Road House (1989) – Reel Action

By Chris Bumbray

Posted 5 years ago

Last Updated on July 30, 2021

In 1987, the late Patrick Swayze won hearts and became the male heartthrob of the eighties in Dirty Dancing. So what would be his follow-up? Becoming an action icon in the amazing cult-classic Road House. The legend of Crazy Swayze was born in what producer Joel Silver promised would be the greatest drive-in B-movie of all time, and he was right. Swayze plays Dalton, a "cooler" – basically meaning he's the John Wick of bar bouncers – who's hired to clean up a notorious bar called "The Double Deuce", only to run afoul of the villainous Wesley (Ben Gazzara), who rules the town with an iron fist. Along the way, he falls in love with the town doctor (the gorgeous Kelly Lynch), with his erstwhile mentor (Sam Elliot) in-tow. A good time is guaranteed for all in our Road House Movie Review installment of REEL ACTION!

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Chris Bumbray

Editor-in-Chief - JoBlo

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Favorite Movies: Goodfellas, A Clockwork Orange, Boogie Nights, Goldfinger, Casablanca, Scarface (83 version), read more Heat, The Guns of Navarone, The Dirty Dozen, Pulp Fiction, Taxi Driver, Blade Runner, any film noir

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