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.
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