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‘Road House’ Lands Roundhouse On Opening Night Of SXSW, Proving It Has Big-Screen Muscle

'Road House' world premiere on the opening night of SXSW 2024 was a banger with Jake Gyllenhaal and Conor McGregor with laughs and cheeers.

While the streamer has turned a corner and committed to theatrical, and is largely judicious in making the proper call as to what goes on the service or on the big screen, this non-stop action-in-paradise movie, shot in Imax and further laced with Dolby 7.1 sound, is certainly worth leaving the couch for. Spoiler alert, there’s one action scene in the film that’s totally suitable for big-screen love, involving Gyllenhaal’s bar bouncer getting hit by a truck while strolling across a bridge. Amazon MGM’s distribution move here with Road House, which is scheduled to hit Prime Video on March 21, is mind-boggling after tonight’s roaring premiere given that the studio did box office wonders in the flyover states over Christmas with George Clooney’s fresh-face period drama The Boys in the Boat,which minted $52.5 million.

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