Roadhouse 2024: Big Dumb Fun
Watched the 2024 reboot of Roadhouse last night.
It’s a movie that, like the original, worked very hard to give the main character depth.
Make them into a nuanced reflection of the world they move in.
And, like the original, it did that.
But not so much that we forget that our hero is, at the end of the day, a guy who’s really good at hurting people.
For a cause, to be sure, but still.
Punchy McPunchface punches his way to glory.
That’s one way for me to read this movie.
The other way?
Is that it’s a big, stupid, loud movie that veers close to Vin Diesel territory with some of the stunts, but still manages to make you believe it’s just a couple of guys beating on each other in a bar.
Big. Dumb. Fun.
Set in America’s home for big dumb fun: Florida.
Sometimes that’s all I want from a movie, is just to be loud. Silly. Dumb.
Because so much of the real world is Big Dumb Awful.
Felt good to find the fun.
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