Road House
2024 Drama
70%
In 1989, before Ghost and Point Break propelled his star even further into the firmament, Dirty Dancing leading man Patrick Swayze headlined the bruising action thriller Road House. Twenty-five years later, a contemporary reworking penned by Anthony Bagarozzi and Charles Mondry promotes Jake Gyllenhaal to the spotlight with a meaty supporting role for Irish mixed martial arts star Conor McGregor. Former UFC fighter Elwood Dalton (Gyllenhaal) is determined to put his life of violence in the ring behind him but times are tough and he is forced to sleep in his car to make ends meet. Bar owner Frankie (Jessica Williams) approaches Dalton with a lucrative proposition. Her roadhouse in the Florida Keys is attracting the wrong kind of clientele and she needs a head bouncer to keep out rabble-rousing associates of crime boss Brandt (Billy Magnussen), who wants to raze the drinking den to build a luxury development. Dalton quickly snuffs out low-level threats to the business. However, Brandt recruits psychotic gun-for-hire Knox (McGregor) to pummel Dalton into submission and the two brutes go tow to toe
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