Road House
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Movie Reviews of Road House
Movie Review: A Real Classic
Summary: 5 Stars
Roadhouse is one of those movies that everyone should take time out to watch. Patrick Swayze is great as Dalton, the philosphical but redoutable bouncer. Crusty Sam Elliott is great, as is beautiful Kelly Lynch as the small town doctor. And iconic actor Ben Gazzara gives one of his best performances as a sociopathic heel who has enough money to think he can run roughshod over the town's decent folks. With its simple, pared-down plot and the gorgeous stars populating its sets, Roadhouse sort of harkens back to the old Elvis Presely movies of the sixties, where the King would play an ordinary, but talented guy who was quick with his fists caught up in an escalating situation. Swayze shows the same type of charisma in this performance. Elvis's former bodyguard and best friend Red West even has a roll in the film as well. The fight scenes are fabulous and there's just enough plot and drama to elevate the movie to one of the best B-movie martial arts films ever. Swayze had the moves, and his line, "Nobody wins a fight" lends just the right amount of poignancy at just the right time. If you haven't seen Roadhouse, do so post haste. If you have seen it, perhaps it's time to revisit the old place. Dalton will be waiting for you.Movie Review: Road House + RiffTrax = Comedy Gold
Summary: 5 Stars
Road House mania has finally hit in 2006! Not only has this movie, which has been to late night TBS what Whoopi Goldberg is to Hollywood Squares, finally been reissued in a special edition, but now Mike Nelson from MST3K has released a RiffTrax for it! Road House was long acknowledged as a target that Nelson and the 'bots wished they could skewer on MST3K and he finally got his wish.
Listen, Road House is great. Tinker, Sam Elliot (voice of the beef council) and the oh so creepy owner of the Double Deuce are some of the best characters to ever populate small town Missouri. But watching it with Nelson's RiffTrax playing in the background took the unintentional (i think?) comedy of Road House to an entirely new level. Nelson is both knowledgable and funny, the kind of guy you wish your friends were as clever as. If we are ever blessed with a 20th anniversary edition of Road House, I would hope that Nelson's riffing can be included, because I can't imagine watching this movie again without it.
Check it out: http://www.rifftrax.com
Movie Review: I Thought You Be BIGGER!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
So happy this movie is getting a Special Edition. I know most of you are probably saying your crazy you actually love this movie? I do love this movie, I mean let alone being a girl and Patrick Swayze is the star of it looking hot! This movie is simply great! He kicks ass as the head bouncer Dalton. Sam Elliot is awesome as his best friend Wade Garrett and Kelly Lynch is so sexy in this. That I know you guys will agree with.
The music is great too! The Jeff Healey Band did an awesome job on the soundtrack. As did Patrick with his songs especially with "Raising Heaven (In Hell Tonight)". Now you guys really hate me, huh? Oh well, I love everything about this movie. Give it a try for whoever hasn't seen it.
Movie Review: Kung-Fu Philosopher
Summary: 5 Stars
"Road House" is a cheesy camp classic. The late Patrick Swayze stars as a philosophy major whose job is to straighten up (in more ways than one) a dive bar. He cracks down on employees who have sex when they're on the clock, and he's ready to square off against the evil Ben Gazzara. While there's virtually no plot, viewers often get treated to the sight of Swayze working out shirtless. He's a philosopher--with muscles! Kelly Lynch stars as his love interest, to whom he tells there is no such thing as pain. Swayze's character is such an erotic shaman that even the men are attracted to him. It's good,cheesy fun.
Patrick Swayze was a great actor and human being, he will be missed (1952-2009)
Movie Review: Patrick Swayze dirty dancing all over drunks and bad guys...
Summary: 5 Stars
Roadhouse is a movie about a man who is a cooler at a mid-west bar and controls bars/clubs when they get out of control. Patrick Swayze is the zen-master who takes nothing personally and tries to live his life in peace until he takes a job working for the Double Deuce in Kansas.
Throughout the movie are good fighting scenes, escalating situations and a great soundtrack. This movie doesn't lose its charm and I recommend this movie to anyone whom has never seen it. Interesting concept for a movie and a good storyline to justify all the violence.