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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the Christian O'Connell show podcast.

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<v Speaker 2>Or we have been doing over the last color weeks,

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<v Speaker 2>sin since we start the eightes. Out of the eighties, obviously,

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<v Speaker 2>Jackie Boy a millennial, it's not seen a lot of

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<v Speaker 2>these movies that we talk about in the eighties. So

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<v Speaker 2>each day, the day before when I ask him to

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<v Speaker 2>watch one of them. So you've done quite a few now,

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<v Speaker 2>and Karate Kids.

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<v Speaker 3>Crad a Kid, Top Gun, Police Academy, James Bond's Octopussy.

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<v Speaker 2>And then the ultimate one yesterday. I thought it was

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<v Speaker 2>the right moment in his life to initiate him. This

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<v Speaker 2>is what people need sometimes, young men to be initiating

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<v Speaker 2>into a rite of passage.

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<v Speaker 1>Hey, let's get into Roadhouse. Do you enjoy ving pined on.

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<v Speaker 2>What a movie nineteen eighty nine Patrick Swayze in Roadhouse,

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<v Speaker 2>the best damn caller in the business. A movie about

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<v Speaker 2>a bouncer. But wait, no honorary bouncer. Because we're dealing

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<v Speaker 2>with Patrick Swayzee. He's got a PhD in philosophy. When

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<v Speaker 2>he's suspensing bad guys, he's also dispensing genuine, interesting Western

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<v Speaker 2>and Eastern philosophy.

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<v Speaker 3>I was most nervous about going into this one because

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<v Speaker 3>I know it's a movie that's close to your heart,

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<v Speaker 3>and I hadn't really heard of it. Of course, I've

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<v Speaker 3>heard of Karate Kid, heard of Top Gun, heard of

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<v Speaker 3>Police Academy. Roadhouse don't really have much about.

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<v Speaker 2>It to disregard it as a bad like a good

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<v Speaker 2>bad movie. When I genuinely would put this in my

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<v Speaker 2>top ten. It is a masterpiece.

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<v Speaker 3>So I was worried that I was going to have

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<v Speaker 3>to come in this morning and say, Christian, I hated

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<v Speaker 3>one of your favorite films of all time. But let

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<v Speaker 3>me tell you, the recommendation tree that you've been running

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<v Speaker 3>has produced its first tasty apple road House, Christians Roadhouse. Yes,

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<v Speaker 3>it is a ten out of ten movie.

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<v Speaker 1>Dalton gave you ten out of ten.

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<v Speaker 3>It is awesome.

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<v Speaker 1>No word of a lie man.

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<v Speaker 3>That's a great movie.

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<v Speaker 1>So do you watch it with your wife Bianca?

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<v Speaker 3>She loved it as well. Nine out of ten from Bianca,

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<v Speaker 3>ten out of ten from me.

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<v Speaker 1>Incredible.

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<v Speaker 2>Can I just say this is it too much to

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<v Speaker 2>say it's a religious experience.

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<v Speaker 3>Because it actually is. The least A DoD has a

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<v Speaker 3>cheesy premise. He's the best bouncer in America. He's got

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<v Speaker 3>a PhD.

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<v Speaker 2>So how much money in there is there? He's got

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<v Speaker 2>that Mercedes convertible.

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<v Speaker 1>He's a bouncer. Are they paid that well?

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<v Speaker 3>I guess in the eighties in America, being a bouncer

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<v Speaker 3>is a huge thing.

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<v Speaker 1>But it's not. He wasn't just that he's the best

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<v Speaker 1>damn calder in the business.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, because everybody knows him wherever he goes. Hey, that's Dom,

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<v Speaker 3>that's Dalton. It is a great film. It's actually not

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<v Speaker 3>cheesy at all. It's actually an awesome film. The it

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<v Speaker 3>doesn't feel like the eighties cheese that was in Sorry

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<v Speaker 3>to say, Top Gun and Karate Kid. It's just really good.

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<v Speaker 3>You didn't want me how violent it was. You could

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<v Speaker 3>have put a disclaimer on that.

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<v Speaker 2>But what it is is they balance out with tai Chi.

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<v Speaker 2>And also when Dalton is so tough in this movie,

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<v Speaker 2>he's just got one name. He's just known as Dalton.

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<v Speaker 2>Right when he's doing that tai Chi, there's one scene.

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<v Speaker 2>A lot of people talk about the home e rottesism

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<v Speaker 2>in Top Gun, right about the beach volleyball scene. That

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<v Speaker 2>is nothing compared to don't when he's doing tai Chee.

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<v Speaker 2>There's other men in the background, just staring at him,

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<v Speaker 2>watching him in awe and it's like, hang on a minute,

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<v Speaker 2>why are we talking about this?

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<v Speaker 3>Patrick Swayzey doing the ti chee is probably my only

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<v Speaker 3>bug bear with the film. We didn't need four minutes

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<v Speaker 3>of that. It went for a very long time.

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<v Speaker 1>It was like, but what a body on him? He's amazing.

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<v Speaker 1>That's not even a twelve pack? What is that?

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<v Speaker 3>And I was I was sitting on the couch eating

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<v Speaker 3>Chucky's while I'm watching.

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<v Speaker 2>Road I thought you were going to say I was

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<v Speaker 2>sitting on the couch getting excited.

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<v Speaker 1>By four minutes. I wound for a little guys to cool.

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<v Speaker 3>Down, munching at a block of cabre, and I thought,

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<v Speaker 3>no way is this guy eating any chocolate.

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<v Speaker 1>Every inch of him.

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<v Speaker 3>Is ready to fire, poise, coil. So tell me this,

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<v Speaker 3>did you every time you watch Roadhouse? Surely afterwards you're

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<v Speaker 3>like giving.

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<v Speaker 1>Him one of these? Do you?

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<v Speaker 2>Someone?

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<v Speaker 1>Really sad?

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<v Speaker 2>So when I saw that, I came out in nineteen

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<v Speaker 2>eighty nine. I was sixteen, right, You can you imagine

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<v Speaker 2>in sixteen seeing that, and I'm to martial arts and

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<v Speaker 2>I think.

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<v Speaker 1>This guy's my new mentor. Of course he's smoking throughout

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<v Speaker 1>the movie as well. I go because I like, I

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<v Speaker 1>need to learn tai chi.

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<v Speaker 2>What a great way That's what I'm going to find

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<v Speaker 2>girls is if I just start going to local park

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<v Speaker 2>stripped to.

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<v Speaker 3>The wait on my beer's like shirtose blooney white.

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<v Speaker 1>There's only no way you would buy those right to

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<v Speaker 1>kmart seale them. But anyway, right, I just thought I

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<v Speaker 1>need to I need to learn tai chi and then

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<v Speaker 1>start doing it in parks to attract girls. So I thought,

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<v Speaker 1>there's not a lot of spiritual masters, right right.

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<v Speaker 2>So I remember going to my dad going, I know too,

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<v Speaker 2>I going to thay Chie my dad fair blay. He

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<v Speaker 2>didn't laugh if he went, Well, I guess we're gonna

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<v Speaker 2>have to go to the local library. My dad drove

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<v Speaker 2>me too the local library, and I hired out two

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<v Speaker 2>books on tai chi, something called white Crane or horse

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<v Speaker 2>Fly tai Chie.

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<v Speaker 1>And do you know how long I took that up?

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<v Speaker 1>For three minutes? So slow, it's so slow. Anyway, let's

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<v Speaker 1>go back to Roadhouse. So obviously you got the star

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<v Speaker 1>of it. Patrick.

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<v Speaker 3>He's one of the most handsome men in film ever.

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<v Speaker 1>What about that mane of hair? Brilliant And he's even

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<v Speaker 1>when he's.

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<v Speaker 2>Like roadhouse and kicking me from the head or taking

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<v Speaker 2>knives off them. What about the one where someone stabs

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<v Speaker 2>him in the arm. He doesn't even flinch he gets

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<v Speaker 2>shot in he has flinch all the tight cheek.

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<v Speaker 3>And then Sam Elliott is like his guru.

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<v Speaker 1>And the second damn best caller in the business.

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<v Speaker 3>He used to be the best, the best of the best.

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<v Speaker 3>I actually saw Wade Garrett sam Elliott's character as you,

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<v Speaker 3>and I was the young You're my mentor and I'm

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<v Speaker 3>learning from you.

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<v Speaker 1>And how beautiful is sam Elliott in that.

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<v Speaker 3>Gorgeous man with that gray of hair.

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<v Speaker 1>And that's it's tied back in a bun, but he

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<v Speaker 1>pulls it off.

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<v Speaker 3>One one thing about the movie that I really loved

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<v Speaker 3>Brad Wesley. He's the bad guy, the rich bad guy

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<v Speaker 3>who runs the.

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<v Speaker 2>Whole the most evil man America. And so he's got

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<v Speaker 2>a stranglehold over the whole town.

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<v Speaker 1>Right. Why I only ever saw two houses there? Right?

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<v Speaker 2>People just leave in one of two houses. The other

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<v Speaker 2>side that strange big river. Right, there's a car dealership

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<v Speaker 2>and the general store.

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<v Speaker 1>What do you want? What else have they got there?

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<v Speaker 3>Then the world's biggest roadhouse, the bar that they're actually protecting,

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<v Speaker 3>that they're the bouncers off. Yeah, with hundreds of people

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<v Speaker 3>in at night, it's like, where are these people?

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<v Speaker 2>An evil plan is he wants to rebuild it and

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<v Speaker 2>expand it into a chain.

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<v Speaker 1>That's his plan for world domination.

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<v Speaker 3>Okay, one more thing. I know, we've got to get

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<v Speaker 3>to the news, and we're way late. I don't want

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<v Speaker 3>to spoil the ending for anybody who hasn't say it,

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<v Speaker 3>because I would recommend people to see it.

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<v Speaker 2>If you he's been out since nineteen eighty nine, you

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<v Speaker 2>can't say spoiler alert.

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<v Speaker 3>Go and watch it on stand free on stan At

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<v Speaker 3>the moment Roadhouse, I loved it. I'm not going to

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<v Speaker 3>say the part I love the most. I'm just going

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<v Speaker 3>to do it for you.

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<v Speaker 1>End of the.

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<v Speaker 2>Film, the throat. Okay, can we just talk about quickly

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<v Speaker 2>about that right? Two things. The bad guy who is

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<v Speaker 2>all building to that right is on a motorbike.

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<v Speaker 1>Dawnton walks him down.

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<v Speaker 2>The other guy is on let me say again, a motorbike,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'll mate with the tai Chi managed to walk

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<v Speaker 2>up to him and drag him off. He runs him

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<v Speaker 2>down on his feet against a man on a motorbike,

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<v Speaker 2>he tackles him, and then that bit where you know

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<v Speaker 2>Dawn filt. The movie is just suspensing bodies left, fright

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<v Speaker 2>and tent. He doesn't even think about it. He's just

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<v Speaker 2>a pure machine. Suddenly me he's the most evil man

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<v Speaker 2>in America who killed his best mate.

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<v Speaker 1>I've counted it. He waivers, not known what to do

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<v Speaker 1>for nineteen long seconds.

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<v Speaker 2>Hang on, you kill people that you only just met,

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<v Speaker 2>this guy, the most evil man in America.

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<v Speaker 1>You're going to wait twenty seconds. You don't know what.

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<v Speaker 3>To do because that's the moment where Dalton changes. He's

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<v Speaker 3>thinking is like, do I want to be the animal

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<v Speaker 3>or do I want to go to a new life

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<v Speaker 3>where I'm not a vicious killer anymore?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, amazing films. So ten out of ten, ten out

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<v Speaker 1>of ten.

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<v Speaker 3>I could talk about it with you for hours.

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<v Speaker 1>Watch it this weekend, Roadhouse on stands.

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<v Speaker 2>The Christian O'Connell show podcast