Road House (1989 film): Difference between revisions

{{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]]''}}

 

 

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.

 

 

It inspired the [[Mystery Science Theater 3000]] song, "''[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ZyJCV_dyug Let's Have A Patrick Swayze Christmas]''".

 

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

* [[Authority Equals Asskicking]]: Dalton.

* [[Badass]]: Dalton

** [[Badass Creed]]: Dalton scatters these around like confetti.

* [[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."

* [[Cool Car]]

* [[Cool Shades]]: Wade makes his entrance wearing Ray-Bans.

* [[Genius Bruiser]]: Dalton

* [[Heroic Second Wind]]: Dalton's fight with Jimmy.

* [[If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him]]

* [[Innocent Bystanders]]