Jake Gyllenhaal's Road House Remake Has Been Rated R

Jake Gyllenhaal's remake of the 1989 Patrick Swayze action cult classic Road House has officially been rated R by the MPAA.

The Jake Gyllenhaal-led remake of Amazon Studios' Road House will likely be as bloody and brutal as the original.

Per FilmRatings.com, the update of the 1989 cult classic that starred the late Patrick Swayze has officially been rated R "for violence throughout, pervasive language and some nudity." This rating is fitting for the bouncer action flick as it follows the original movie's hard R rating for its over-the-top violence, gratuitous nudity and love scenes between stars Swayze and Kelly Lynch. Additionally, it's director Doug Liman's first R-rated movie since American Made in 2017.

Directed by Rowdy Herrington, 1989's Road House was a production of producer Joel Silver (Lethal Weapon, The Matrix) that capitalized on Swayze's popularity following his breakout success in Dirty Dancing. Swayze played James Dalton, a New York City bouncer called in to become the head of security of the Missouri club, Double Deuce. Alongside his friend and mentor Wade Garrett (Sam Elliott), Dalton clashes with a corrupt businessman who owns the small Missouri town and wants to extort the Double Deuce. Along the way, Dalton falls in love with a local doctor (Lynch).

While the movie was largely unsuccessful at the box office, Road House found a large audience over the years through home video and cable. As one of Swayze's most beloved movies, Road House spawned a campy off-broadway musical and was parodied on an episode of Family Guy. In 2006, a straight-to-DVD sequel titled Road House 2 was released which starred Johnathon Schaech as Dalton's DEA agent son looking to avenge his father's off-screen murder.

The Road House Remake Has Been in the Works for Years

Plans for a Road House remake were announced in 2015 when UFC and WWE superstar Ronda Rousey was set to play a gender-swapped version of Dalton. The Notebook director Nick Cassavetes was attached to write and direct the remake. Development quietly stalled sometime after the news of Cassavetes and the remake went dormant until Gyllenhaal was announced to star in 2022.

The Road House remake takes the same premise as the original except for Gyllenhaal's Dalton having a background in UFC. He'll be joined by UFC champion Conor McGregor who reportedly "watched the film for the first time and, after enjoying the original, was game to meet to see how he would play a part in the new film." Silver returns to the producer role on the remake with Liman in the director's chair. "I’m thrilled to put my own spin on the beloved Road House legacy," Liman said in a statement. "And I can’t wait to show audiences what Jake and I are going to do with this iconic role."