Movies: Road House (Gyllenhaal March 21)

[beowulf]

I thought someone had started a thread about this one but can't find it. They are calling it a reimagining and that is for sure suddenly making him a UFC fighter etc.



In this adrenaline-fueled reimagining of the 80s cult classic, ex-UFC fighter Dalton (Jake Gyllenhaal) takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys roadhouse, only to discover that this paradise is not all it seems. Road House is open for business March 21 on @primevideo.

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[Neutrinos]

And your 2025 Razzie award winner is... Conor McGregor!

 

[Hasbro]

Should have gone with someone more masculine than Jake Gyllenhaal... like Maggie Jake Gyllenhaal.

Considering Keith David's part got cut from the original (4th billed and only like one line) they should have brought him back for this one.

 

[I am not exposed]

It will never top the original with Patrick Swayze.

This looks like one of those films I'll watch on Netflix.

In the trailer McGregor was cringeworthy. Agree with the razzie award comment!

 

[Hasbro]

It will never top the original with Patrick Swayze.

This looks like one of those films I'll watch on Netflix.

In the trailer McGregor was cringeworthy. Agree with the razzie award comment!

Pain don't hurt... but McGregor's acting does.

 

[The Macho King]

Whatever I'll watch it.

 

[x Tame Impala]

McGregor was a perfect choice

Honestly can't wait to watch this

 

[Terry Yake]

Pain don't hurt... but McGregor's acting does.

he's not even acting. that's just mcgregor being himself

 

[trojansoilers]

sure, why not. Looks like a fun, turn off your brains kind of movie.

 

[Magic Man]

Gyllenhaal vs. McGregor in a new Road House film. It looks like an instant classic. Good casting choices.

 

[TheGreenTBer]

I f***ing swear to God if they ruin Road House I'll...

...not watch it. Take that!

 

[Osprey]

I'll watch it, but that trailer doesn't make me excited. For one, it's sure to not have the charm of the original with the setting change from rural Missouri to the Florida Keys.

 

[Mrfenn92]

Can’t beat the original

 

[Blackhawkswincup]

Why cant this shit be shelved forever never to be seen as a tax write off?

What a f***ing terrible remake idea and casting choice

 

[The Macho King]

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Can’t beat the original

I say this as someone who has seen the original like 20 times...

It's almost campy. The plot and acting are all over the place, and it should not work as a movie, but somehow it does. This feels like it is leaning into that. I'm sure I'll have notes, but damn Roadhouse was kind of accidentally great.

 

[beowulf]

One of the best parts of the original was also the music!

 

[Mrfenn92]

I say this as someone who has seen the original like 20 times...

It's almost campy. The plot and acting are all over the place, and it should not work as a movie, but somehow it does. This feels like it is leaning into that. I'm sure I'll have notes, but damn Roadhouse was kind of accidentally great.

It was 1980’s great. Love it.

 

[LeafalCrusader]

Will they still be providing the number for a great Buick?

 

[TheGreenTBer]

I say this as someone who has seen the original like 20 times...

It's almost campy. The plot and acting are all over the place, and it should not work as a movie, but somehow it does. This feels like it is leaning into that. I'm sure I'll have notes, but damn Roadhouse was kind of accidentally great.

Almost campy? It's definitely campy to some degree.

And it's f***ing awesome.

 

[Osprey]

I wouldn't call it campy because that means exaggerated for the sake of amusement, i.e. deliberately silly. It may seem silly (in the best ways) now, but I think that it was meant to be an unironically cool action movie in 1989. At least that's what it was for me back then.

 

[Hasbro]

I f***ing swear to God if they ruin Road House I'll...

...not watch it. Take that!

And then rip out some throats?

 

[Hasbro]

 

[Unholy Diver]

One of the best parts of the original was also the music!

and lets not undersell the contributions by Kelly Lynch either

 

[Roo Returns]

More nostalgia bait. Pass.

 

[RR44]

I say this as someone who has seen the original like 20 times...

It's almost campy. The plot and acting are all over the place, and it should not work as a movie, but somehow it does. This feels like it is leaning into that. I'm sure I'll have notes, but damn Roadhouse was kind of accidentally great.

Swayze really does make the movie...here's a guy that can do chick movies yet can play the badass which you can buy into. Plus his Chippendales skit w/Farley is comedic gold, the best SNL skit ever.

Oh and Kelly Lynch...damn!