Road House (2024): Jake Gyllenhaal Stars in the Remake of the 80s Classic
Road House was released in 1989 and starred Patrick Swayze (the legendary actor from the film Dirty Dancing) as an expert martial arts fighter who, after a streak of bad luck, accepts a job as a bouncer in a bar, where he must help to keep the peace and remove any customers who try to cause problems. The film received 5 nominations for the Razzie Awards (yes, they are the awards for the worst in cinema), including worst picture, worst actor, and worst director, but it became an action classic and one of those films that are so bad, you can’t stop seeing them.
35 years later, Road House seeks to vindicate itself, this time with one of today’s most popular actors, Jake Gyllenhaal, as the protagonist. The new version of Road House, which bears the name El Duro in Spanish, seeks to vindicate the original story with a suspense and action story, which does not lack some comedy elements that connect it with the previous one.
The Trailer for Road House
The first trailer has been uploaded on the official Prime Video YouTube channel. A truly exciting film that shows Gyllenhaal in great shape, ready to fight and gain respect among criminals and other people of dubious morality. We remind you, among other things, that this film was born as a remake of an 80’s classic, The Road House Tough Guy, directed by Rowdy Herrington, and Patrick Swayze as the absolute protagonist. Consequently, this work seems to fall within the scope of the nostalgia operation even if, judging from the video, it seems to add several new elements compared to the original film.
The first trailer for Road House practically tells the story of Dalton, a UFC fighter who, after finishing his professional career, can’t stop getting into fights and has trouble earning any money, so this leads him to work as a bouncer at a bar where customers often cause more problems than the venue’s team can handle. We see some flashbacks to his past life as a successful athlete, which explains how Dalton gets to this point.
When and Where Does Road House Premiere?
The new version of Road House arrives on Prime Video on March 21, 2023.
The Cast of Road House
Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal plays Dalton, the protagonist of this story, and is accompanied by Billy Magnussen, who played Logan Ash in No Time to Die, Daniela Melchior, who we saw as Ratcatcher 2 in The Suicide Squad, Lukas Gage, from the series like Euphoria and the first season of The White Lotus, and Jessica Williams, who appeared in the series Shrinking alongside Harrison Ford.
What the Movie Road House is About?
The synopsis for Road House reads: In this adrenaline-filled reimagined version of the 1980s cult classic, former UFC fighter Dalton (Jake Gyllenhaal) takes a job running security at a bar located on a highway in the Florida Keys, only to discover that this paradise is not what it seems. The film follows Dalton, who after having a successful career in the UFC, ends up in a complicated situation with money problems, but he catches the attention of the owner of a roadside bar, who offers him a job as a bartender. place.
There, Dalton must use his talents and skills as a fighter to try to keep things under control and ward off the problematic customers who have been arriving at the bar and who could cause a big problem for the owner and the team. Of course, things aren’t as simple as he hopes, and alienating some customers is just part of what he has to do. From what we see in the trailer, among all this there is also a bit of romantic drama between Dalton and a nurse who treats his wounds after a fight. Can this film surpass the previous one or will it end up suffering the same fate? We’ll see.
