Road House (2024)
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An ex-UFC fighter takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys road house and must navigate the dangers of the local underworld.
The story
Troubled former UFC middleweight fighter Elwood Dalton makes a living scamming fighters on the underground circuit. He is approached by Frankie, the owner of an unruly roadhouse in the Florida Keys community of Glass Key, who offers him a job as head bouncer. Initially hesitant, Dalton takes up the offer after narrowly averting a suicide attempt with a freight train that destroys his car. He takes a bus to Frankie's establishment, called simply the Road House, and befriends Charlie, a teenager who runs a bookstore with her father, Stephen. At the Road House, Dalton must navigate the complexities of the local community while dealing with the local crime boss Ben Brandt.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
Troubled former UFC middleweight fighter Elwood Dalton, who scams fighters on the underground circuit, accepts a job as head bouncer at a Florida Keys roadhouse owned by Frankie. After settling in, Dalton befriends a local teenager named Charlie and meets a doctor named Ellie. However, he soon finds himself in the crosshairs of local crime boss Ben Brandt. After a series of escalating conflicts, including a confrontation with a psychopathic enforcer named Knox and a tense standoff involving the local sheriff, the situation turns violent. After Brandt's men burn down Charlie's bookstore, Dalton retaliates by seizing a large sum of illicit cash. The conflict culminates in a high-stakes chase involving a boat and a final, brutal fistfight between Dalton and Knox at the Road House. In the end, Dalton is cleared of charges by the sheriff, and he leaves town with a stash of cash for Charlie and her father. In a mid-credits scene, it is revealed that Knox survived the fight and is seen at a hospital.
- First release year
- 2024
- Runtime (minutes)
- 121
- Production countries
- United States
- Original languages
- English
- Directors
- Doug Liman
- Writers
- Anthony Bagarozzi · screenplay; Charles Mondry · screenplay; Anthony Bagarozzi · story; Charles Mondry · story; David Lee Henry · story
- Cast and characters
- Jake Gyllenhaal · Elwood Dalton; Daniela Melchior; Billy Magnussen; Jessica Williams; Joaquim de Almeida; JD Pardo; Austin Post; Conor McGregor
- Genres
- action
- Themes
- redemption; violence
- Tone and mood
- action-packed
- Setting
- Florida Keys, specifically the community of Glass Key.
- Premise and plot tags
- remake; martial arts; crime
- Source material / true-story basis
- 1989 film
- Franchise connections
- Road House
- Reception
- The film received mixed reviews from critics.
- Reported review scores
- Metacritic · score: 57 · scale: 100 · review count: 46
- Production trivia
- A scene was filmed during the actual weigh-ins for UFC 285 in Las Vegas.; A sequel, Road House 2, is in production.
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