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Okay--this is just an awesome movie all around. Patrick Swayze looks awesome in it. The music rocks as well. He plays Dalton a famous bouncer who goes to a small town in Missouri to help clean up a local dive. While there he falls in love with a sexy doctor, played by Kelly Lynch, and gets in trouble with the local crime lord, played by Ben Gazarra. This film also has a supporting role played by Sam Elliot, by the way which he was not given a big enough part in this one in my opinion. Awesome fight scenes and good appearance by the Jeff Healey Band.
Kind of funny in the sex scene between Patrick and Kelly there was a song from Dirty Dancing playing on the record player. I can't recall which one right off but I remember it sticking out like a sore thumb. Great fight scenes, Dalton was really a bada** in this one!!!!
What did you all think about this 1989 action drama??
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Sam Elliot did do a great job in this movie. Too bad he had to die. I did not much care for Kelly Lynch's character in this movie, too much. Patrick Swayze did a good job. I loved the band behind the fence. That was too funny. Posts: 944 | From: USA | Registered: Apr 2004 | Site Updates: 0
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The Jeff Healey band rocked! I thought this was a super cool movie. Swayze had some cool moves! There was some hideous one-liners from this movies that I can't recall at the moment. Sam Elliot is just cool in whatever he does. I love that guy's voice! I read an article awhile back that they are going to do a direct-to-video sequel to this movie. It didn't say if Swayze would be in it or not.
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I love Roadhouse. I saw it twice at the movies, once with a boyfriend, and once with my mom- my mom was in love with Sam Elliott-she had a crush on him from when he was in Mask and Fatal Beauty. He looks so old now. I have to say, I thought he was kind of gross looking in Roadhouse, but Patrick Swayze- woo hooo...that's my favorite movie of his. I love the scene when he is running in just his pajama bottom things when the house exploded. And when he goes after that mean bad guy, who was always dressed in black, does he slit his throat or something??? Kelly Lynch looks good in the movie, but to believe she's the doctor...I don't know about that one.
But I love Kevin Tighe in that movie, because I loved him in the tv show Emergency!! That is one of my all time favorite tv shows, I have a bunch of episodes on tape, and it still is great to watch, so I was glad to see him back acting again in something else, and he looked pretty much the same.
I went and saw this movie for my 21st birthday, it was a great date movie. Posts: 13484 | Registered: Aug 2003 | Site Updates: 0
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He ripped Jimmys throat out just like he did to the guy he killed in Memphis.
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My friends were in a few scraps back in the day and this movie was the quint essential feel good event to feed their egos. This movie came out when Swayze was cool, not To Wong Foo. I loved the cheesy one-liners at the time, but they are hard to not totally crack up about while watching it now.
Take the biggest guy in the world, shatter his knee and he'll drop like a stone.
The Jeff Healy Band is excellent on the Soundtrack too.
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My first post on this board, gets to be about one of my favorite movies. This has to be one of the most qoutable and endlessly watchable movies ever. Sam Elliots charcter Wade Garrett is the coolest person in the film. My favorite line from Wade is after he dances with Kelly Lynchs character and tells her "I'll get all the sleep I need when I'm dead Doc." To this day when someone asks me if I'tired, thats always my response.
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I love this movie...It's cheesy and fun, with lots of blood-spurting action. Since somebody already did the type-up on it here, I reviewed this for http://www.i-mockery.com/
Sex, violence, language and the blues...Good times for all.
"I said roll, baby, roll!"
Sincerely,
John Kilduff...The Rock Steady Flamethrower
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As I go back in my mind over the cast they were all outstanding as well, Red West as Red Webster, Kathleen Wilhoite--she actually sings pretty well--as the waitress. A comical supporting cast of characters for the bouncers. I loved how most of them followed Dalton around like a lost puppy dog. I actually don't think I have this one in my collection yet, maybe I will Christmas present it to myself!!!! Thanks for all of the input on this movie guys!!!!!!!!!
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One of my fave movies for sure. Saw it when it came out and enjoyed every minute. Jeff Healey Band rocks!!
What's not to like about this movie? Tough guys, good fights, great band, sexy naked females.....AWESOME!!
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THIS IS NOT MY REVIEW,BUT THIS IS FUNNY AS HELL FROM RUTHLESS REVIEWS
ROAD HOUSE Released: 1989
Jonny likes ***-kicking...
Tagline:
"Dalton's the best bouncer in the business. His nights are filled with fast action, hot music and beautiful women. It's a dirty job, but somebody's got to do it." Entire Story In Fewer Words Than Are In This Sentence:
Swayze beats up, then kills, many men. Homoeroticism:
Well, let me start by quoting from the movie, "I used to **** guys like you in prison." So, obviously, this film is gay. In fact, that same character, just minutes earlier, mutters, "Your *** is mine, boy." However, Road House may be the only bisexual 80s Action movie out there. Normally we call leading ladies in these movies beards because the heroes regard their women with almost as much disdain as they do the bad guys, but there is just no way to justify how much time Swayze spends naked and banging Kelly Lynch. Don't get me wrong, Swayze absolutely oils up his chest before Tai Chi, especially when he knows Ben Gazzara and his hillbilly landlord are watching. Hence, the bi-sexuality. Though it should be pointed out that both Swayze and Lynch looked confused and almost lost during the big love scene. Could be that the writer/dircetor of Road House simply had no experience to go on, so the all the man-on-woman sex was improvised. Most likely it was Swayze's first time with a woman. Corpse Count:
7 people die on screen, which is low, until you realize that no fewer than 471 mullets are present in Road House. I feel that the Mullet Count more than makes up for the Corpse Count. Seriously, two out of three men in this movie were claiming business in the front, action in the back. The Mullet Count was so off the chart that even the ****ing firemen had mullets. How Bad Is It Really?
Road House is a very guilty pleasure. It is ridiculous, dated, and pretty silly, to be sure. Nonetheless, this movie is fun. Fully one third of the film is a bar fight. Who doesn't love people getting bashed over the head with bottles? You don't? Commie! Tables break, bodies fly, tough guys grunt. And for some reason, all the characters are way into kicking each other in the knees. Road House is basically what professional wrestling has always been. Big, dumb, loud, gay, and loads of fun!
There are some really bad things--on the surface--about Road House, but taken within the context of the film, they are just fine. For instance, one character drives a monster truck. Not just a big truck, but an actual wreck-crushing, Carzilla and tractor-pull monster truck. He just drives it around town and then through a Ford dealership, smashing at least four station wagons. At one point, Swayze unnecessarily karate kicks a door open while rushing into a burning building. In one of the several knife-fight scenes, John Doe's nose is clearly bloody before Swayze delivers the first punch. Damn hemophilia...
Lots more dumb assedness is found and forgiven. Swayze's character, Dalton, has a degree in philosophy from NYU. Kelly Lynch's character is an MD. She admires the stitching Dalton has done on his own arm (from knife fight #1). He refuses anesthesia (for knife fight #2), because, "Pain don't hurt." I think Nietzsche used to talk about that. Or was that Kant? Terry Funk is in the movie. Gazzara, the evil rich guy, likes to scare horses with his helicopter, because he's mean. The movie opens with an 80s-style hot blonde climbing out of that decade's most ridiculous car, a bright red Ferrari Testarosa. Which makes sense seeing as how Swayze is that decade's most ridiculous celebrity.
On the plus side, Road House offers what is arguably the best soundtrack of all the 80s Action movies. One Liner:
There are several, but I think my favorite has to be what Swayze says after the nerdy, yet earnest girl asks him if he has a name: "Yeah."
The other real good one is, "Now, it's the kind of place where they sweep up the eyeballs at closing time." Post-Mortem One Liner:
"A polar bear fell on me!" Stupid Political Content:
Not too much. This is sort of your standard vigilante, one man takes on the mob, the police don't mind if you kill only bad guys, type of picture. More childish than actually right wing. The message really is that people who are really good at fighting will actually solve problems and get somewhere. Because they can fight.
Still, Road House is a Reagan Era Action film. Swayze fires one barmaid for dealing drugs, exclaiming, "We're here to sell booze, not drugs." He also fires a bouncer for having sex (with a woman). See above. Novelty Death:
Swayze (while topless) rips another guy's throat out with only his bare, oily hands. Even more telling is that after Swayze kicks the now neck-less victim into the wading pond that separates his home from the bad guys' (for reals), it is pretty apparent that Patrick has a boner. Note to future gay action heroes out there; don't kick *** in sweat pants. Are You Working On The Script For Road House II
Hell yes. What You Learned:
Three Simple Rules (taken from the movie).
1. Never underestimate your opponent. Be ready for anything. 2. Take it outside 3. Be nice. Until it is time to not be nice.
Oh, and in the next life, I'm coming back as Sam Elliott.
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This is a strange coincidence that this is the movie being talked about, a friend of mine, knows Julie Michaels, she was in Roadhouse, she played Ben Gazzara's girlfriend, Denise....I couldn't even remember her in the movie, but he sent me some pictures of him and her tonight and some of her in the movie, so now I know who she is, I have to say she aged well-she looks 10 times better now than she did in the movie.
She also was in Pointbreak with Patrick Swayze, she does alot of body double work, and she is mainly in movies as a stunt woman. I wish I knew how to post pictures on here- Posts: 13484 | Registered: Aug 2003 | Site Updates: 0
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Julie Michaels, she was in Roadhouse, she played Ben Gazzara's girlfriend, Denise..
Oh yeah, I remember her!! Pretty hot in a generic bleached blonde, tanning bed way. She looked like a Vivid Video porn star! I always wondered what she looked like regular.
Post those pics!!
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go up to Valleys post where he posted the pic click on quote and you will see what it's supposed to look like
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OK, I went to the reply form, and clicked on url, then it says enter the complete url you wish to add, and it has the http:// so I wrote in roadh11 cause that is what the picture is, and then it says, now enter the title of the web page you wish to reference...I don't know what that means??? The pictures are in "My Pictures" in the computer. I tried to copy and paste it too, but I don't know how to do that either. I would love to figure out how to do this, so I can post other pictures too.
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I tried Full Reply Form, I clicked on Image, I went to the picture, and clicked on properties, and I had hit apply to that, and I tried to copy and paste it, and it isn't working!!
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you need the full url of the picture. a url looks just like a web address but usually says .jpg at the end instead of .com
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