Road House Review: This Remake Amps Up the Action The New York Times
Table Of Content Top cast Alerts & Newsletters It’s Official: Bob Bakish Is Out At Paramount Global, Trio Of Division Heads Form New Office Of The CEO Security guard shot outside Los Angeles music executive’s … Road House has begun filming To Liman and the screenwriters’ credit, the shift from cartoonish action to drama-with-moments-of-heightened-action feels modern and fresh without completely eschewing the spirit of the original film. Those behind this film clearly have affection for the original but it’s not the religious devotion to source material that has killed too many remakes to count. "I think we had an incredible stunt team on this film that’s just one of the best," he adds. Top cast One element that didn’t work in the original film — the romance between Dalton (Swayze) and “Doc” (Kelly Lynch) also falls flat here, unfortunately. In both films, Dalton and Doc engage in a type of instalove, where the audience isn’t privy to too much of the couple getti...