Road House
Amazon Prime Video | Release Date (Streaming): March 21, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
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Mixed or average reviews based on 46 Critic Reviews
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
90
UproxxMike RyanMar 8, 2024
Look, I was skeptical of a new Road House movie. This new version certainly isn’t trying to replace the first. But it’s a worthy edition to the Road House family and captures the spirit of what a movie like this should be. Read full review
83
ConsequenceLiz Shannon MillerMar 20, 2024
Like in fighting, there are some movies of a certain caliber, which excel because they know exactly what kind of movie they’re meant to be. Road House is definitely a fun watch — because it doesn’t punch above its weight class. Read full review
80
The TelegraphRobbie CollinMar 29, 2024
This is otherwise rough-hewn, hard-bitten entertainment – with an irresistible puppyish grin on its face. Read full review
80
EmpireBoyd HiltonMar 9, 2024
Expertly handled by director Doug Liman, wittily scripted, and boasting a wonderfully original take on the action hero archetype, this new Road House is a total riot. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterLovia GyarkyeMar 8, 2024
Liman flexes his stylish direction, especially during the bloody confrontations. Read full review
80
VarietyOwen GleibermanMar 8, 2024
The action in Road House is beyond brutal; at moments, it’s vicious. Yet if the movie is far more violent than your average action film, in its slightly crackpot bare-knuckle way it’s also more humane. Read full review
75
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Radheyan SimonpillaiMar 25, 2024
Liman makes the most of what most would assume are flaws. He leans into the simplicity and familiarity of Road House’s premise, keeping the space open for big personalities to make it cartoonishly good fun. Read full review
75
Paste MagazineTerry TerronesMar 21, 2024
Even though the films feel tonally different, this new Road House is exactly what you’d hope for from a new iteration of an ‘80s classic: A lot of fun and excitement without any real consequences. Read full review
75
New York PostJohnny OleksinskiMar 21, 2024
The beefcake Swayze role, Dalton, is taken over by an intense Jake Gyllenhaal in this entertaining and, for better or worse, less mockable update of the cult classic. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleMar 20, 2024
Because Gyllenhaal is a more complicated actor than Swayze, and more comically adept, the new “Road House” has more humor and more attention to the peculiarities of the central character. Read full review
75
The Associated PressMark KennedyMar 19, 2024
The action scenes are dynamite, layering POV camera work with great, thundering, bottle smashing stunts. It knows it’s silly, but it’s still a good time. Read full review
70
Vanity FairRichard LawsonMar 29, 2024
Much of the movie’s charm rests on its lead. Gyllenhaal doesn’t have the same warm twinkle in his eye that Swayze always used to such lovely effect, but he makes do with the rest of his elastic face. Read full review
70
TimeStephanie ZacharekMar 25, 2024
This new Road House appears at a time when so much of our entertainment has been shrunk down to a manageable size. Even on the small screen, may its unruly spirit prevail. Read full review
70
New York Magazine (Vulture)Alison WillmoreMar 22, 2024
Despite the mercenary nature of its existence, Road House is better than it has any right to be — perfectly enjoyable schlock that’s helped along by how unserious it is. Read full review
70
The New York TimesGlenn KennyMar 22, 2024
Though two hours long, the movie moves as swiftly as a greased ferret through a Habitrail and delivers hallucinatory action highs for its extended climax. Read full review
70
Wall Street JournalJohn AndersonMar 21, 2024
The main attraction, so to speak, of “Road House” is ne’er-do-wells getting their comeuppance, to put it as gently as possible. The amount and degree of fighting defy most rules of physics, respiration and orthopedics. But it is a fantasy, mostly, which is a blessing. Read full review
70
Rolling StoneDavid FearMar 11, 2024
Both a great excuse to stage brutal fight scenes and relieve a more-ripped-than-usual Jake Gyllenhaal of his shirt, this modern take on yesteryear’s guilty pleasure is twice as goofy, three times as violent and a solid tribute to both its predecessor and the art of bodily harm. Read full review
70
The Daily BeastColeman SpildeMar 8, 2024
Liman’s work in Road House is downright captivating. The fights are oiled to perfection, cameras planted on dollies and tracking his characters’ every last move. The director is completely unafraid to experiment, using every last trick in his arsenal to make the crowd go absolutely wild. Read full review
67
IndieWireChristian ZilkoMar 8, 2024
All in all, this Road House is a fitting update to its predecessor’s legacy. Not because it’s better, or even because it’s all that similar, but because it moves with the same unselfconscious stupidity that fueled so many of the ’80s blockbusters we remember so fondly. Read full review
65
TheWrapMatthew CreithMar 8, 2024
Road House is a mixed bag of blockbuster punches and quirky set pieces that give way to hyper-masculinity in the modern world. Read full review
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