For action fans of a certain vintage, Road House is a seminal text. Patrick Swayze, with a feathered barnet that never looked more glorious, spin kicking his way through drunken thugs, greedy developers and into Kelly Lynch’s heart.
The action may have moved from Missouri to the Florida Keys for this surprise remake but there is just the right amount of shared DNA to make it enjoyable for enthusiasts of the original, while ladling on the action for those who had no idea about the greatness that came before.
