Road House (1989)
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A glorious celebration of 80s action excess
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" Road House is a 1989 American action film directed by Rowdy Herrington. The film stars Patrick Swayze, Ben Gazzara, Kelly Lynch, and Sam Elliott. Its plot follows a bouncer at a newly refurbished roadside bar who protects a small town in Missouri from a corrupt businessman. The film has gone on to be a cult classic, being voted the most watched film on cable in 2020. Dalton is the best bar bouncer in the business, but he's anything but typical. Heโs a little small for his trade, has a "
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" Road House is a 1989 American action film directed by Rowdy Herrington. The film stars Patrick Swayze, Ben Gazzara, Kelly Lynch, and Sam Elliott. Its plot follows a bouncer at a newly refurbished roadside bar who protects a small town in Missouri from a corrupt businessman. The film has gone on to be a cult classic, being voted the most watched film on cable in 2020. Dalton is the best bar bouncer in the business, but he's anything but typical. Heโs a little small for his trade, has a "
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" "Take the biggest guy in the world, shatter his knee and he'll drop like a stone." Directed by Rowdy Herrington Written by R. Lance Hill and Hilary Henkin Music by Michael Kamen Cinematography by Dean Cundey Editing by John F. Link and Frank J. Urioste"
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"Being a person whose job for a few years involved dealing with people in a way that made them do things they didn't always want to do (admittedly in a much less intense and less violent environment than this film!) I found myself intrigued by the opening hour of Road House as Swayze goes about converting a crappy bar to a fancy bar by teaching bouncers how to treat customers. It's a thread dropped a bit too soon to engage with a traditional evil carpetbagger -story where said carpetbagger holds "