Road House (2024) | Movie Review
I wish I had something more positive to share for my first ever review, but unfortunately I do not.
There are many film reboots from the 80's that have gone well but in my personal opinion Road House is not one of them.
Ojalá tuviera algo más positivo que compartir en mi primera reseña, pero lamentablemente no es así.
Hay muchas remakes de películas de los años 80 que han tenido éxito, pero en mi opinión personal, Road House no es una de ellas.
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For anyone that hasn't seen the original there is some slight variation, in the original Dalton was a legendary Door Safe whereas in the reboot the main protagonist playing Dalton is Jake Gyllenhaal and he's an ex cage fighter.
The story line is similar to the 80's version, but again some variation. On the positive side there is lots of action to enjoy, and quite a few amusing clips, most of which involve a surprising Conor McGregor the MMA fighter, who plays a significant villain within the storyline!
Para aquellos que no hayan visto la original, hay algunas ligeras variaciones: en la original, Dalton era un legendario luchador de Door Safe, mientras que en la nueva versión, el protagonista que interpreta a Dalton es Jake Gyllenhaal, un exluchador de jaula.
La trama es similar a la versión de los años 80, pero con algunas variaciones. En el lado positivo, hay mucha acción para disfrutar y bastantes clips divertidos, la mayoría de los cuales involucran al sorprendente Conor McGregor, el luchador de MMA, ¡que interpreta a un villano importante dentro de la trama!
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For anyone that has ever watched MMA it is not surprising that Conor plays a violent lunatic character so well, but what is surprising is that personally I found his character much more enjoyable that Jake Gyllenhaal's character Dalton, which was really a bit wooden in comparison.
If you are looking for a movie that is easy viewing, has plenty of action, and a fair amount of violence with the odd laugh then this is right up your street but if you are hoping for a movie that can live up to the swagger and frankly sublime soundtrack of the original 80's version then this is definitely not it.
The one thing that is really hard to forget about this movie, apart from Conor McGregor's over the top performances is the bizarre grin that Jake Gyllenhaal's Dalton is wearing half the time throughout the movie, it ends up being his characters trademark!
Para cualquiera que haya visto alguna vez MMA, no es de extrañar que Conor interprete tan bien a un personaje violento y lunático, pero lo que sí me sorprende es que, personalmente, su personaje me pareció mucho más entretenido que el de Jake Gyllenhaal, Dalton, que en comparación resultaba un poco acartonado.
Si buscas una película fácil de ver, con mucha acción, una buena dosis de violencia y algún que otro momento divertido, esta es tu película, pero si esperas una película que esté a la altura de la arrogancia y la banda sonora francamente sublime de la versión original de los 80, definitivamente esta no es la adecuada.
Lo único que realmente cuesta olvidar de esta película, aparte de las exageradas interpretaciones de Conor McGregor, es la extraña sonrisa que Dalton, el personaje interpretado por Jake Gyllenhaal, luce durante la mitad de la película, ¡y que acaba convirtiéndose en el sello distintivo de su personaje!
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I felt the remake was pretty stupid as well. It lacked any sort of compelling backstory. I mean, it's not like the original was a work of storytelling art but at least it wasn't just trying to be silly. This might end up being McGregor's one and only film though, and I think that is a very good thing.
Understand exactly where you are coming from, it almost felt like there was no storyline at all, mostly! Yeah McGregor as an actor is definitely a bridge too far, well hopefully... but then look how well Arnold Schwarzenegger did, and he wasn't exactly a master of dialog was he!?
Arnold never was a good actor, he was just really big. Conor is actually quite a small person. I get that he is deadly, but he is smaller than most teenagers so he would never be able to have that sort of Arnold appeal.