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Summary: AWESOME!!
Review: This is one of my most favorite movies of all time! I Love Patrick Swayze! The only thing that I can find wrong with this movie is that scene with Dalton and the Doc in his place, that scene was unnecessary, to me. The movie was absolutely awesome, if you really like this movie you should watch Next of Kin, that is another very good one with him. He is such a heart-throb.
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Summary: "Nobody ever wins a fight"
Review: There's so much to enjoy about 'Road House' that it's easy to forget that Dalton comes to a philosophical crossroads toward the end. After he kills Wesley's goon, his girlfriend tells him he's become as bad as Wesley. Is it necessary to use evil means to rid Jasper of evil? Does doing so make Dalton evil? Perhaps Dalton turns out to be as bad as Wesley (smart, enjoys classical music, likes the same kind of women, and is probably as well-read as Dalton.) C'mon, a sequel is the perfect remedy to answer these questions and to resuscitate Swayze's dormant career.
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Summary: Very Entertaining
Review: This movie kept me interested through the entire movie. Along with it's star, Sam Elliott is excellent as usual. But probably the best part for me was the music by Jeff Healey. What a genius. Every song fits this movie perfectly.
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Summary: For The Music
Review: I love Jeff Healey and he is the musical component of this movie,
I don't know if many other people would want to buy a movie for that alone. It has the eye candy of Patrick Swayze and Sam Elliott to add flavor to the mix. A movie I have enjoyed over and over again.
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Summary: roadhouse is a winner
Review: This is one of the best action films ever made, with plenty of martial arts thrown in. This is in my opinion Patrick Swayze's best role. He plays a bouncer named Dalton who is hired by a roadhouse owner to come and fix up the place, get rid of the bad elements namely the riff-raff that occupy his establishment. Dalton succeeds in doing that and decent people come and party at the roadhouse but there is a problem left. Namely Brad Wesley.
Wesley is buying up the town and forces the townspeople to contribute to his Jasper Improvement Plan. Wesley tries to get Dalton to work for him, but Dalton is insulted over something Wesley says and tells him there is no amount of money that would make him work for Wesley. Now it's Wesley's turn to get insulted.
Wesley has a man working for him that is a martial arts expert and the fight scene between Dalton and this man is one of the most exciting of the century,especially if you're a martial arts lover like me.
Dalton has a friend played by Sam Elliot, another bouncer and when he is killed by Wesley's goons, this motivates Dalton to go after Wesley.But Dalton doesn't kill him. It's a couple of the townspeople who have had enough of Wesley that do. Their shotguns do the trick.
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Summary: A Bloody Mary? Some Breakfast?
Review: This is hands down the best movie ever made! The timeless plot, the believable characters, the conflicts both internal and external, etc. make this a true gem of a movie. Although Hannibal Lector or maybe Darth Vadar are considered to be the "ultimate screen villains" is there any one character in movie history more frightening than Brad Wesley? Ben Gazzara's turn as the kingpin of Jasper, Missouri is remarkable. Perhaps only one or two times in film history has there been a better performance (possibly DeNiro as "Jake LaMotta" or Pacino as "Michael Corleone").
However, Gazzara brings a scary realness to the role of Brad Wesley that has been long missing from your typical good guy/bad guy Hollywood movies. Don't get me wrong I love Dalton, but Brad Wesley steals the show. I highly recommend "Road House." It is an absolute joyride of a movie that is suitable entertainment for the whole family.
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Summary: Gotta Be Nice
Review: Well, in 1989, when this film was released, very few people had nice things to say about it, but my brother (who was old enough to see it at that point) went out, saw it at the drive-in, and loved it.It wasn't supposed to be high-drama OR high-art, and now, almost fifteen years later, I can still appreciate its finer points; an excellent soundtrack (with the exception of that awful Patrick Swayze song), decent action, and an endlessly quotable screenplay. Anybody questioning the logic of this film is completely missing the point--it's a not-quite-so-no-brainer that's a bit smarter than the competition, but not so smart that only the intelligentia will bother to watch it. Way better than 'Ghost', that's for sure.
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Summary: Missouri Classic
Review: As a native Missourian, you have to love a movie that pokes fun at your backwardness. My favorite parts are the security orientation centering around the sage advice, "Be Nice," and how Mr. Wesley brags about how he was responsible for bringing JCPenney to town. Quite an accomplishment, really. Awesome cheese.
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Summary: I have been waiting years for this....
Review: This movie is genius.
It has one of the most brilliant scripts ever, and is acted so seriously that one cannot help but go along for the ride, regardless of how believable.
The one-liners are paramount. Cannes should have paid more attention.
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Summary: Movie gets 5 stars the DVD gets 2
Review: The only extra to speak of on this DVD is the theatrical trailer. I was hoping for a couple of deleted scenes or something. Also, you have the option of watching wide or standard screen, but with a movie like this, who cares, you aren't missing so much if the picture isn't in letterbox. That said, I am pleased to have this on DVD. There is nothing better than watching a bad guy stooge demonstrate just how bad he is than by using a pool cue to pole vault off a fat guy onto the stage. Just a fun and exciting movie. And Ben Gazzara and Sam Elliott are so good. They make the movie. If you've only ever seen this on TV, spend the couple of dollars and buy this, the movie is much longer than you see on TV, there is so much more!!
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