Connor. But even when he is overly gleeful, he's still working within the framework of the craziness of this world that Road House has set up.
Despite all that, Road House loses it's way by the 3rd act, where it starts to feel a little bit like the relatively recent Point Break remake. It's focus is gone and things start to border on unbelievable. The good outweighs the bad and Road House is enjoyable enough fare for a streaming release but ultimately, it's going to be forgettable within a few weeks.
And the Razzie Goes to Conor McGregor!
The writing is abysmal, the story telling is lacking and in a bad order (Start: why do people know who this guy is? He is entering fights using his reputation to scare his opponents, later: explains to us he was a UFC fighter, even later: the main character asks why everyone knows who he is. Huh?).
The band protected from glass bottles etc via chickenwire in 2024? Since covid every corner shop has had better protection than what that band was given. After the guy yells bar fight and people start randomly attacking each other you see people on the boats hanging from the roof...
The action was the only thing this had left going for it and what do we get blessed with? A ton of subpar CGI effects, impact zooms on pretty much every single punch and obvious no contact. Why didn't they just get some bareknuckle fighters to actually hit each other for the fight scenes? Wrestling is more believable than the hits in this movie.
Just another case of the remake being terrible.
Arturo Castro aka Moe, was a stand out character that actually made an impact to this movie. The bar owner, love interest, sheriff, bad guy all weakly scripted.
It should be called "I'd Rather Kill myself That Watch this BS"
As bad as expected. Light action movie, mediocre acting, and simplistic plot. McGregor, like an up and coming Hollywood harlot, was stripped twice in movie. His acting was way overboard and unnatural, but i've seen worse performances by actors who've been doing it for years.
An absolute batshit movie, funny as hell and a lot of punching. Some real good action spots and McGregor is just in another league here. Actually just a great, fun movie.
Disappointing remake of the classic Road House. Too much shaky-close cam fight scenes, 2 unnecessary girlbosses, unstable lunatic hero's behavior and over dramatic story twists.
I still prefer 1989 R9ad House.
Watched the og last night and it although it was better this does have some decent moments. Gyllenhaal is absolutely slumming it here, but has fun with it and elevates what could have been a far worse production. I enjoyed some aspects of the fight scenes, but wasn't digging the strange CGI videogame mode they went into at times. As a McGregor fan on his come up in the UFC it was fun to see him make his debut. He played the psycho baddie pretty well all things considered. Fun, b movie 6.4.
Loved this so much. Great fun watch
Doug Liman should be embarrassed. Road House fails on almost every level. The writing is bad, the effects are poor, and the acting is terrible. Even Jake Gyllenhaal gives Corey Feldman vibes.
That was fun, but definitely dumb. Jake Gyllenhaal elevates a very weak script and Conor McGregor was a delight to see in the movie. I don’t know if he can act, but I enjoyed him in the role. My main problem with the movie is that I can get behind a silly not serious film. What I can’t get behind is something that is really shittly edited and has some god awful CGI. I don’t regret watching and had fun during the viewing, but I don’t think I’ll think about this movie again. If it was between a sequel to this movie or Conor McGregor fighting the UFC again. I would pick fighting in the UFC every single time.
Jake Gyllenhaal was the best part of this movie, the rest of the cast was weak, and Conor McGregor can't act at all, he's the same asshole as he is in real life, but even more exaggerated with that ridiculous monkey walk.
The story itself is also kinda meh, and even though movie goes on for two hours, surprisingly there are not so many action, it could be 20-30 minutes shorter easily.
The very first fight outside of the bar with the bunch of bad guys, all that nice talk and precautions and asking about where the nearest hospital is, all that behaviour and scene itself - just copy pasted from Reacher, both from the Tom Hanks movie and the show.
Even though the fights choreography is not the greatest part of the original movie compare to the modern standards, the original movie itself is way better than this by all other metrics.
But the action was okay to watch so I give it probably more than it deserves.
It could be a good movie, but it took a cartoonish turn, made a joke out of itself, and went downhill so fast. Btw who the hell was that gorilla maniac? Why?
Despite its numerous flaws, the 2024 remake of "Road House" is entertaining trash. It is thus on par with the original, even if the new film may lack some of the charm of the 1989 version. Don't get me wrong, Jake Gyllenhaal is an excellent actor, but Patrick Swayze was made for this type of movie. The whole UFC background for Gyllenhaal's character, Elwood Dalton, was a good idea, though.
Still, you better turn your brain off when watching "Road House," because it's a consistently stupid movie. This is particularly evident in Conor McGregor's Knox, who significantly overshoots the mark. McGregor clearly had fun with the role, and this is partly transferred to the audience. However, he is not a performer who is even remotely blessed with acting talent.
It should certainly not go unmentioned that the entertainment value of the film diminishes over time. The opening is still really successful, and when Gyllenhaal deals out the first slaps, it really makes a splash. The finale, on the other hand, is pretty boring. Then the technical flaws, of which the film has a few, become much more obvious. However, as previously stated, it is entertaining overall. Perhaps you should watch it with a group of friends, though.
An okay movie but not a patch on the original. Connor's terrible character aside the thing I hated the most was the strange camera work during fights. Camera would be blurry and shaky during fights especially where connections happened and the body cam stuff didn't work, it was just off putting
Casting was really bad and unnatural. I'm not sure what they were even going for. It was just a really awkward movie. It was entertaining, but it could have been so much more.
Half decent film with some okay fight scenes, what really turned me off was the Mcgregor scenes.
The post credit scene was not needed. Clearly done to let them bring that certain character back in a sequel or spin-off.
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Review by JordyVIP 8BlockedParent2024-03-21T11:51:00Z
For something that tries to be as dumb and meatheaded as possible, this is quite boring. There’s an art to making a good bad movie and filmmakers seem so clueless whenever these are attempted nowadays. Most of the people involved probably weren’t coked-up enough to make the end result entertaining, unlike when these were made in the 80s. Take Jake Gyllenhaal, he’s obviously a great actor but someone who’s way too introverted for this type of material. By comparison, Conor McGregor fits this movie like a glove and he’s easily the most entertaining part by playing the same persona we’ve become accustomed to over the years (even if the performance is obviously quite terrible). As far as I’m concerned, his introduction scene is the only memorable thing about the movie, it’s this moment where the movie very briefly finds the right tone. The rest of the film is surprisingly bland and tame. Sure, the throwaway characters, simple story and terrible dialogue were all a given, but even the set pieces aren’t memorable as they’re often poorly staged and lacking in viscera. Someone gets eaten by a crocodile and we don’t even get to see it, the background extras during the big bar fights look amateurish and the choreography/stuntwork (besides a decent final fight) is often way too dull. The 80s, GTA Vice City aesthetic that’s promised by the poster doesn’t show up, most of this film has no visual personality. Then there’s the music, which might just be the worst thing about all of this. Right from the opening scene we’re met with auditory vomit courtesy of a cameoing Post Malone, following that there are occasional musical interludes that don’t complement the vibe of the film and on top of that score is filled with the type of ‘badass’ guitar riffing found in car commercials. None of it works in harmony, and I don’t get who it’s targeting. Much like the rest of the film I needed more wild energy for it to work, as the overall experience feels too much like camp by committee.
2/10