This movie is a masterpiece, a throwback to the "Walking Tall" and "Billy Jack" era of cinema... the trailer-trash drive-in cinema that Joe Bob Briggs waxes poetic about.
For those of you in the unaware, Patrick Swayze IS Dalton, the bouncer of bouncers, who studied at the "cooler" school of bouncing run by Yoda... er I mean Wade Garrett, played to perfection by the King of Cool, Sam Elliott.
Dalton is no ordinary bouncer. He holds a PhD in philosophy, from NYU of all places, and considers himself "lucky" to hold such an esteemed position in the socio-economic ladder of life.
"Road House" runs a fine balance between hilarious and unintentionally hilarious, and this is what makes it so entertaining. I could go on and on about all the things that makes this movie so entertaining, but the hands down most entertaining part would be the mano y mano fight to the death between Dalton and Jimmy... where Jimmy says what has to be one of the most classic lines ever spoken in filmdom. I won't ruin it for you, though.
For those of you in the unaware, Patrick Swayze IS Dalton, the bouncer of bouncers, who studied at the "cooler" school of bouncing run by Yoda... er I mean Wade Garrett, played to perfection by the King of Cool, Sam Elliott.
Dalton is no ordinary bouncer. He holds a PhD in philosophy, from NYU of all places, and considers himself "lucky" to hold such an esteemed position in the socio-economic ladder of life.
"Road House" runs a fine balance between hilarious and unintentionally hilarious, and this is what makes it so entertaining. I could go on and on about all the things that makes this movie so entertaining, but the hands down most entertaining part would be the mano y mano fight to the death between Dalton and Jimmy... where Jimmy says what has to be one of the most classic lines ever spoken in filmdom. I won't ruin it for you, though.