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Overview

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Director:
Mario Van Peebles
Writers (WGA):
Larry Brand (screenplay) and
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Release Date:
22 August 2007 (Japan) more
Genre:
Crime | Drama | Thriller more
Tagline:
If it wasn't for bad luck, there would be no luck... more
Plot:
Three converging story lines involving bootleggers, a serial killer and drug dealers are followed. A former drug dealer (Snipes) tries to go straight... more | full synopsis
User Comments:
"Hard Luck" has a "Pulp Fiction" narrative more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Wesley Snipes ... Lucky

Jackie Quinones ... Angela (as Jacquelyn Quinones)

Cybill Shepherd ... Cass

James Hiroyuki Liao ... Chang (as James Liao)
Aubrey Dollar ... Rainn

Kevin Thoms ... Roland
Adrian Washington ... Lucky

Noah Fleiss ... Sol Rosenbaum

Bill Cobbs ... Cobb

Kevin Chapman ... Franklin

Tom Kemp ... Gino Gambetta
Mike Messier ... Eugene

Mario Van Peebles ... Captain Davis

Tony Hua ... Detective Lee

Luis Guzmán ... Million Dollar Mendez
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for violence including some aberrant situations, sexual content/nudity and language.
Runtime:
USA:101 min | Argentina:101 min | Australia:97 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color

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7 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
"Hard Luck" has a "Pulp Fiction" narrative, 22 October 2006
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Author: ddc300 from United States

This Mario Van Peebles and Larry Brand penned movie is a unique blend of two genre films, the "gangsta" and "psycho-on-the-loose."

There is also a wink that the director (Peebles) takes at the old 'screwball comedies' where a couple usually gets involved in a situation that neither wanted to be in from the beginning. And of course part of that scenario has a 'Bonnie and Clyde' overtone as the couple (Snipes and Jackie Quinones) try and stay one step ahead of both the law and gangsters that were 'short changed' by Snipes in the beginning of the film.

There is a little bit of 'political statement' at the very beginning of the movie that doesn't take away from the crux of 'Hard Luck.' For some reason Peebles wanted a 'current event' added to a film that did not warrant it. Over time the scene in question will only date the film.

Not wanting to spoil it for anybody, but lets just say Peebles has assembled a great cast -- some known faces and some relatively new ones -- and puts them to good use. While the material is sort of a 'walk in the park' for Snipes, you will be surprised by some of Peebles' unique choices at casting. Hint: be prepared to see Cybil Shepard in a new light! ;-D

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