The Double-Deuce and James
Dalton, the “cooler,” were the elements of the surprise 1989 box office hit, Road
House. Patrick Swayze was
Dalton, a lethal weapon, who just wanted to enjoy life in rural Missouri with
“Doc” Clay (Kelly Lynch), but events just kept dragging him from one
altercation to the next. It was an
action gem!
Word arrived this past
week that MVD Entertainment Group has bestowed the coveted Marquee Collection
status on director Scott Ziehl’s 2006 direct-to-video sequel, Road
House 2, for a Blu-ray push on Jan. 22.
The same elements are
revisited to good effect is this kick-ass sequel, which finds Johnathon Schaech
(How
to Make an American Quilt, That Thing You Do!, Prom Night) starring as
Dalton’s son, Shane, who is an undercover DEA agent working the nasty streets
of New York City.
When word arrives that
his uncle Nate (played by Will Patton) has been beaten near to death because he
wouldn’t sell his popular watering hole, The Black Pelican, Shane does what any
good nephew would do, he saddles up and heads south to Louisiana to deal with
the scum.
He first has to take on
Wild Bill (played by Jake Busey) and his local thugs, but soon learns that the
real muscle behind the plans to take over The Black Pelican is none other than Miami
drug lord, Victor Cross (Richard Norton — Mad Max: Fury Road, Mind Games, The Octagon).
The love interest this
time around is a local school schoolmarm named Beau Hampton (Ellen Hollman … as
Saxa in the Spartacus television series), who, as luck would have, can
handle her own in a brawl. There is
also closure to Shane’s search for his father’s murderer … a nice twist at the
end reveals all!
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