As a fan of the original Road House and definitely a fan of Doug Liman, the first 45 minutes of this was disappointing, and disappointing enough for me to just stop watching altogether.
I could see (in my minds eye or whatever), the misguided machinations of the screenwriters of this flacid remake, "we need a precocious little girl to play off the stoic, out of place, hero. That'll really add some zesty, contemporary spice to the boomer-classic original, and we can create a showcase for the cardboard box cast for this role in the process."
Yawn.
Much of the agenda based casting choices feel out of place and stick out like a sore thumb as do the bands they chose that seem a lot more New Orleans than hard core road house rock. Why would they replace the blistering blues based rock of Jeff Healey with accordions and saxophones? Yuck.
All this makes me want to do is stop watching and go watch the original to bask in the splendor of good ole, classic American cinema.
I could see (in my minds eye or whatever), the misguided machinations of the screenwriters of this flacid remake, "we need a precocious little girl to play off the stoic, out of place, hero. That'll really add some zesty, contemporary spice to the boomer-classic original, and we can create a showcase for the cardboard box cast for this role in the process."
Yawn.
Much of the agenda based casting choices feel out of place and stick out like a sore thumb as do the bands they chose that seem a lot more New Orleans than hard core road house rock. Why would they replace the blistering blues based rock of Jeff Healey with accordions and saxophones? Yuck.
All this makes me want to do is stop watching and go watch the original to bask in the splendor of good ole, classic American cinema.
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