Stuntmen React 38: Road House, Steven Seagal, Frankenstein

Gui straight up doing the full intro and introducing Niko just confirms at this point that he's the host of stuntmen now and we love it

I love when someone mentions Steven Seagal, Gui inmediately goes with "oh no"

that full body burn is the best and craziest ive ever seen. mad respect to that stuntwoman and the crew!

I actually worked the new road house film here in the Dominican Republic and I actually met Eric Linden (which was really cool because i recognized him from the channel). It was very cool set and Eric was super chill and down to earth. I am grateful for that fangirling moment.

Fun Fact: Roadhouse was 100% cheesy when it came out in the 80s. I totally remember watching it on VHS with my friend and laughing at some of the stuff in it.

One thing I want to add about "The Hunted" knife scene is that there's no music playing during their fight scene. It's just them at the waterfall until close to the very end with a slow build and a holding sound. Amazing scene and ending for that film.

I always thought the fight scene from the end of SERENITY on the planet could really use a great breakdown. Two actors really conveying how much pain the fight is causing them and the moves are pretty brutal. Give it a go!!!!

Gui and Eric have to be my two favorite stuntmen to sit in. They're just so chill, knowledgeable, and likable. Great episode.

I recently rewatched The Mask of Zorro and some of the stunts, especially on horseback, were fantastic. Worth a breakdown in the future!

Can't wait til we get to see behind the scenes of John Wick 4 stunts! Oh & since this seems to be a top comment, I vote that the Jack Reacher tv series gets some love in the next stuntman episode!

I remember seeing fight club and for the first time punches sounded like it should and reactions being realistic instead of the "crash boom Kapow" sounds and people flying... It made my stomach turn back then. Truly a game changer.

Man, I miss Clint. Really cool to be reminded that he's still a part-time member of the crew.

For dissecting explosions done in the medium of film, I recommend the most memorable recorded explosion I've ever seen. It was in a movie called We Were Soldiers starring Mel Gibson. I was caught completely off guard when I saw that shot of the explosion as its movement was quite unique in the moment.

There is an Indonesian film called The Night Comes for Us, it is two hours, of which 90 minutes is some of the most brutal fight sequences I've seen in film. In particular, the final fight sequence between the two main characters tells a very distinct story while also just being incredibly intense.

I would really appreciate a stuntman react to the Ganky fights in the original two mortal kombat movies!

Road House, for me at least, has that certain vibe that you usually get from watching movies you watched as a kid, but somehow still makes you just forget everything around you for the duration of the film when watching as an adult. This, along with Beverly Hills Cop 2, Kindergarten Cop, Rush Hour, Ace Ventura, Joe Dirt, Weekend at Bernie's & Speed, are some of my go-to-movies if I just want to have some fun action/comedy to relax to. And I'd much rather have a pair of greasy mullets throwing punches I can see don't hit, rather than the CGI frenzy we get now with so little substance to them.

Your man Gui makes the funniest half asleep faces when other people are talking.

As someone with a few years of experience in aikido - the safest way to do most of the techniques is to actually do them for real and have the other person do a proper breakfall. You can't really fake them or hide them behind a clever camera angle. The worst injury I've sustained while training was when my partner tried to protect me - and instead of throwing me full force, he caught me and stopped my fall in the middle right after he performed a throwing technique on me. The result - I sprained my ankle really badly. I could barely walk for weeks after that. The locking and throwing techniques in the John Wick franchise are obviously done for real. There are two problems here. One - stuntmen back then weren't really prepared for Seagal's style of fight choreography. Before him fight scenes in Hollywood were basically kicking and punching, throws were rare and wristlocks were unheard of. Two - even if you do a technique for real, that doesn't mean you should do it like he does them here. I mean, sankyo ( 8:57 ) is a dangerous wristlock. It can mess up your entire arm. You shouldn't do it so fast to someone who isn't prepared to take it. He had a reputation for hurting people on set and I honestly think this is unforgivable.

The mid movie fight sequence of Ninja Assassin is amazing! The stunts are out of this world with some splashed up cgi to top it off

It's crazy how the Stuntmen react feels like its own show at this point. And I like them both equally.