Road House
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Ex-UFC fighter Dalton takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys roadhouse, only to discover that this paradise is not all it seems.
What critics thought
Mixed reviews greeted this Prime Video remake, with the central fault line running through its action sequences: critics who found the cheerful, self-aware silliness charming were undercut by those who couldn't forgive the heavy CGI that makes punches and brawls look synthetic. Gyllenhaal's performance divided opinion sharply, and whether McGregor's wildly unpolished screen presence reads as inspired casting or a liability depends almost entirely on the viewer.
“If the first Road House was a better Chuck Norris movie, the new one is something more uncanny—it's like a Jason Statham movie directed by Jonathan Demme”
Owen Gleiberman·Variety
“All in all, this Road House is a fitting update to its predecessor's legacy. Not because it's better, or even because it's all that similar, but because it moves with the same unselfconscious stupidity that fueled so many of the '80s blockbusters we remember so fondly”
Christian Zilko·IndieWire
“Punches and their reactions look like cut scenes in a video game far too often, especially a long bar brawl and a boat sequence in the end that have CGI so janky that I wonder if the reason that Prime didn't want this on a big screen was because people would be less likely to notice on a small screen”
Brian Tallerico·RogerEbert.com
“any excitement evaporates as it becomes abundantly clear that the well-choreographed match-ups have been accentuated with unfortunate instances of CGI, undercutting the immersion of the action”
Rocco T. Thompson·Slant Magazine
“Jake Gyllenhaal is embarrassingly outshone by the mixed martial artist Conor McGregor in this pointless remake of the Eighties movie with Patrick Swayze”
Kevin Maher·The Times
Genres
Action, Drama, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Doug LimanDirector
Jake GyllenhaalDalton
Conor McGregorKnox
Billy MagnussenBen Brandt
Travis Van WinkleDex
Darren BarnetSam
Daniela MelchiorEllie
Jessica WilliamsFrankie
Joaquim de AlmeidaSheriff
Hannah Love LanierCharlie
J. D. PardoDell
Arturo CastroMoe
B.K. CannonLaura
Christophe BeckComposer
Anthony BagarozziWriter
Henry BrahamCinematographyRoad House
Ex-UFC fighter Dalton takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys roadhouse, only to discover that this paradise is not all it seems.
What critics thought
Mixed reviews greeted this Prime Video remake, with the central fault line running through its action sequences: critics who found the cheerful, self-aware silliness charming were undercut by those who couldn't forgive the heavy CGI that makes punches and brawls look synthetic. Gyllenhaal's performance divided opinion sharply, and whether McGregor's wildly unpolished screen presence reads as inspired casting or a liability depends almost entirely on the viewer.
“If the first Road House was a better Chuck Norris movie, the new one is something more uncanny—it's like a Jason Statham movie directed by Jonathan Demme”
Owen Gleiberman·Variety
“All in all, this Road House is a fitting update to its predecessor's legacy. Not because it's better, or even because it's all that similar, but because it moves with the same unselfconscious stupidity that fueled so many of the '80s blockbusters we remember so fondly”
Christian Zilko·IndieWire
“Punches and their reactions look like cut scenes in a video game far too often, especially a long bar brawl and a boat sequence in the end that have CGI so janky that I wonder if the reason that Prime didn't want this on a big screen was because people would be less likely to notice on a small screen”
Brian Tallerico·RogerEbert.com
“any excitement evaporates as it becomes abundantly clear that the well-choreographed match-ups have been accentuated with unfortunate instances of CGI, undercutting the immersion of the action”
Rocco T. Thompson·Slant Magazine
“Jake Gyllenhaal is embarrassingly outshone by the mixed martial artist Conor McGregor in this pointless remake of the Eighties movie with Patrick Swayze”
Kevin Maher·The Times
Genres
Action, Drama, Thriller
Cast & Crew
Doug LimanDirectorJake GyllenhaalDaltonConor McGregorKnoxBilly MagnussenBen BrandtTravis Van WinkleDexDarren BarnetSamDaniela MelchiorEllieJessica WilliamsFrankieJoaquim de AlmeidaSheriffHannah Love LanierCharlieJ. D. PardoDellArturo CastroMoeB.K. CannonLauraChristophe BeckComposerAnthony BagarozziWriterHenry BrahamCinematographyStream
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