Swamp Quarantine Movie Night - Roadhouse (1989), 9 p.m. ET 3/26

[DSafetyGuy]

A tribute to Road House...

The original cut was three hours long.

And much, much more, including a lot of stuff we talked about while we watched it.

[DSafetyGuy]

And an interview with director Rowdy Herrington that was used as source material for that article.

[DSafetyGuy]

I hope this attempt at a re-make falls apart like the Ronda Rousey one did about five years ago.

Jake Gyllenhall? GTFO.

And I say this as someone who sat through "Road House 2: Last Call" out of curiosity.

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[sancarlos]

Jake Gyllenhall strikes me as a guy who has never thrown a punch in his life. I can’t picture him as a tough guy.

[pruitt2]

Jake Gyllenhall strikes me as a guy who has never thrown a punch in his life. I can’t picture him as a tough guy.

Not like Patrick "The Bruiser" Swayze?

[sancarlos]

Jake Gyllenhall strikes me as a guy who has never thrown a punch in his life. I can’t picture him as a tough guy.

Not like Patrick "The Bruiser" Swayze?

Swayze seemed realistic to me as a tough kid in The Outsiders, so I was prepared to accept him in Roadhouse.

[duff]

Jake Gyllenhall strikes me as a guy who has never thrown a punch in his life. I can’t picture him as a tough guy.

Not like Patrick "The Bruiser" Swayze?

Swayze seemed realistic to me as a tough kid in The Outsiders, so I was prepared to accept him in Roadhouse.

And don't sleep on Jed in Red Dawn.

[A_B]

Jake Gyllenhall strikes me as a guy who has never thrown a punch in his life. I can’t picture him as a tough guy.

Not like Patrick "The Bruiser" Swayze?

Swayze seemed realistic to me as a tough kid in The Outsiders, so I was prepared to accept him in Roadhouse.

And don't sleep on Jed in Red Dawn.

It's the angular face.

[Giff]

He grew up on the mean streets of Houston, TX, y'all. No Swayze trash talk, please.

[govmentchedda]

Holding my tongue because I'm Team RayJay until I die, but Swayze and Rudd forever!

[DSafetyGuy]

My wife turned this on the other night. The monster truck scene comes on shortly after, and who is there, to my surprise?



In the blue shirt, taking his sunglasses off at :12 seconds into this clip... Felix LaPoubelle, also known as (It is I...) "Sidney Feldman". He is listed on IMDB as the character "Laughing Henchman" (uncredited), as well as a fight trainer (uncredited) and stunts.

Once again, Swamp Movie Night crosses the streams.

[govmentchedda]

My wife turned this on the other night. The monster truck scene comes on shortly after, and who is there, to my surprise?



In the blue shirt, taking his sunglasses off at :12 seconds into this clip... Felix LaPoubelle, also known as (It is I...) "Sidney Feldman". He is listed on IMDB as the character "Laughing Henchman" (uncredited), as well as a fight trainer (uncredited) and stunts.

Once again, Swamp Movie Night crosses the streams.

Went pro with a stunning debut aboard an elite Caribbean cruise line.

[brian]

In case you needed another reason not to watch what will likely be a horrible remake, Conor McGregor is involved.

[sancarlos]

AThis remake sounds bad. And, I have a difficult time seeing Jake Gyllenhall as a tough guy.

[DSafetyGuy]

2005.

[DSafetyGuy]

I hope this attempt at a re-make falls apart like the Ronda Rousey one did about five years ago.

Jake Gyllenhall? GTFO.

In case you needed another reason not to watch what will likely be a horrible remake, Conor McGregor is involved.

This remake sounds bad. And, I have a difficult time seeing Jake Gyllenhall as a tough guy.

Nope.

It's worse.

[rass]

I bet 40 year old sancarlos said the same thing about Swayze back in 1989.

But seriously I think Gyllenhall is the right type for this. And the director has made some entertaining films. McGregor seems to be an awful dude but I'd otherwise watch this?

[sancarlos]

I bet 40 year old sancarlos said the same thing about Swayze back in 1989.

But seriously I think Gyllenhall is the right type for this. And the director has made some entertaining films. McGregor seems to be an awful dude but I'd otherwise watch this?

No way. Swayze was athletic and a believable tough kid in The Outsiders. Gyllenhall has a pencil neck and doesn’t seem like a guy who has ever been in a dust up.

[DSafetyGuy]

But seriously I think Gyllenhall is the right type for this. And the director has made some entertaining films. McGregor seems to be an awful dude but I'd otherwise watch this?

Having watched the trailer, I respectfully disagree on Gyllenhaal. Liman has done some very good stuff, but that trailer looks like garbage engineered to bring in a very distinct audience.

From the A/V Club:

Yesterday, director Doug Liman penned an op-ed in Deadline explaining why he was boycotting the premiere of Road House. Liman says Road House may be his best movie, with Gyllenhaal delivering a “career-defining performance.” However, he “signed up to make a theatrical motion picture for MGM,” which was later purchased by Amazon. In Liman’s words:

Contrary to their public statements, Amazon has no interest in supporting cinemas. Amazon will exclusively stream Road House on Amazon Prime. Amazon asked me and the film community to trust them and their public statements about supporting cinemas, and then they turned around and are using Road House to sell plumbing fixtures.

Also, who hates Patrick Swayze so much, they're engineering shitty remakes of his entire catalog? "Red Dawn, "Point Break", and now this.

[Nonlinear FC]

Put another way, though, the fact that the remakes are pretty much garbage is affirmation of Swayze's (at the time, unrecognized by many) brilliance.

[Shirley]

Yeah, those originals were cinematic masterpieces.

[brian]

Gyllenhall worked with Swayze in Donnie Darko. He shoulda known better.

[rass]

The ‘Road House’ Remake Trailer Stars Jake Gyllenhaal as a Ripped, MMA-Fighting Dalton

[Nonlinear FC]

Didn't Jake also get kind of buff for that hero movie he was in?

ETA - Mysterio... But you can't tell if it's just the suit.

[rass]

Youngest has a gyllenhal (?) crush and we’re doing this. I reserved the right to stop if there’s a close game.

[rass]

First couple of fights are brutal. I’m enjoying myself.

[brian]

First couple of fights are brutal. I’m enjoying myself.

The reviews so far have been….not bad?

The Point Break re-make was horrible. Think I might get my Roadhouse on tomorrow.

[rass]

Fights were great.

Film had too much fun with McGregor for him being such an asshole.

[+] spoiler

Boat scenes were a bit too much.

And no throat rip, but there was a throat kill.

[DSafetyGuy]

The reviews so far have been….not bad?

The review at the A/V Club was pretty rough.

[+] spoiler

The gist is McGregor is (unsurprisingly) terrible, Gyllenhall can't carry the movie, the plot is unnecessarily complicated.

[rass]

The reviews so far have been….not bad?

The review at the A/V Club was pretty rough.

[+] spoiler

The gist is McGregor is (unsurprisingly) terrible, Gyllenhall can't carry the movie, the plot is unnecessarily complicated.

I think I disagree with the first 2/3 of that. Unfortunately on the first third, and vigorously on the second third. Totally agree with the last bit.

[DSafetyGuy]

I'm going to a friend's place in Connecticut for the weekend, as is another of our college friends (host's wife is out of town). I may get to watch it whether I want to or not.

And are we going to watch "Ambulance" at some point?

[GoodKarma]

Fights were great.

Film had too much fun with McGregor for him being such an asshole.

Watched this last night… I will say how they shot the fight scenes with the camera work/angles seemed unique and made them more fun.