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A darker ‘Road House’ My primary interest in reviewing the first season, which was released on DVD on August 18, of the A&E drama series “The Beast” was making fun of “classic” Patrick Swayze films such as “Dirty Dancing,” “Road House,” and “Ghost.” I will provide the promised mocking but found the program to be much more compelling than expected and one that is worth owning despite it not quite providing the time of your life. Before teasing Swayze, I will digress further by adding my voice to the millions of others who wish him the best with his cancer treatments. As someone who knocks off early when I get a fever and feel sluggish, I admire Swayze greatly for continuing to film the show while undergoing chemotherapy. Swayze does a good job as grizzled, cynical, veteran undercover FBI agent Charles Barker mentoring rookie agent Travis Fimmel as the late-20s rookie agent Ellis “Homeboy wannabe” Dove. Barker beats me to the punch by making several Karate Kid jokes in reference to his training of Dove, but I would not be surprised if one of the numerous scenes in which Dove admits that Barker was right in telling him that Barker was the only person that he Dove can trust ends with Barker sitting behind Dove at a pottery wheel. The “straight” aspects of the relationship between Barker and Dove have the same positive elements as the relationship between the high school science teacher and his homeboy wannabe methamphetamine business partner on the more dramatic very good program “Breaking Bad.” In both shows, the older and wiser man is a surrogate father to the 20-something “boy” who must learn discipline, patience, and proper values. Further, Swayze could teach Fimmel a thing or two about moving smoothly and even doing the mashed potato. The term “The Beast” refers to the grueling undercover work that is expected of FBI agents who choose that line of work. Swayze and Dove are not assigned to reduce the violence at a seedy road house, but Barker does take a renegade approach to cases that involve arms dealers, drug lords, Chinese spies, a killer of homeless veterans, and world-class assassins to name a few. In true Swayze style, he often pushes Dove and his superiors aside to go off on his own so that he can get the job done his way. Most of these episodes are done well, but one that involves Swayze being framed for murder and Dove going rogue to clear his partner is rather clichéd. The show also adds the good element of a season-long storyline about a group of corrupt FBI agents and genuine suspense regarding whether Barker belongs to that group and if Dove will succumb to pressure to co-operate with an internal investigation of him. I assure readers that Barker does not end up working as a dance instructor at a summer resort in the Adirondack Mountains. Fans of The Beast, Swayze, or just mocking wonderfully cheesy films are invited to share their thoughts as e-mail to tvdvdguy@gmail.com. TV on DVD Reviews:  |
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