Matisse van Rossum’s review published on Letterboxd:
When you have a movie directed by a man called Rowdy Herrington and starring Patrick Swayze, you know you're in for something truly special. Road House is one of the quintessential 80's action movies, and I had never seen it until last night, when my roommate and I watched it with one of our other friends. Man, I can't remember the last time I laughed so hard. Road House is just bursting with repetitive cliches, steely gazes, bad hairstyles, a wildly inconsistent story, and an increasingly shirtless Patrick Swayze. It also has some of the absolute greatest one-liners in the history of ever. I'm fairly certain that we almost caused a noise complaint when that one bad guy (because Dalton is the only character's name I remember) says, completely straight-faced and with the steeliest of gazes, "I used to fuck guys like you in prison." We were all laughing so hard that we almost fell out of our chairs.
Technically, it's a terrible film.The story is bad, the dialogue is bad, the directing is mediocre, most of the acting is bad, but it's all so bad that it's actually delightful. You don't watch Road House for an engaging story with relatable characters, you watch it to see Patrick Swayze take his shirt off and roundhouse kick people off and through things. If you go into this movie looking for anything more substantial than that, you're gonna be incredibly disappointed. And you shouldn't be disappointed by Road House. You should cherish it and love everything it stands for. Because bad 80's action movies are one of the best parts of cinema. And because Road House. That is all.