Hard Luck

October. 17,2006      
Rating:
5.1
Trailer Synopsis Cast

Three converging story lines involving bootleggers, a serial killer and drug dealers are followed. A former drug dealer tries to go straight, but comes across a stash of stolen drugs. Meanwhile, a middle-aged suburban housewife hides a sadistic and vicious streak.

Wesley Snipes as  Lucky
Jackie Quinones as  Angela (as Jacquelyn Quinones)
Cybill Shepherd as  Cass
James Hiroyuki Liao as  Chang (as James Liao)
Aubrey Dollar as  Rainn
Kevin Thoms as  Roland
Noah Fleiss as  Sol Rosenbaum
Bill Cobbs as  Cobb
Kevin Chapman as  Franklin
Tom Kemp as  Gino Gambetta

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Reviews

Karry
2006/10/17

Best movie of this year hands down!

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Nessieldwi
2006/10/18

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

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AutCuddly
2006/10/19

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

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Hayden Kane
2006/10/20

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

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frog2077
2006/10/21

Slow moving, a little incoherent and with next to know pay off.You must have been sniffing paraffin if you think this is good… a GCSE student scripted this after an all night Tarantino movie watching session Incoherent, badly scripted, hammy dialogued, in places poorly acted. See Wesley Snipes amble from one flung together scene to another (with little or no continuity) as he inexplicably meets a lot of deranged, unbelievable, two dimensional characters.The only value this movie has is that it features Snipes, who manages to put in an OK performance (unbelievably under the circumstances).Its tried, its old, its clichéd, it's a waste of your money and/or time and finally it features Mario-Van conducting one scene wheeling about imparting dialogue on a push-bike…why? Who the hell knows.At the end if you know or care what is going on then you must be on some higher level of consciousness is all I am saying! Avoid, unless you want to laugh at a bad movie done badly.Rubbish I will say that again…Rubbish

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akajohncastle
2006/10/22

There have been a lot of films in the narrative format in the past and this was a good addition to a long line including Pulp fiction and Sin City to name a couple. I have not seen anything else by Mario Van Peebles only the films he has taken part in as an Actor. I was impressed on the whole. All I could think of with van peebles was the fact that he doesn't appear to have aged in the twenty or so years it has been between the first and the last time i saw him on screen. Wesley Snipes was what he always is, hugely entertaining and kick ass at the same time. With the sub plot of the serial Killer, I thought Sybyl Shepherd was chilling in the role and think she should do more like this as this suited her like a glove. I liked the direction of the film, I didn't find it confusing or sketchy. It was interesting throughout giving good character plots, leaving us with a good one liners and a thumping sound track.To be honest i think the serial Killer plot could have been a whole new film, however the way it was introduced into the main plot which in any other film would have been the sub plot, was very well done.Over all? Hugely entertaining and another snipes film that fans wouldn't want to miss. We see some good acting from shepherd and peebles and I would recommend it to people who like to sit down on a Friday night with beer and a Burger. Good fun.Andy Cooper

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wrlang
2006/10/23

Hard Luck is a dark comedy about a pair of serial killers that meet up with a dancer and a guy named lucky who fell into some money. Lucky tries to get the money and skip town with mobsters hot on his trail and picks up a dancer who gets in the way more than once. When Lucky meets up with the serial killers, he almost buys the farm. Pretty good action and dialog that is helped by good actors. Lots of purple comes through and livens up the action. Not meant to be an intellectual film, it has its moments. I think I liked Snipes better in US Marshals type movies. Van Peebles has made a movie that really relied on Snipes to create the draw. What are friends for anyway…. If you like action, some sick serial killers, and some T&A you'll like this movie.

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phroZt_bytE
2006/10/24

this is not worth a cinema ticket! if you are trying to find another video that you haven't already seen, well then, i guess it might be an almost value for money affair. there does seem to be a plot in there somewhere but since the movie does not keep you in it's grasp, you find yourself wondering if it is worth keeping the thread. slow moving with average acting from the known personas, this movie does try to cover all the basic elements of a Hollywood flick. there is skin, violence and attempts at fear, drama and mystery; all fall a little short of satisfying. unfortunately, this is not going to get one of my strongest recommendations, but if there is nothing on and the night is lonely - reach for something else unless it is the last vid in the shop.

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