This movie freaking rules! It is THE best slice of 80's cheese ever put to screen. Buildings and cars explode for no reason. Hot girls whip out their tits for no reason. Fat guys fight fat guys. Some dude does shaolin kung fu with a pool cue. A monster truck tears through a car dealership. Sam Eliot shows you his pubes! Patrick Swayze rips out a guy's throat! HE RIPS A GUY'S THROAT RIGHT OUT OF HIS FUCKING NECK! Just when you think "nope, no way they can top that" something even crazier happens. The dramatic parts are hilariously undercut by action scenes that come out of fucking nowhere, and the sound track is pretty kick ass to boot. If anyone tells you they don't like this movie, they are lying.
Just when you're about to give up on this film, film as a medium, and life itself, Sam Elliot flashes us the top of his pubic hair and all is right again in the world.
Patrick Swayze is America's best "cooler" in Road House, an 80s action flick that narrowly avoids sounding dated thanks to a soundtrack mostly supplied on set by the Jeff Healey Band, and which through more crazy on the screen than you can swing a punch at, until by the third act, it's all gone off the rails in what I can't decide is the best or the worst way. If I put my Asian Cinema goggles on - and the movie at least hints that I should by showing me Swayze practicing tai chi and ripping throats out with his fingers of steel - then I have to respect the movie's over-the-top choices. It's just that as far as "rich land owner terrorizes citizens who dare stand up to him" plots go, the contemporary American setting sort of makes it hard to believe. And even a western's nasty oil baron wouldn't go to such needless extremes to teach people some lessons. In the first act, it's at least interesting as a manual for bouncers; in the second, you're just enjoying Sam Elliott kicking ass and finding out even the lawyers in this town are bar room brawlers; by the third, the concept of the law has gone right out the window. It's hard not to follow it out, but I can't deny it's a lot of fun no matter its flaws.
I can't say this is great cinema, but this is a great movie!!
Classics one liners, and pure entertainment. This and Point Break are Patrick Swayze's greatest films. He allowed the other actors to shine in this classic testosterone, hilarious action masterpiece. Just buy it. You will want to watch scenes over and over.
You know that feeling of warm satisfaction you get while watching a movie when a bad guy gets what's coming to him? This film is practically the poster child for that euphoric experience served up by the wild punches and kicks of Patrick Swayze. Pure cult classic and fun all the way.
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This movie freaking rules! It is THE best slice of 80's cheese ever put to screen. Buildings and cars explode for no reason. Hot girls whip out their tits for no reason. Fat guys fight fat guys. Some dude does shaolin kung fu with a pool cue. A monster truck tears through a car dealership. Sam Eliot shows you his pubes! Patrick Swayze rips out a guy's throat! HE RIPS A GUY'S THROAT RIGHT OUT OF HIS FUCKING NECK! Just when you think "nope, no way they can top that" something even crazier happens. The dramatic parts are hilariously undercut by action scenes that come out of fucking nowhere, and the sound track is pretty kick ass to boot. If anyone tells you they don't like this movie, they are lying.devilsadvocado
Just when you're about to give up on this film, film as a medium, and life itself, Sam Elliot flashes us the top of his pubic hair and all is right again in the world.thestaulker
A polar bear fell on me.Siskoid
Patrick Swayze is America's best "cooler" in Road House, an 80s action flick that narrowly avoids sounding dated thanks to a soundtrack mostly supplied on set by the Jeff Healey Band, and which through more crazy on the screen than you can swing a punch at, until by the third act, it's all gone off the rails in what I can't decide is the best or the worst way. If I put my Asian Cinema goggles on - and the movie at least hints that I should by showing me Swayze practicing tai chi and ripping throats out with his fingers of steel - then I have to respect the movie's over-the-top choices. It's just that as far as "rich land owner terrorizes citizens who dare stand up to him" plots go, the contemporary American setting sort of makes it hard to believe. And even a western's nasty oil baron wouldn't go to such needless extremes to teach people some lessons. In the first act, it's at least interesting as a manual for bouncers; in the second, you're just enjoying Sam Elliott kicking ass and finding out even the lawyers in this town are bar room brawlers; by the third, the concept of the law has gone right out the window. It's hard not to follow it out, but I can't deny it's a lot of fun no matter its flaws.manute5150
I can't say this is great cinema, but this is a great movie!!Classics one liners, and pure entertainment. This and Point Break are Patrick Swayze's greatest films. He allowed the other actors to shine in this classic testosterone, hilarious action masterpiece. Just buy it. You will want to watch scenes over and over.
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This was everything I had hoped forZeltaebar
Pure entertainment bad ass stylemonoglot
It's hard to find fault with a movie that (at least until the ridiculous body count at the end) succeeds at everything it attempts.chunkylefunga
Makes absolutely no sense and there's no logical reason for soo many woman to show their boobs but it still ends up being a cheesy but fun 80s movie.DisneyStitch
You know that feeling of warm satisfaction you get while watching a movie when a bad guy gets what's coming to him? This film is practically the poster child for that euphoric experience served up by the wild punches and kicks of Patrick Swayze. Pure cult classic and fun all the way.Forzelius
Quintessential 80s cheese. I understand MacGruber so much better now.Camille Deadpan
A classic western. ;)mook
Patrick Swayze's Zen bouncer is hired to clean up a small town bar/dive... A silly but fun cheesy cult action film! 7/10.Follow me on Twitter @LastFilmSeen
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Haha, what nonsense!Armoreska
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