An immensely enjoyable slice of romanticised fisticuffs, this is a Western in every respect except the stetsons and six guns.
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04/15/08
Road House (1989)
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Reviews Counted:26
Fresh:11
Rotten:15
Average Rating:5.1/10
Runtime: 3 hrs 48 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: Patrick Swayze stars in this modern-day Western as a tough guy who has poetic instincts and drives a Mercedes. Fresh from earning his doctorate in Eastern Philosophy from New York University,... [More]
Starring: Patrick Swayze, Ben Gazzara, Kelly Lynch, Sam Elliott
Director: Rowdy Herrington
Reviews for Road House
Top CriticGood-natured enough, but essentially an excuse for lots of mindless violence perpetrated by one-dimensional characters.
04/15/08
Swayze kicks some serious ass
03/23/08
Swayze is up to a part that requires him merely to show his muscles and dexterity, but Gazzara is trapped in his hopelessly evil caricature, leaving Sam Elliott (in a too-limited role) to provide the film's only real charm.
01/08/08
Its vigilante justice, lawlessness and wanton violence feel ludicrous in a modern setting.
01/08/08
Top CriticBadass brawls, broken beer bottles, booming beats, big boobs and bad blood.
07/27/06
'Road House' is a terrible movie, and by 'terrible' I mean 'awesome.'
07/14/06
...it's hard to go wrong with a film that features such choice bits of dialogue as "nobody ever wins a fight," "be nice until it's time to not be nice," and, of course, "pain don't hurt."
07/11/06
Mindless entertainment of the highest order.
06/24/06
the gayest thing next to a gladiator movie
05/31/06
Very cool, Very fast, and more action than the L.A Freeway. Perfect Popcorn Entertainment.
05/15/06
I hated this movie as a teen. Haven't seen it since.
07/25/05
No review available.
07/11/05
No review available.
06/16/05
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12/07/03
No review available.
10/28/03
A forgettable fist-flinging fable that's as ridiculously raucous as it is relevant. Swayze flexes his movie muscles needlessly in this dingy and disjointed drama
05/23/03
Road House is much funnier than most comedies, until it turns vile instead of just stupid.
05/20/03
Top CriticRoad House is rootin' tootin' moo-vee makin' at its best. Hats off for working not one but two huge explosions into a movie about bar-fights.
02/05/03
Road House gets by on dingbat charm.
02/04/03
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