Movie Review: A remake of 'Road House' with Jake Gyllenhaal turns into a muscular, Florida romp
by By Mark Kennedy
Mar 21, 2024
3 minutes
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Elwood P. Dalton is a classy sort of bouncer. While five tough guys circle him outside a bar looking to bash his skull in, he has a question for them: “Before we start, do you have insurance?” And after savagely beating each up, he kindly drives them to the hospital.
Dalton — played by a muscular and languid Jake Gyllenhaal — is a former UFC fighter with a dark past in “Road House,” a reworking of the pulpy 1989 action film starring Patrick Swayze.
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