I was just looking for the rest of this bottle... oh, here it is- there's some more of it over there.

Road House

I can't believe that is really what the movie is about. It is about a bouncer who is "the best bouncer in the business." That concept alone I have trouble with- the idea that being a bar bouncer is elevated to an art form. For the first 20 minutes at least I couldn't get over it. He is the Zen Master of Bouncers. His reputation is known all over. The plot is based on him going to a really, really, really rough bar- and taming it. If you have ever watched the Simpsons they occasionally have made-up arcade games like "Great White Hunter" "Escape from Grandma's House" or "Larry the Looter." The premise for this movie could easily be a Simpsons video game gag: Bar Bouncer - a side scrolling action game where you punch your way through broken bottle wielding thugs.

Eventually it sucks you in with it's pure formulaic 80's action. The bar is in danger, the town is in danger, there is an evil rich dude who is making everyone else's life hell, there is his gang of easily defeated punks and then the bad ass he brings in who is almost better then Swazey- but not quite because Swazey ends up ripping his throat out (literally). There is the grizzled old veteran mantor who comes to town and gets in the end- prompting the vengeance rampage. There is the blond doctor love interest. It's all there.

So yeah, I got into it in a Saturday afternoon movie kinda way. Glad I saw it. Like Rocky this one was just getting embarassing to have not seen in 25 years of manly life on this Earth.

I can see how it would be rewatchable on TNT- like a guy pretty woman. It is a little ridiculous, however, like the way the bad guy is so out-of-control (burning down businesses, driving monster trucks through car lots, blowing up houses, killing people) and there is no fear of repercussion or anything. He just keeps pushing the envelope until Swazey has to come kill him.

Makes we want to watch some Van Dame or Seagal. Or Ghost.