IMDb's 2024 SXSW Cheat Sheet: Films You Need to Know About From the Fest5 of 14
Road House
This is one of a few big action flicks debuting at SXSW this year, alongside Ryan Gosling's The Fall Guy and the aforementioned Monkey Man. If you had cable in the '90s, you’re sure to remember Road House, the delightfully absurd cult classic starring Patrick Swayze as a celebrity bouncer hired to clean up the roughest bar in the Southeast. Now, actor Jake Gyllenhaal and director Doug Liman have teamed up to bring us a modern remake that swaps the '80s-style martial arts for an MMA realism so grounded the actor took 20 punches to the gut daily as part of his training routine. We have our fingers crossed screenwriters Anthony Bagarozzi and Chuck Mondry kept the original film’s greatest line: "Pain don’t hurt."
This is one of a few big action flicks debuting at SXSW this year, alongside Ryan Gosling's The Fall Guy and the aforementioned Monkey Man. If you had cable in the '90s, you’re sure to remember Road House, the delightfully absurd cult classic starring Patrick Swayze as a celebrity bouncer hired to clean up the roughest bar in the Southeast. Now, actor Jake Gyllenhaal and director Doug Liman have teamed up to bring us a modern remake that swaps the '80s-style martial arts for an MMA realism so grounded the actor took 20 punches to the gut daily as part of his training routine. We have our fingers crossed screenwriters Anthony Bagarozzi and Chuck Mondry kept the original film’s greatest line: "Pain don’t hurt."