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Nu-Road Housebelieves that its audience is there for pandemonium rather than philosophy, and you know what?
That lack of enlightenment makes theRoad Houseremake pretty inept in terms of replicating the spirit of the original.
It keeps the basic bouncer-versus-shady-businessman setup while leaving all of the weirder, more interesting details behind.
Honestly, they could use the help.
When the characters introduced, hes making the rounds in an underground fight circuit.
McGregors a forceful if entirely one-note presence onscreen whose main performance concept is a manic beam.
When placed alongside Daltons habitual Im-harmless grin, it gives the last act an amusing air of forced cheer.
