Director Doug Liman
Stars Jake Gyllenhaal, Daniela Melchior, Conor McGregor, Jessica Williams
Rated MA
Score 2/6

Ex-UFC fighter Dalton takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys roadhouse, only to discover that this paradise is not all it seems.

Even though it has been 35 years since the release of the original Road House starring Patrick Swayze and Directed by Rowdy Herrington it is still worth watching even though yes, it’s starting to show its age. For those of you who might be wondering, yes I actually did my homework (rewatched the original) before sitting down to watch the 2024 remake. Given the time that had elapsed between the two movies and that back in 1989 the first UFC  pay-per-view still hadn’t been broadcast going into this I thought that the filmmakers had an easy task ahead of them just by taking a more modern approach to the action sequences and delivering the remake with similar tone to the original.
That did not happen, what they delivered came across as being slightly darker then the original but it was still watchable but the overall tone of the movie ultimately came across as some sort of mashup between the ‘89 original and its ‘06 straight-to-DVD sequel, though in defense of the 2024 remake I haven’t rewatched the sequel. I also would have liked to have seen that the Road House in the remake had a house band like the original. Even though the filmmakers may have came up with a new technique for filming fight sequences there were other visual effects that seemed as if they needed more to look as good as they could have possibly been. The acknowledgment by the characters that the story was a ‘cowboy western’ was an interesting touch by the filmmakers but they might have dedicated a little too much time to it. If Conor McGregor is going to have any sort of career as an actor I do hope that he gets a few roles where he won’t be mimicking ‘Trevor Phillips’ from Rockstar’s GTA V. I also thought that McGregor had teeth that seemed several shades whiter than British comedian Jimmy Carr.