Jake Gyllenhaal Faces Off With Conor McGregor and Rowdy Bar ...

The 1989 film Road House gets transported from Missouri to Florida in the first official trailer for Prime Video‘s Road House. In place of Patrick Swayze’s James Dalton, Jake Gyllenhaal leads the film as Edward Dalton, an ex-UFC fighter helping to keep rowdy clientele at a Florida Keys roadhouse in check.

“He acts all nice and shit, like he’s Mister Rogers or something,” one character, played by Arturo Castro, says in the clip. “But then he beats the living shit out of you.” He would know, having been on the receiving end of a hefty slap from Dalton earlier in the trailer.

One of Dalton’s main opponents in the film is a man played by real-life ex-UFC fighter Conor McGregor. The two fighters are tasked with defending opposing parties, with Dalton doing everything he can to make sure that the owner who showed up for him at his lowest point doesn’t lose her roadhouse. Meanwhile, McGregor’s character has been hired to help take it.

“People seem a little aggressive around here,” Dalton observes.

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Road House was directed by Doug Liman. Anthony Bagarozzi and Charles Mondry created the screenplay based on David Lee Henry and Hilary Henkin’s original 1989 screenplay. The film also features Daniela Melchior, Billy Magnussen, Jessica Williams, Joaquim de Almeida, Lukas Gage, B.K. Cannon, Beau Knapp, Darren Barnet, Dominique Columbus, Bob Menery, Catfish Jean, Kevin Carroll, Travis Van Winkle, and Hannah Lanier.

Road House arrives on Prime Video on March 21 but will first make its premiere at South by Southwest.