Conor McGregor‘s debut in Hollywood seems to have a bumpy road. The former dual-weight champion stepped into the glam of Holywood through the help of his debut in ‘Road House’ alongside Jake Gyllenhaal. The movie was promoted heavily by the UFC star as well as by the entire team, however, seems like it failed to grasp that contrast that the fans were looking for.
The Movie revolves around Jake Gyllenhaal who acts as the protagonist (Dalton0 in the movie. He is the main lead, a former UFC middleweight fighter who has returned now and working as a bouncer in a troubled beach bar. The story gets interesting when Conor McGregor makes the entry. McGregor acts as the antagonist of the movie (Knox).
‘Road House’ review: Conor McGregor steals the show, but remake fails to live up to original in any way https://t.co/126aXNAfMF
— MMA Fighting (@MMAFighting) March 22, 2024
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The movie promised tremendous fights, story, and pacing, however, seems like it lacked every bit of it. The movie marketed itself as the remake of the cult classic movie released under the same name back in 1989. The movie is everything except the remake. After the movie was released on Amazon Prime on the 21st of March, fans flooded the internet with reviews of the film, and seems like the fans specifically the fight fans didn’t enjoy the movie as much.
Even though it’s not a remake, Road House seems like a film ͏that͏ ͏st͏ar͏ted ͏with good in͏tentions as a modern action͏-co͏medy. However, the͏ ͏final result re͏minds ͏us why Amazon chose to releas͏e it͏ straight to streaming in͏stead of in th͏eate͏rs. The͏re’s not much ͏humor in ͏this͏ movie, and it mostly falls short of͏ the ͏original in ͏ever͏y way.
Fans bash Conor McGregor and co, for ‘Road House’
The movie was supposed to be a masterclass considering the fact that McGregor admitted that he gave his best in the movie. The fighter even went as far as to state that acting is more difficult than fighting. however, despite everything seems like ‘Road House’ failed to capture the hearts of the fans. Some of the comments by the fans are as follows:-
Conor McGregor’s debut as the antagonist of the movie might have worked for him but it failed to work its magic for the fans.
Mcgregor is dreadful in it
— Leinster (@Leinster2017) March 22, 2024
It’s no doubt that the original movie was a cult classic, however, even the 1989 film was not as good as one might think it is and one of the fans highlighted that.
Even the original sucked.
— BRITT (@54BRITT54) March 22, 2024
Another fan stated that McGregor’s acting was horrible in the movie.
He steals the show? He was terrible. Movie was a 6 and he was a 2. The young bookstore girl and her father were the only actors in the movie
— Tom Lappin (@thomaslappin) March 22, 2024
MMA fans know about McGregor’s personality and his character in the movie is like an exact copy of him. A fan highlighted McGregor’s similar character.
Isn’t Conor just playing himself 🤷
— Josh (@JUchiha909) March 22, 2024
Furthermore, a fan went to deep in judging McGregor’s character.
It’s terrible, terrible fighting, terrible acting, poor Jake.
— Rika Smith BSc (@IamRikaSmith) March 22, 2024
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Finally, a fan came forward to provide a neutral answer to the movie.
I got 40 mins and had to turn it off. It’s not horrible but it’s not good either. Not sure I will finish it. Gyllenhaal not given a whole lot to work with here.
— Ⓜ️𝕚𝕜𝕖 𝔻𝕚𝕕𝕕𝕪 (@Mookie__Bets) March 22, 2024
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Nonetheless, ͏the fans had a field ͏trip when they took turns to express ͏their opin͏ions on͏ the movie. What’s your take on “Road House”? Do ͏you conside͏r the movie to be good or bad? State your ͏thoughts in th͏e comme͏nts be͏low.