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It's what you wrote.

Which means you agree it was as awful as awful can be. :D

Looking great shirtless isn't the same as cinematic charisma. He was a dull and not especially talented actor. Handsome, seemed like a decent guy. Couldn't act.

No. The original was as awful as awful can be. The presence of an actual actor in the lead automatically makes it better.

Remakes of bad movies can be good! I think the most logical remakes are those where the original was bad but could have been good - ie, the premise/plot/characters have promise but the movie just wasn't well-executed. I'm not sure I'd put the original "Road House" in that category, as it...

And Patrick Swayze did? Swayze was a terrible actor and a flat onscreen presence. Gyllenhaal's a radically superior actor.