Who has never dreamed of Jake Gyllenhaal and Conor McGregor facing off in a painful man fight? Well, if not, at least Prime Video managed to do it. While we discovered the first trailer for Road House last month, the platform is ramping up the hype by revealing a new series of photos.
In the remake of the 1989 film starring Patrick Swayze as John Dalton, Jake Gyllenhaal plays Elwood Dalton, an MMA practitioner who meets a certain Knox, played by UFC star Conor McGregor, for whom this is his film debut.
With the upcoming broadcast of Rod House on Prime Video, TotalFilm shares new footage of Ellwood and Knox battling it out one-on-one, as well as individual photos of the two, which can be seen below:
Inside the issue, Gyllenhaal, McGregor and more talk about bringing a UFC flavor to the reimagining of the ’80s favorite and tell us how they took the on-screen fight to a whole new level… https://t.co/Fda0fl4zKS pic.twitter.com/0379jxcDOJ
— Total Film (@totalfilm) February 26, 2024
What is the Road House remake about?
Directed by Doug Liman, to whom we owe The Memory in the Skin and Edge of Tomorrow, this new Road House stars Jake Gyllenhaal as an ex-UFC fighter who just got a new job as a bouncer at a bar in the Keys. Florida Archipelago. However, he soon discovers that the tropical paradise where he works is not what it seems.
In addition to Jake Gyllenhaal and Conor McGregor, the film also stars Daniella Melchiori as Ellie, Elwood Dalton’s love interest, and Billy Magnussen as Brandt, the film’s villain.
The rest of the cast includes Darren Barnett, Lucas Gage, Joaquim de Almedia, Beau Knapp, Gbemisola Ikumelo, Kevin Carroll, Jay Di Pardo, Arturo Castro, Hannah Love Lanier, Bob Manner, Jessica Williams, Travis Van Winkle, BK Cannon and Dominic Columbus. .
See you on March 21st on Prime Video to find out road house.
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