"Road House" is the next must-watch movie

Sculpted abs, gripping fights and plots: following the release of Iron Claw, the film starring Zac Efron and Jeremy Allen White that portrayed an important side of wrestling, Road House is set to be released, the new film directed by Doug Liman. The plot of Road House revolves around the story of a former UFC fighter played by Jake Gyllenhaal, who is offered a job as a bouncer in a restaurant outside of town in Florida, known for frequent brawls. It will be available on Amazon Prime Video starting March 21st, and despite the film being set in a cliché location in the United States, namely a road house, the filming took place in the Dominican Republic, where the actors, including an unexpectedly cast lineup featuring martial artist Conor McGregor and pop star Post Malone, traveled. Road House is a remake of the original film released in 1989, Road House, directed by Rowdy Herrington starring David Swayze, still remembered today for its cultural impact, also due to a perfectly fitting blues and rock soundtrack that allowed the audience to immerse themselves in the atmosphere of Missouri. Indeed, regarding the musical aspect, it is intriguing to know whether Post Malone will or will not produce one or more tracks for the film.

The imminent release of Road House reflects a trend in contemporary cinema towards narrating less popular sports such as soccer, tennis, basketball, and American football. Despite the world cinema being filled with films that have depicted the emotion and adrenaline that can only be experienced in combat sports, such as Rocky Balboa, Creed, Million Dollar Baby, and many others, in recent years, numerous docuseries and biopics on more well-known sports have had extraordinary success, just think of The Last Dance. Even soccer has been the subject of a new narrative approach: the sports docuseries All or Nothing has endeavored to narrate the sport with a hint of drama (at times grotesque), only partially succeeding in its intent. In short, despite UFC and wrestling sharing both similarities and differences, it seems that cinema is about to be engulfed by a wave of "macho" films: one of the objectives of Iron Claw was to portray toxic masculinity, and who knows if Road House will know how to offer more than just punches and brawls to the audience.