Road House, 1989.Directed by Rowdy Herrington. Starring Patrick Swayze, Ben Gazzara, Kelly Lynch, and Sam Elliott.SYNOPSIS:A legendary bouncer comes to restore order at a notorious bar but runs afoul of a ruthless crime boss who controls the town.There’s a scene early in Road House where Patrick Swayze’s Dalton, a bouncer with the grace of a […]
An Undeniable Action Classic: Road House
Tom Jolliffe looks back at the glorious action gem Road House…To quote movie aficionado Gordy LaSure (aka Richard Ayoade) from his book The Grip of Film (excellent read I shall add); “In the opening shot of Rowdy Herrington’s 1989 magnum opus about the secret world of security guards, the camera frames a pair of high […]
