Road House 2
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Directed by | Scott Ziehl |
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Story by | Miles Chapman |
Produced by | Yoram Pelman |
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Cinematography | Thomas L. Callaway |
Edited by | Edgar Burcksen |
Music by | Amotz Plessner |
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Distributed by | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Road House 2 is a 2006 American direct-to-video action film directed by Scott Ziehl. It is the sequel to 1989's Road House. Johnathon Schaech stars as a bouncer who must protect a Louisiana bar from criminals.
Plot
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A small subplot involves Shane still looking for the murderer who killed his father, the legendary Dalton, many years ago when Shane arrived home from work (Shane was a rookie Louisiana state trooper). After Dalton's murder, Shane left town and joined the DEA as a field agent. Now, Wild Bill's boss, Miami crime syndicate kingpin Victor Cross, decides that it is time to handle matters personally, since Wild Bill's men have not been doing a good job of taking care of Shane. Shane is soon faced with impossible odds and a low number of staff members at the Black Pelican.
To rid Louisiana of Victor, Wild Bill, and their organization, Shane teams up with local school teacher Beau Hampton and Wild Bill's cousin, who has a military background. Soon, Beau and Shane take down Wild Bill and Victor. In the end, Victor is badly beaten and left at Beau's house and Wild Bill is impaled by the symbolic black pelican at the bar.
It is revealed that Victor had wanted Shane dead for a drug bust he did on Victor long ago as a state trooper. Victor had hired Wild Bill, then a cooler at the bar, to kill Dalton. Shane decides to stay in town since he can finally be at peace after finding his father's murderers and exacting justice from them.
Cast
- Johnathon Schaech as DEA Agent Shane Tanner
- Ellen Hollman as Beau Hampton
- Richard Norton as Victor Cross
- Jake Busey as Bill "Wild Bill" Decarie
- Will Patton as Nate Tanner
- Marisa Quinn as Nadja
- Crystal Mantecón as Sherri
Reception
Critical response
Scott Weinberg of DVD Talk rated it 2.5/5 stars and called it a predictably "mindless, silly mess" that was made to capitalize on the first film's fandom.[1] In a review of both films, Cam Lindsay of Exclaim! wrote that it was better to ignore the sequel and simply rewatch the original instead.[2]
References
- ^ Weinberg, Scott (2006-07-18). "Road House 2". DVD Talk. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
- ^ Lindsay, Cam (2006-01-01). "Road House / Road House 2: Last Call". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
External links
- Road House 2 at IMDb
- Road House 2 at AllMovie
- Road House 2 at Rotten Tomatoes