Frank Tilghman, owner of the Double Deuce road house in Jasper, Missouri, travels to New York City to hire legendary bouncer, Dalton, to help clean up the Double Deuce. Dalton leaves his decrepit automobile in New York and drives his Mercedes-Benz to Jasper, where he purchases another decrepit car and several tires. He rents an apartment over a barn from a local farmer named Emmet. Across the river is the mansion of Brad Wesley, a business tycoon extorting money from the town’s citizens under the guise of the “Jasper Improvement Society.” The Double Deuce is filled with rowdy customers, constant fighting, and a band forced to perform behind a chain link fence. As Dalton observes the situation, he notes an overly-aggressive bouncer, a waitress dealing drugs, and another bouncer who flirts with women instead of attending to his job. The band takes a break and Dalton reconnects with Cody, the blind singer. The two have crossed paths at various clubs in the country, and Cody admits this is one of the worst. Later, Tilghman reveals to his staff that he plans to improve the Double Deuce and introduces Dalton, declaring he is in charge of all bar business. Dalton fires the bad bouncers and the waitress who sold drugs. He claims the club has too many troublemakers, but that will change. The bouncers must be nice to the customers, take any problems or fights outside, and watch each other’s backs. That evening, Dalton notices Pat McGurn, the bartender, stealing money, and fires him. When he leaves for the evening, Dalton finds his tires slashed and the windshield broken. The next morning, he orders a new windshield from Red Webster, owner of the auto parts store, and Red laughs that Dalton might need a standing order for parts. Later, Dalton walks into Tilghman’s office and finds Pat McGurn demanding his job back. Backed by two thugs, O’Connor and Tinker, McGurn declares that his uncle, Brad Wesley, is in charge of supplying liquor to the bar, and Tilghman must rehire him and fire Dalton. McGurn pulls a knife and threatens Dalton, who disarms him and sends McGurn flying through the window. The two thugs battle Dalton and he receives a knife wound, but soon overpowers the men and has them escorted from the club. At the hospital, Dr. Elizabeth Clay treats his wound and he asks “Doc” to stop by the Double Deuce for coffee sometime. O’Connor and Tinker drive their monster truck to Wesley’s home. Wesley is furious that his nephew was not rehired and beats O’Connor for failing his assignment. Dalton stops at Red’s store and discovers that Wesley’s thugs vandalized the place. Red is angry about “being robbed” every week by Wesley’s extortion racket, but notes that every business in town pays. Dalton telephones his mentor, Wade Garrett, an older, equally legendary bouncer, and asks him about Wesley, but Garrett has not heard of the businessman. At the Double Deuce, the fence in front of the band is gone and the crowd is well-behaved. Several of Wesley’s thugs arrive, and as Dalton orders them to leave, he notices a knife protruding from a thug’s boot. He grabs the man’s leg and pulls him outside. Dalton and his bouncers fight the thugs, taking them down as Doc arrives. She and Dalton go for a cup of coffee and kiss. When Dalton returns home, O’Connor and Tinker are waiting. They take Dalton to meet Wesley, who wants to hire him. Dalton flatly refuses and leaves. Business is booming at the Double Deuce and Tilghman is happy, except that liquor is running low because Wesley will not allow distributors to deliver. Dalton promises to handle the problem. Doc stops at the club and Dalton learns she is Red’s niece. He takes her home and they make love. Doc suggests that Dalton could settle in Jasper, but he does not plan to do so. When the liquor delivery arrives at the Double Deuce, Wesley’s men attempt to stop it. As Dalton fights them, Wade Garrett arrives. He joins the fray and they defeat the thugs. That night, Red’s store is set on fire. Dalton races to help, but the building explodes as Red also arrives. When Dalton returns to the Double Deuce, Wesley and his entourage are inside. Wesley derides Red for refusing to help the town like everyone else, and introduces his newest hire, Jimmy, who taunts the other bouncers to fight him. Dalton allows his bouncers to fight, but Jimmy is highly skilled and takes them down. Jimmy challenges Wade and Dalton, but Wesley shoots his gun into the air and stops their brutal battle. As Wesley and his men leave, Jimmy threatens Dalton. Doc, Dalton, Tilghman, and local car dealer Stroudenmire try to convince Red to rebuild, but he refuses. He cannot prove Wesley set the fire and knows that the police force supports Wesley. Dalton and Doc are driving through town when they learn of trouble at Stroudenmire’s car dealership. They arrive as Wesley’s men drive their monster truck through the showroom, crushing several automobiles. Doc confronts Wesley, and he tells her to get Dalton out of town while that is still possible. Wesley declares Jasper is his town. Later, at Dalton’s place, Doc asks him to leave town for his own safety. Dalton refuses and insists Wesley should not have challenged him, because Dalton never loses a fight. They hear an explosion and run outside to find Emmet’s home on fire. Dalton runs inside to save Emmet, and they get outside just before the home is destroyed in a second explosion. Dalton spots Jimmy leaving on a motorcycle. He chases him, knocks Jimmy off the bike, and the two men fight. It is a brutal battle and when Dalton gains the upper hand, Jimmy pulls out a gun to kill him. Dalton knocks the gun aside, rips Jimmy’s throat out, and kicks his body into the water. Doc runs up, sees the dead body and walks away from Dalton. The next morning, Wesley calls as Dalton arrives at the Double Deuce and announces that he plans to kill Wade Garrett or Doc Clay, and Dalton must choose. As Dalton hangs up, Wade walks in, badly beaten. He tells Dalton to find Doc while he remains at the Double Deuce. Dalton races to the hospital and tells Doc that she must leave town with him, but she refuses and asks Dalton to leave. When he returns to the Double Deuce, Dalton discovers Wade’s body on the bar with a note from Wesley pinned to his chest with a knife. Dalton grabs the knife and heads for Wesley’s home. Wesley’s thugs are waiting and open fire as Dalton’s car speeds across the yard at them and crashes. However, Dalton is not inside the vehicle; he wedged the gas pedal with the knife used to kill Wade. The thugs search for Dalton, and he takes them down one by one. As Tinker searches Wesley’s trophy room, Dalton knocks him out. Wesley finds Dalton in the trophy room and shoots him in the shoulder. Dalton knocks the gun aside, and the two men fight. When Wesley retrieves his gun, Dalton knocks it aside again and pushes Wesley down. However, he stops himself from ripping out Wesley’s throat as Doc runs inside. Dalton steps toward her, and Wesley grabs his gun. However, Red, Stroudenmire and Tilghman arrive and shoot Wesley. They inform Wesley that this is their town, and Tilghman fires the kill shot. Red hides their weapons as police arrive. The sheriff asks what happened, but everyone insists they saw nothing. Tinker regains consciousness, assesses the situation, and declares he did not see anything, either. Dalton and Doc enjoy skinny-dipping in the river, and business at the Double Deuce flourishes.