‘Road House’ Lands Roundhouse On Opening Night of SXSW, Proving It Has Big Screen Muscle
09.03.2024 - 02:55
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After the rolling laughs, hoots, hollers, whistling and clapping at tonight’s world premiere of Road House at SXSW, Amazon MGM Studios may want to think again before putting this Jake Gyllenhaal–Conor McGregor rock ’em sock ’em beefcakes pugilist movie on Prime Video. It doesn’t take an elbow to the head to wake up to the fact that Road House clearly needs to make a destination to cinemas.
The jam-packed Paramount Theatre here in Austin, TX devoured this Doug Liman-directed movie like a dozen beef ribs from Terry Black’s Barbeque. By no means was this last-minute, unexpected trip for Liman a waste of time for the filmmaker.
While the streamer has turned a corner and committed to theatrical, and is largely judicious in making the proper call as to what goes on the service or on the big screen, this non-stop action in paradise movie, shot in Imax and further laced with Dolby 7.1 sound, is certainly worth leaving the couch for. Spoiler alert, there’s one action scene in the film that’s totally suitable for big screen love, involving Gyllenhaal’s bar bouncer getting hit by a truck while strolling across a bridge.
At a time when many exclaim that Hollywood doesn’t make enough movies for the middle of the country, tonight was iron clad proof there’s an audience for Road House. Typically, SXSW of late has kicked off with a genre (Us, A Quiet Place) or a fantasy movie (Dungeons & Dragons; Everything Everywhere All at Once) for the cineaste heads don’t here in the Texas Capital.
But this UFC themed movie clearly plays to burly dudes of all ages. Amazon MGM’s distribution move here with Road House, which is scheduled to hit Prime Video on March 21, is mind-boggling after tonight’s roaring premiere given that the studio did
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