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Line 1: {{work}} [[File:220px-Road-house-poster_313.jpg\|frame]] {{quote\|''Everyone walked out of'' Road House ''into the sunlight feeling stunned, stupid, a little [[Even the Guys Want Him\|gay for Patrick Swayze]], and wondering idly why they ever thought [[Duran Duran]] was a good band. In one day, [[The Eighties\|the 80s]] were over. Women's hairdos started to make sense once again. Spandex was abolished. The [[New Kids Onon the Block\|New Kids]] and Wham! were purged from our cultural memory.''\|'''[http://spoonyexperiment.com/road-house-2/ Noah Antwiler]''', ''[[~~The Spoony Experiment (Web Video)\|~~The Spoony Experiment]]''}} ''Road House'' is a 1989 film directed by Rowdy Herrington and starring [[Patrick Swayze]]. It is [[~~Names~~Name's the Same\|not related]] to the 1948 movie. Dalton (Swayze) is a professional "cooler" (read: [[~~Bouncer\|~~bouncer]]) with a [[Dark and Troubled Past\|mysterious past]] who is hired to work for the Double Deuce in [[Deep South\|Jasper, Missouri]]. In the course of cleaning up the seedy roadside bar, he runs afoul of crime kingpin Brad Wesley (Ben Gazzara) who is extorting from the townspeople. A generous helping of [[Bar Brawl\|Barfight]] Fu ensues. ''Road House'' is rated a [[So Bad ~~Its~~It's Good\|camp classic]] not because of its quality, but because it is one of the most implausible films of all time. Much of this is traced to Swayze's character, a modern-day samurai with a [[Genius Bruiser\|degree in philosophy]] who practices Tai Chi and walks around in shirts that resemble a [[Martial Arts Uniform\|Gi]]. A [[Direct to Video\|direct-to-DVD]] sequel, ''Road House 2: Last Call'', was released in 2006 and [[Sudden Sequel Death Syndrome\|replaced]] Dalton with his hitherto unknown son, Shane. It inspired the [[Mystery Science Theater 3000]] song, "''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZyJCV_dyug Let's Have A Patrick Swayze Christmas]''". ~~----~~ ~~=== This movie provides examples of: ===~~ {{tropelist}} * [[Alternate DVD Commentary]]: ''Road House'' has the honor of being the inaugural subject for [[~~Rifftrax~~Riff Trax]]. This movie is Mike Nelson's personal benchmark for [[So Bad ~~Its~~It's Good]] movies. ** Alternately, there's a 'Trivia Track' on some versions of the DVD. * [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: Dalton. * [[B -Movie]] * [[Badass]]: Dalton [[Badass Creed]]: Dalton scatters these around like confetti. {{quote\| "All you have to do is follow [[Rule of Three\|three simple rules]]: One, never underestimate your opponent. Expect the unexpected. Two, take it outside. Never start anything inside the bar unless it's absolutely necessary. And three, be nice."''}} Until it's time to [[Beware the Nice Ones\|not be nice]]. ** And no one will ever forget this immortal quote: {{quote\| '''Dalton''': [[Signature Line\|Pain don't hurt]].}} * [[Badass Grandpa]]: Wade Garrett. * [[Bad Boss]]: Brad Wesley. * [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: For someone who can (and does) rip someone's throat out with his bare hands, Dalton is actually a ''really'' nice guy. A good example is when he pays the owner of a restaurant to allow a homeless guy to sleep there for the rest of the night. ** He also encourages politeness among the other bouncers working under them telling them "Be nice! It's nothing personal." * [[Card -Carrying Villain]]: Brad Wesley. * [[Cool Car]] * [[Cool Shades]]: Wade makes his entrance wearing Ray-Bans. * [[Corrupt Hick]]: There's a no-gooder trying to take over the bar and businesses in a little backwater town with his hired redneck muscle. * [[Creative Closing Credits]]: The Jeff Healey Band play the bar's resident band, and perform "When The Night Comes Falling From The Sky" on screen behind the entire end credit roll. * [[Deadpan Snarker]]: Dalton. * [[Death Byby Looking Up]]: Wesley's sole surviving mook gets [[Tap Onon the Head\|conked out]] by a stuffed polar bear which topples. Rather than step out of the way, he screams and fires his gun at it. (Hehe doesn't actually die, though.). * [[Depraved Homosexual]]: Jimmy. His famous quote says all. * [[The Dragon]]: Jimmy. Line 44 ⟶ 43: * [[Expecting Someone Taller]]: In the tradition of [[John Carpenter]], everybody who's ever heard of Dalton expects him to "be bigger". * [[Fan Disservice]]: Sam Elliot's pubes. Thanks for making me never look at him the same way again, movie. * [[Fan Service]]: Want to see the bare butts of Patrick Swayze and Kelly Lynch? You've come to the right place. (~~Also~~also, lots of barely-dressed ladies in the bar.). * [[Faux Affably Evil]]: Westley. * [[Freudian Slip]]: Wade Garrett's mispronunciation of "Double Deuce". * [[Friendly Target]]: {{spoiler\|Wade Garrett}}, whose murder sets off Dalton on his [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]] against Wesley. * [[Genius Bruiser]]: Dalton. * [[Heroic Second Wind]]: Dalton's fight with Jimmy. * [[Hey Its That Guy\|Hey, It's That Guy!]]: Morgan, the previous cooler of the roadhouse, is played by legendary [[Professional Wrestling\|professional wrestler]] (and [[WWE]] Hall of Famer) Terry Funk. * [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him]] * [[Innocent Bystanders]] Line 57 ⟶ 55: * [[Karmic Death]]: Wesley at the end gets killed by the same men he terrorized and extorted over the years. * [[Large Ham]]: Westley and Jimmy. * [[Local Hangout]]: The Double Deuce. * [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Brad Wesley. * [[Mentor Occupational Hazard]]: Wade Garret. * [[Mr. Exposition]] * [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Denise, Wesley's girlfriend. * [[Never Bring a Knife Toto A Fist Fight]]: Jimmy, [[The Dragon]], does not have the chance to kill Dalton "the old fashion way" with his gun. Later, Dalton disarms a knife-welding mook and skewers him. * [[Never Trust a Trailer]]: Due to the overwhelming success of ''[[Dirty Dancing]]'', which also starred Patrick Swayze, a lot of trailers targeted women audiences. One wonders how stunned they were when they saw Swayze tear a guy's trachea out with his bare hands. * [[New Old West]]: The genesis of the movie was a modern interpretation of ''[[Shane]]''. Line 69 ⟶ 67: {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Films of the 1980s]] [[Category:Road House]] [[Category:Film]] [[Category:Vinegar Syndrome]]