Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Daniela Melchior, Jessica Williams, Lukas Gage, Billy Magnussen, Conor McGregorMMA cameos: Jay Hieron, Chris Tognoni, Mark Smith, Bruce Buffer, Jon Anik, Daniel Cormier, Megan OliviCheesy tagline: Take it outdoors.Rotten Tomatoes critics rating: 62Rotten Tomatoes viewers rating: 57How to look at it: Amazon PrimeKey evaluation: “Although two hours lengthy, the film strikes as swiftly as a greased ferret by means of a Habitrail and delivers hallucinatory motion highs for its prolonged climax.” – Glenn Kenny, New York TimesSynopsis: A freshening-up of the 1989 cult traditional starring Patrick Swayze, the 2024 model of “Highway Home” has acclaimed motion director Doug Liman on the helm with Oscar nominee Jake Gyllenhaal as former UFC fighter Elwood Dalton, who begins bouncing at a bar within the Florida Keys. Naturally, he’s working from his troubled previous – he killed an opponent within the cage in a title battle. Now he has to cope with felony cops and locals who need the Highway Home gone so a giant resort might be constructed – and he has to cope with gang enforcer McGregor, too. It mustn’t go with out saying Lima, whose directorial work contains “Mr. & Mrs. Smith” and several other “Bourne” films, stated it was the very best factor he’s finished – and boycotted its premiere as a result of it was going straight to Prime for streaming and not using a full theatrical run.
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