Road House (1989 film): Difference between revisions

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{{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 On 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]]''}}

{{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 on the Block|New Kids]] and Wham! were purged from our cultural memory.''|'''[http://spoonyexperiment.com/road-house-2/ Noah Antwiler]''', ''[[The Spoony Experiment]]''}}

''Road House'' is a 1989 film directed by Rowdy Herrington and starring [[Patrick Swayze]]. It is [[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.

Dalton (Swayze) is a professional "cooler" (read: [[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 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.

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* [[Alternate DVD Commentary]]: ''Road House'' has the honor of being the inaugural subject for [[~~Rifftrax~~]]. This movie is Mike Nelson's personal benchmark for [[So Bad It's Good]] movies.

* [[Alternate DVD Commentary]]: ''Road House'' has the honor of being the inaugural subject for [[Riff Trax]]. This movie is Mike Nelson's personal benchmark for [[So Bad It's Good]] movies.

** Alternately, there's a 'Trivia Track' on some versions of the DVD.

* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: Dalton.

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* [[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 By Looking Up]]: Wesley's sole surviving mook gets [[Tap On 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. (He doesn't actually die, though.)

* [[Death by Looking Up]]: Wesley's sole surviving mook gets [[Tap on 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. (He doesn't actually die, though.)

* [[Depraved Homosexual]]: Jimmy. His famous quote says all.

* [[The Dragon]]: Jimmy.

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* [[Mr. Exposition]]

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: Denise, Wesley's girlfriend.

* [[Never Bring a Knife To 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 Bring a Knife to 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]]''.