Patrick Swayze's Roadhouse Is The Greatest Stupid Movie Ever

Today we are reviewing the hit 80’s movie and cult classic in which ultra violence solves everything known as ROAD HOUSE.

ROAD HOUSE gained recent infamy when some seasons ago on FAMILY GUY they poke fun at how violence solves issues in said movie. The movie itself is very violent even by 80’s standards.

Patrick Swayze was in peak physical condition playing a top bouncer with martial arts skills to back up his reputation in which he takes on the job of turning around a struggling bar in Jasper, Missouri and kicking out the corruption plaguing the bar and town.

ROAD HOUSE was known for its brutal physical altercations in which most of the actors taking part got injured at some point. Patrick had to have fluids drained from his knee to continue filming a key fight sequence because of of how rough it was. While the over the top violence is 80’s cliche stuff but time and effort was put into making the physical fights as brutal as possible.

Many of the bruises and cuts you see were real in many cases. The movie is known for a scenes with extremely out of pocket dialogue.

Its the crazy over the top scenes that makes this movie fun. while incredibly stupid, it has character is extremely fun to watch. The critics hated it, but the general movie going audience loves it and so do we.

The plot is as follows (spoilers)

James Dalton is a professional bouncer working security for a club in New York City. Although stoic and cool-headed, Dalton is tormented by memories of a man he killed in self-defense by ripping out his throat. Frank Tilghman, a businessman, recruits Dalton to take over security at his club Double Deuce in Jasper, Missouri. Tilghman plans to invest substantial funds into the dilapidated club and needs Dalton's highly regarded skills to tackle the endemic violence and rough customers. Dalton agrees in exchange for full authority over the club's operations, immediately firing several employees for poor behavior, theft, and drug dealing. For privacy, Dalton stays in a sparse barn owned by a farmer named Emmett, unaware that the mansion across the adjacent lake is owned by Brad Wesley, a crime lord controlling the town through bribery, intimidation, and violence.