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Summary: GREAT ENHANCED DVD!
Review: ROAD HOUSE IS A CLASSIC,CALL IT A B MOVIE OR WHAT YOU WILL,YOU WON'T MEET TO MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE SEEN THIS MOVIE WHO DIDN'T LIKE IT,AS FAR AS THE DVD IS CONCERNED,MGM DID A GREAT JOB RESTORING THE PICTURE AND UPDATING THE SOUND TO SURROUND ,I HIGHLY RECOMEND THIS DVD,THE PICTURE IS ULTRA CLEAR UNLIKE THE VHS VERSION.
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Summary: The mystery Of Keith David's screen time
Review: Ok, Keith David is listed in the opening credits of "Road House," but he is barely in the film for 30 seconds. He's one of the bartenders at the Double Deuce, but all he does is ask Dalton (Patrick Swayze) if he wants more coffee! That ranks opening credits billing??? Keith's part must have been left on the cutting room floor. In any case, this is one of the greatest "B" movies of all time. Ben Gazzara chews up the scenery as bad guy Brad Wesley. He's the shortest bad guy since Kurtwood Smith in "Robocop." Buy it now!
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Summary: The Citizen Kane of Trash Cinema
Review: As guilty pleasures go, Road House is one of my guiltiest. Granted, it helps if you're A) male and B) drinking heavily, but I never could resist watching it when it popped up on TBS or TNT, even in a heavily-edited, pan-and-scan format. (I'm not alone, either--along with The Shawshank Redemption, Road House delivers a regular spike to the Turner stations' ratings whenever it airs; how's THAT for disparity?) This movie works on exactly the level it's intended to work, as a mindless display of gratuitous sex and slightly less gratuitous violence, and I mean that in a good way. And if you're not the sort of person who watches so-bad-it's-good films, you can take in Sam Elliott's pitch-perfect performance as Patrick Swayze's mentor. Even his worst lines sound brilliant when he delivers them in his been-everywhere-done-everything drawl. This film was produced by Joel Silver, the Jerry Bruckheimer of the late 80's, and his influence can be felt in every frame. If you're of drinking age and up for 2 hours of no-brainer action, this is the DVD to watch. I guarantee you, you'll never see a better film directed by a man named Rowdy.
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Summary: What, no commentary from Mike Nelson?
Review: Too bad. If ever a bad movie needed special features, it's this one. Otherwise, It'll be good to watch this movie in a digital format. BEST BAD MOVIE EVER!
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Summary: Not What I Expected
Review: I really enjoyed this movie. Sam Elliott and Patrick Swayze work so well together which isn't what I would have suspected. This moving is action packed with a little love mixed in. You won't be dissapointed.
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Summary: Top Ten Movies of All Time
Review: Road House is like jazz, if you have to ask you will never know. It sneaks up on you like a STD, you don't know you have it, until you REALLY have it. From Swayze's peacock mullet to his greased up body doing slo-mo kung-fu moves on the beach, this movie is art for artists. Patrick Sayze, Kelly Lynch and Sam Elliot combine to form the holy trinity of "world-class bouncer with a shady past makes good" movies. Evey word of this movie is like pure poetry, and every image should be preserved so that our children can learn what it was like to be white-trash in a time and place made for white-trash. A great story arc, that ends with our fair-haired hero vesting the pernicious Wesley, played by Ben Gazarra. Finally, just remember what Patrick Swayze tells Kelly Lynch upon their first meeting, "Pain don't hurt."
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Summary: Ten things you should know about ROAD HOUSE:
Review: 1. It has the best fight scene by Americans, directed by Americans, in an American movie up until the Matrix (I'm forgiving the Wacowski's for their excellent choreographer, Yuen Woo Ping.)
2. An ex-BOUNCER, Rowdy Herrington, directed this movie. That is why it is so serious, so get over it all you pretentious movie snobs.
3. Yes, next to Die-Hard, this movie was the 2nd most cigarette industry plugged film ever made. But hey, it was set in a bar.
4. Kelly Lynch really is that smart, and powerful to boot. Anyone thinking that her image contributes to teen bulimia/anorexia needs to check their agenda at the door.
5. Music, good music, and people tied to good music. Red-West of the Memphis Mafia, John Doe (Pat) former lead man of the punk band X, and of course the Jeff Healey Band (where are they now?)
6. A Jumping, Spinning, Exploding, and upright landing Mercedes. Two Guns UP!!!
7. The denouement of the final action scene where two bad guys are down and you don't get to see Swayze do it. Then you get a two for one, by knife. Rambo,get a hair-dresser.
8. Marshall Teague (I know this is mentioned elsewhere.) Rarely has a bad guy actually looked better that the lead.
9. Sam Elliot singing along to George Strait. Texans everywhere are grateful.
10. And finally, the IT'S JUST A JOB speech. As much as a degree in philosophy seems so incongruous in an action setting, I worked a maximum security prison for a good long time, all the while in possession of a BFA, and let me tell you, others so degreed worked right along side me. We knew first hand that you had to out-psyche your opponent, and this element in ex-dancer Swayze's character was fitting and welcome.
11. And in the tradition of Spinal Tap, it's just a flick, so lay off the cheese remarks, you art farts.
I can have my Bergman and my Swayze too.
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Summary: Quite a Brawl!!!
Review: Here we have Swayze as a bouncer in a bar that has a reputation for being always broken up. And then there's the "godfather" (Ben Gazzara), and you get the idea of the bouncer against the bad guy, but you kind of wonder, who really is the villain, because the lines of morality have been muddled so much. And then there's the scene where Swayze rips the heart out of one of his opponents (Gazzara's "key" henchmen), and it's a brawling fight, this scene. The film is a brawl, however, but if it's this kind of beer drinking and brawling you're looking for, you've come to the right place.
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Summary: Waiting for the DVD
Review: This movie really got hold of me. Action, and Sam Elliot, great character. But what really keeps me wanting the DVD is the BAND! Jeff Healey and his guys are what keeps this thing moving. Unorthodox style, but the notes are THERE. If you like R&B, kickin'tail fuzz and Canadians sounding like Southern rockers, you will never regret this show. Come on, studio. Time to get this one on disc.
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Summary: Please Pass the cheese in a can!!
Review: I have the original VHS copy of this movie and am desparately hoping they release it on DVD (although, it would have to be a $12.99 Wal-Mart special). Patrick Swayze is hot in this movie and Ben Gazzara is such an... well, you know. But how can anyone forget Sam Elliot? I thought he was so great in this one. This movie is great for those who like their cheese a little gritty. A typical boy-gets-girl--right after he kicks just about everyone's butt. I had to give it 5 stars for Patrick Swayze and his bouffant hairdo.
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