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One of the biggest attractions of the year 2024 was the release of the Road House movie on March 21. It marked the Hollywood debut of UFC superstar Conor McGregor. The Dubliner starred across Hollywood A-lister Jake Gyllenhaal in the movie and surprised most of the fans with his performance.

Gyllenhaal played the role of Elwood Dalton in the movie, who is a retired UFC fighter. He took on the role of a bouncer at a Florida roadhouse and found his lost love for fighting. The movie is a remake of the 1989 original ‘Road House’ and was released on Amazon Prime for the viewers. The biggest attraction of the movie was the former dual-champion who played the role of ‘Knox’ in the movie. McGregor played an antagonist to the role of Dalton and the pair engaged in some serious action in the movie.

 

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McGregor surprised everyone with his performance in a negative role. The entire crew worked extremely hard to promote the film. As a result, it turned out to be a massive success. Much to the delight of the fans, a recent Instagram post shared by Prime Video hints at a sequel of the project with Jake Gyllenhaal featuring in it. ‘Road House’ has already lived up to the expectations of the fans and the fans would be desperate to see the sequel as well.

However, there are a few sets of fans who seemed a bit disappointed with the news. But why exactly are the fans disappointed with the release of the second part? Let us take a look at some comments below.

Fans share mixed reactions after the news of ‘Road House 2’

As per the reports, the ‘Road House’ film has gathered nearly 80 million worldwide viewers to date. The film premiered on March 21 and attracted a record-breaking worldwide viewers of over 50 million. It achieved the feat in the first two weekends of its release. However, it seems that the movie does have its share of critics as well. After the news of its sequel was released, fans took to social media to share their opinion on the whole.

This was Conor McGregor’s first Hollywood project, and such was the impact left by the Dubliner that one user credited him for the success of the movie

“Conor McGregor is what made the movie” 

The former dual-champion played the role of ‘Knox’ in the movie and surprised most of the viewers with his performance and now the fans only want to see him in the sequel

“If Conor ain’t in it, we ain’t watching!”

Despite gaining massive success in the first two weeks of its release, there were a few fans who seemed absolutely dissatisfied with the storyline of the movie

“Worst movie i watched there is no story Just moving people I just watch because of Conor and jack”

Adding to the list of haters, one more user shared his honest opinion about the movie and termed it the worst

“Easily worst film ever created”

Despite getting hate for the first part, there are a few fans who are waiting to see the sequel but have one condition for the movie

“Make it a good movie this time.”

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One user went the extra mile to show his disregard for the movie and even gave a time stamp for how long he watched the movie

“Worst movie ever. Turned it off within 30 minutes”

Just to motivate the group a bit more, our very own Conor McGregor took out time to comment on the post and wished them all the best for the upcoming project

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Congrats guys, I wish you all the very best of luck with it

Are you guys excited about the upcoming sequel? Let us know in the comments below.