Road House (1989)
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 114m
Director: Rowdy Herrington
Cast: Patrick Swayze, Kelly Lynch, Sam Elliott, Ben Gazzara
Synopsis:
An itinerant fighter with leanings towards Zen Buddhism gets a job as bouncer at the local cowboy club, and finds himself at odds with the town's chief villain.
Review:
Western codes and characterisations meet modern dirty brawling from countless kung-fu movies head-on. The hero's own moral/spiritual ambivalence itself has American gothic leanings, which are mined to the full when he rips a redneck's throat out with his bare hands. The package is put together with such gusto, however - and boasts the twin legends of Elliott and Gazzara, singing 'sh'boom' in his swerving convertible - that it has become a minor classic.
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 114m
Director: Rowdy Herrington
Cast: Patrick Swayze, Kelly Lynch, Sam Elliott, Ben Gazzara
Synopsis:
An itinerant fighter with leanings towards Zen Buddhism gets a job as bouncer at the local cowboy club, and finds himself at odds with the town's chief villain.
Review:
Western codes and characterisations meet modern dirty brawling from countless kung-fu movies head-on. The hero's own moral/spiritual ambivalence itself has American gothic leanings, which are mined to the full when he rips a redneck's throat out with his bare hands. The package is put together with such gusto, however - and boasts the twin legends of Elliott and Gazzara, singing 'sh'boom' in his swerving convertible - that it has become a minor classic.
Country: US
Technical: col/scope 114m
Director: Rowdy Herrington
Cast: Patrick Swayze, Kelly Lynch, Sam Elliott, Ben Gazzara
Synopsis:
An itinerant fighter with leanings towards Zen Buddhism gets a job as bouncer at the local cowboy club, and finds himself at odds with the town's chief villain.
Review:
Western codes and characterisations meet modern dirty brawling from countless kung-fu movies head-on. The hero's own moral/spiritual ambivalence itself has American gothic leanings, which are mined to the full when he rips a redneck's throat out with his bare hands. The package is put together with such gusto, however - and boasts the twin legends of Elliott and Gazzara, singing 'sh'boom' in his swerving convertible - that it has become a minor classic.