Summary
Jake Gyllenhaal’sRoad Houseremake was a huge success, but it also divided some audiences with one of its choices, and the sequel will have to fix it. TheRoad Houseremake had the best Rotten Tomatoes scorein the entire franchise, andRoad Houseshattered Amazon Prime Video streaming recordswhen it released in March. It was a massive success in several different categories, butRoad Housealso had its fair share of controversies and divisiveness. Some of those problems have already been resolved, but there’s one major issueRoad House2still has to solve.
Throughout its production,Road Househad several controversies. There was theage gap between Gyllenhaal and Daniela Melchior, whose characters had a romantic subplot in the movie. There was also twobig controversies aboutRoad House’s release, as director Doug Liman wanted a theatrical release, but the movie only debuted on streaming, and a screenwriter from the originalRoad Housesued MGM. Those controversies have mostly been settled, but there’s still one issue the franchise will have to fix beforeRoad House 2if it wants to succeed.
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Many ofRoad House’s controversies came from outside drama, but there was one problem in the movie itself.Road Houseused CGI for some of its fight scenes, and some viewers took exception to that.The CGI, at times, was very noticeable inRoad House, and it gave some of the fight scenes that used it a fake-looking quality.The CGI was even criticized by Scott Adkins, an actor with a major fight scene inJohn Wick: Chapter 4. He pointed out that other films have used CGI to enhance fights in the past, and they did it more subtly thanRoad Housedid.
Despite the criticismsRoad House’s CGI received, it also earned some celebration.VFX experts praisedRoad House’s CGI, and noted how difficult it would be to pull off some of the visual effects the movie uses. There are definitely moments where blows hit harder and had more impact, and those moments highlighted how good the CGI could have been.There are, however, several moments, like the fight scene on Brandt’s boat, where the fight scenes look more like superhero movies. Those poorer examples took a lot ofRoad House’s realism, and its suspense, out of some critical moments.
Road House’s CGI was a fairly large criticism of the movie, andRoad House 2will have to fix the first film’s mistakes to avoid creating another, even bigger, controversy.It’s fairly likely that theRoad Housesequel will continue to use CGI - the franchise already used it once, and there’s a lot of potential for it. Hopefully, the lessons needed to fix the first movie’s mistakes have been learned. If they have, there are a few very simple waysRoad Housecould improve its CGI.
Both the VFX artists and their equipment will have quite a bit of time to improve, and the controversy it’s already caused will likely leadRoad House 2’s director to use the CGI more sparingly. If it is used in a wiser and more controlled way, the best parts ofRoad House’s CGI could really shine. The fact is,Road House 2could benefit greatly from having enhanced visual effects in its fights, but it has to put in the work to make those effects better than the ones in the firstRoad Houseremake.
Road House
Cast
Road House is a remake of the original 1989 film, which followed protagonist Dalton, a Ph.D. educated bouncer at the roughest bar in the south known as the Double Deuce. Jake Gyllenhaal stars as Dalton, with two major changes including Dalton being a retired UFC fighter and the bar locale being in the Florida Keys.
