Road House is a remake of a beloved 80s film of the same name. This time it's updated for a modern audience.
Doug Liman is credited as the director. He did Edge of Tomorrow and Mr. & Mrs. Smith, so he knows his way around the director's chair. There wasn't anything glaringly wrong with the direction as he got what he could out of Conor McGregor, which wasn't much. He had to work with five writers and seven producers. I have a hard time believing his vision is the one that was chosen after watching.
One of the writers was Anthony Bagarozzi who did well in writing The Nice Guys, but it seems he had a lot of help with Shane Black when writing that. I say that because he hasn't written anything else. The other screenplay writer, Chuck Mondry, had never written a movie before.
Jake Gyllenhaal took over the role of Dalton and his age is starting to show. He does an okay job but he had a hard time selling how cool he was. Coolness 101: the more you try to appear cool, the less cool you are.
Jessica Williams is in the film and is actually a shining light in this movie as it's all over the place with acting and writing. The worst offender is Billy Magnussen who over-acts in every scene that he's in. You might remember him from Game Night or No Time to Die. His acting hasn't improved and never was good to begin with.
The film passed the time and its biggest flaw was how boring it was. The action was okay, the rest was pretty bad. Result: D+
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