The Patrick Swayze version was bad, but this one is ridiculous. Ridiculous acting, absurd plot, over-the-top CGI fighting. And when Gyllenhaal finally gets mad enough, he decides to go on a killing spree. At least Swayze didn't go that far.
shareJake did it for the fat paycheck. Probably the fattest of his career.
shareThough ostensibly this movie was intended for movie screens(so says the director Doug Limon), it evidently originated and ended up as a streaming movie -- and in this decade, movie star pay for STREAMING movies(mainly at Netflix) is insane.
Ryan Reynolds, for one, is picking up $50 milliion paychecks to make highly forgettable "psuedo movies" at Netflix. Quentin Tarantino has expressed dismay at this. No matter -- if the goal of the modern movie star is wealth beyond their wildest dreams -- streaming movies are the way to go and it doesn't MATTER if Ryan Reynolds can never have the quality career that, say, Paul Newman got back in the day.
All these actors wouldn't be making these throwaway streaming flix unless the dough was substantially better than typical cinema fare. Any time I look up a filmography to see what happened to so and so, the recent credits are all direct to video streaming things i've never heard of.
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"Road House" filmmakers and star Jake Gyllenhaal chose an extra $25 million — and a straight-to-streaming release.
Bigger paychecks. Less money on screen.
https://www.indiewire.com/news/breaking-news/road-house-skipped-theaters-more-money-1234954013/
These days Reynolds picks up extra cash from acting. Most of his $350 million worth did not come from screen roles.
shareThese days Reynolds picks up extra cash from acting. Most of his $350 million worth did not come from screen roles.
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Yes...this seems to be the "amazing development" for a LOT of so-called "movie stars" in the 21st Century.
For instance, for all his fame, George Clooney actually made a LOT of movies that didn't make much money at all(Leatherheads, The Good German, even The Monuments Men with an all-star cast.) But he evidently made $300 million off of his tequila.
And Ryan Reynolds has...liquor? Sport teams?
Its like these men and woman use a few movies and the coming of stardom to cash out on multi-miliion dollar endorsements and deals. The acting is entirely secondary.
Meanwhile, near the end of their careers, both James Stewart and Henry Fonda ended up on TV sitcoms that failed..and Fonda had to do an Italian Jaws rip-off called "Tentacles" before daughter Jane saved him with On Golden Pond -- and Henry's only Oscar -- at the end of his life.
Oh I totally get why an actor would make this movie. Looked like an absolute blast of a fun production. Plus a nice paid tropical vacation.
shareJake was paid $5M for this pic.
shareNot every movie has to be a high art production. Being a part of this movie would be a ton of fun and he's probably a fan of the original.
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