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Summary: Loaded with Cheese!!!!!!!
Review: Theres so much cheese in this movie I cant list it all. From the 2 small guys who are the baddest bouncers alive to these rich beautiful people who live in some small town. And of course the small bouncer has a degree and just happens to fall in love with his rich enemys beautiful ex who must be half her exs age. And God knows bouncers are legendary worldwide and they dont escort people to the door, they get in endless fist fights with no worry of being arrested or lawsuits! Where does the cheese end?! You see it and you'll know what I'm talking about. Nonetheless, as unbelievable as this movie is, I cant deny I really like it. Its very entertaining. The fight scenes rock and the music is good. If you dont analyze it like I do and just take it for what it is...its fun. Dont try to fit it in with the real world, just tell yourself its a fantasy and you'll like it.Oh did I forget how the small bouncer is basically the sheriff. Or how the writers knew the audience would think Swayze was too small for the baddest bouncer role so they built in the line "I thought youd be bigger" as reverse psychology? hehe... Oh. I really do enjoy this cheesy movie and watch it alot! I just need a few beers first. On the quality......The quality of this tape is horrible because of bad copy protection "technology" aka Macrovision. Any tape Ive seen of this - the picture is pathetic. But hey, at least you cant copy this horrible quality tape which must have been more important to the studio than giving the customers a good sharp picture.
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Summary: The Evil Empire of Brad Wesley
Review: You have to see this movie for one reason---Ben Gazzara. Gazzara plays Brad Wesley, a murderous crime boss with a small town in his clutches. He resides at the Wesley compound, where he commands a small army villainous redneck toadies. Among the villains, you have Jimmy, the pudgy karate-kicking ex-convict. Tinker, bloated and witless, is the comic relief in a movie already laden with accidental comic relief. You have the knife-dork, who also played the sword-dork in Masters of the Universe. There is the slouching, spineless bar tender, Pat. And you have O' Connor, who loses every single fight in the movie, proving himself even more inept than the combined efforts of the Black Widows from Every Which Way But Loose. Enter Dalton, karate-chopping philosophy major, who is also world famous for a profession ("cooler"---not bouncer) that does not exist. He finds a girl with hair almost as big and poofy as his own, and challenges the dominion of Brad Wesley. This movie is bad, really bad, and is so serious in its badness that it seems almost hypnotic. The fight scenes are completely mindless. The dialogue is only a step above Manos "The Hands of Fate". Unmotivated drama is shoved in like a clumsy needle. The movie is, as Dalton might put it, Zen in its badness. In the end, you get to see Dalton battling a spear-throwing Brad Wesley. Now where else would you get to see Ben Gazzara chunking leaf-bladed spears? And that is why you MUST see this horrible, horrible movie. Ben Gazzara. I'm personally waiting for the sequel, where Brad Wesley returns augmented by cyborg technology. Road House 2: The Wrath of Wesley, or something like that.
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Summary: Great Movie - Bad Tape
Review: I'm giving this movie 1 star for the quality of the video on the tape, the movie is excellent (at least 4 stars). This is the only tape I've purchased where my original recording from HBO was better, although it's not that good either. There are many dropped frames and scan lines like you would see from recording at extended play (EP). I bought this tape directly from Amazon, so it's either a bad production or I just got unlucky to purchase a bad tape. I've played it on three different VCR's with the same result.
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Summary: Left Boot
Review: Clearly one of the most fond^H^H^H^H disturbing movies I saw in High School. A few years ago in a mad impulse buy I picked this up off of Amazon and watched it again. What can I say that hasn't already been said??? It takes itself so seriously that it's hillarious. You must buy this, and besides it always sparks great conversation when guests see it in your video shelf/closet etc... Of course I keep mine sitting on the coffee table so all can see and enjoy!
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Summary: Bad Movie Don't Watch It
Review: This Has about 60 swear words beggining with F nudety and is nothing like martial arts this film should not be for sale. Or to be shown on T.v (I watched It yesterday)
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Summary: The greatest
Review: When can a movie be the greatest and still get one star? When it's the greatest drive-in movie ever made. People sometimes call entertainingly bad movies car wrecks. Well, this isn't a car wreck; it's more like a monster truck rally. It's doing exactly what it's supposed to do, but you can't believe how serious it is. And as for the viewer who called it "perhaps the most sophisticated action film ever made," I can only quote our psuedo-existential hero, who says, "Opinions vary."
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Summary: EXCELLENT!
Review: Well, this is not really the drum I march to, but I must give credit where credit is due. Swayze is at his best when he portrays this character. (An educated bouncer who simply wants to do his job right.) He shows that it takes intelligence as well as strength to do this kind of job. He also shows that letting personal emotions govern your decisions leads to trouble. The scenery is very well done, and the action is captivating. Elliott is outstanding as Swayze's former instructor. He is also handled well. (First he is mentioned, then we see him, then we learn his identity, then we see him in action. His character is also crucial for the climax.) Patrick's secret story from Memphis is handled well. (First we only hear fleetingly of it; then it is strengthened when the villain knows of it; then it is confirmed when Sam Elliott discusses it; then we see it reenacted.) The main villain is handled well. (First we only hear of him; then we meet him; then his role as a villain is confirmed.) Plot structure is also well drawn. Patrick warns everyone against getting personal, but then he is forced into a situation where he realizes his situation is personal. Throughout the movie, we see Patrick take down people who are clearly beneath his level, but later, he finally has to fight a monstrous villain who has his fighting abilities. Even the town is handled well. The villain torments the local men throughout the movie, and the local rednecks eventually make a VERY poetic stand. I never would have thought a movie like this would have had such excellent dramatic and poetic structure. Watch it!
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Summary: Good flick, well worth the money
Review: This is a movie anyone could follow, plus it's enjoyable enough you can watch it over and over again without getting bored. Some scenes are very perdictable, but there are a few really good fight scenes and a funny ending. Swayze crazy fans will love this movie cuz of the bare-azz scene and the strieght-forward dialog. My only complaint is that some of the women are not as attrachtive as they should be.
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Summary: A movie that never backs down
Review: "Road House" is one of the many classic movies of the 80's. Patrick Swayze stars as a bouncer who is hired to clean up the bar that he works for. He believes in being nice to everybody and to try not to fight, but if it comes to a fight, he won't back down. And back down is something this movie never does. "Road House" has all the makings of a great action movie. The movie's plot is understandable, it's entertaining, and best of all, it has great action and fighting sequences. Patrick Swayze does a great job of acting and so does Kelly Lynch and all the enemies in the movie. If you like classic action movies that never back down, I recommend getting "Road House." It revolutionized many of the action movies that were to come in the later years, and it still stands up as one of the most memorable and best action movies ever made.
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Summary: "RED WEST IS GREAT IN THIS MOVIE!!!"
Review: I couldn't believe my eyes last night when I was watching ALL THE KING'S MEN:THE SECRET LIFE OF ELVIS, about Elvis' so-called Memphis Mafia, when I got so fascinated by these men and their behind-the-scenes stories about the King, and then one of them started to look familiar..."Wait a minute!" I thought, "That red headed man looks like the guy from ROADHOUSE!!!" I remembered hearing about Red West years ago but I didn't know he was an actor and so I just looked him up on the cast list for ROADHOUSE and there he was! This is an entertaining movie, with a good hero, terrific supporting actors, and Ben Gazzara is just right as the small town mean rich guy! The women are attractive, and the bar scenes are a lot of fun, too. I just wish the story had been written to lead to a sequel, and that Sam Elliot hadn't been killed off, as he and Swayze worked well together. The photography is excellent, and there are several unusual character actors. And one other thing... RED WEST IS GREAT IN THIS MOVIE!!!
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