Road House (2024)
With the amount of Jake Gyllenhaal UFC "footage" and his workout results that have been released for the promotion of this movie, I thought this was going to be at least as good as Southpaw if not better. Unfortunately, the entirety of the UFC story arc last about 2 minutes and the rest of it felt more like a cheesy 80s-90s action movie but without a gram of spirit, emotion or bravado. Jake is probably the only reason why people know about this film and even though he carries the whole thing on his charisma, it never feels enough to make the film consistently enjoyable.
Road House is about an ex UFC fighter who gets hired as a bouncer in a bar by the oceanside. He soon realizes that this establishment is a target for a local crime family who will stop at nothing to obtain it. The whole experience feels like a third tier western but instead of guns, we have punches. Jake tries his best to use his lightheadedness and fighting moves to propell this film forward but sadly, the rest of the cast and the writers don't seem to be interested in helping him.
The only other reason why people might want to watch Road House is Conor McGregor and say what you want about his peculiar acting or badly written speeches, at least this man tries to bring some energy and villainess to the otherwise dull affair. One of the key problems is that on top of feeling like a B movie, the story never shows us why should we care about the bar or any of the characters. There are absolutely no emotions in this 2 hour paper thin story and the cringe dialogue along with the half-baked action can only do so much.
With the amount of Jake Gyllenhaal UFC "footage" and his workout results that have been released for the promotion of this movie, I thought this was going to be at least as good as Southpaw if not better. Unfortunately, the entirety of the UFC story arc last about 2 minutes and the rest of it felt more like a cheesy 80s-90s action movie but without a gram of spirit, emotion or bravado. Jake is probably the only reason why people know about this film and even though he carries the whole thing on his charisma, it never feels enough to make the film consistently enjoyable.
Road House is about an ex UFC fighter who gets hired as a bouncer in a bar by the oceanside. He soon realizes that this establishment is a target for a local crime family who will stop at nothing to obtain it. The whole experience feels like a third tier western but instead of guns, we have punches. Jake tries his best to use his lightheadedness and fighting moves to propell this film forward but sadly, the rest of the cast and the writers don't seem to be interested in helping him.
The only other reason why people might want to watch Road House is Conor McGregor and say what you want about his peculiar acting or badly written speeches, at least this man tries to bring some energy and villainess to the otherwise dull affair. One of the key problems is that on top of feeling like a B movie, the story never shows us why should we care about the bar or any of the characters. There are absolutely no emotions in this 2 hour paper thin story and the cringe dialogue along with the half-baked action can only do so much.