The Shortest Credits Ever

From the Scarecrow Movie Guide: "This is a movie to enjoy while drinking beer out of a can."

It was great to see Locke's dad from Lost (Kevin Tighe) not being as asshole. Although the Chloe from ER sighting (Kathleen Wilhoite) was a drag. And Sam Elliott, by definition, automatically makes avery movie better. I mean The Big Lebowski? Thank You For Smoking? And let's not forget Tombstone and The Quick and The Dead.

I do love me some Patrick Swayze. I mean, come on. He calls everyone sir, he comes to work in a clean dress shirt, slacks, and a flashy belt. What's not to love? Pure class. Although one thing I did notice is that his nod can mean any number of things, such as yes, no, kill him, or don't touch him. I guess it depends on the situation. Like deciphering verbs in Italian. Fucking Italians.

One quick note about his wage. He demands $500 per night. So let's say he's working six nights a week (not out of the question in such a place). That's $3,000 per week. Let's throw in two weeks off a year, for a total of 50 weeks. He's making $150,000 per year. And that's in 1989. With inflation, that puts him at $259,749.73 before taxes (if he's even paying taxes, which I doubt). Let me emphasize that. He's pulling in a quarter million a year to be the head bouncer at a shitty bar in the middle of nowhere (do remember that this is before the bar even became civil). That's a little unreal, even for movie land, don't you think?

Lastly, a few points of interest:

• The great quotes such as "So consider it severance pay" and "Pain don't hurt".
• How did so many "babes" end up in Podunk, USA?
• Lots of glass breaking at all times...never seems to lead to injury. Only knives and fists.
• I'm always surprised by how many punches to the face everyone can take in the action movie world.
• If you are the town savior, you are exempt from silly rules like no parking zones in front of emergency rooms.
• Apparently "making it" in the middle of nowhere equates to changing the theme of a bar to be more like a Miami Beach nightclub. But with southern rock.
• At the 1:17 mark: Big badda boom.
• No action movie is complete without an exploding car. Awesome.