Hard Luck (2006)

Ex drug dealer Lucky goes straight after prison. He's a street vendor in NYC. An old friend invites him to a strip club but uses him as muscle in a drug deal. When cops come, he leaves with the money and stripper.

Director:

Mario Van Peebles

Writers:

Larry Brand (screenplay), Mario Van Peebles (screenplay)

Stars:

Wesley Snipes, Jackie Quinones, Cybill Shepherd

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
Adrain Washington	...	Lucky (as Adrian Washington)
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

Storyline

Two converging story lines involving corrupt cops ripping off drug dealers and serial killers are followed as former drug dealer Lucky, trying to go straight after doing a prison stint, gets entangled within by a series of bad breaks. Shepherd plays a sadistic and vindictive mother of a handicapped son who along with her young kung-fu kicking boyfriend, abducts and tortures people who she feels scorn her son. Lucky, caught up in a shootout between dealers and cops, grabs two briefcases with $500,000 and goes on the run and has the hard luck of happening upon the serial killer's cabin.

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Plot Keywords:

hare krishna | serial killer | shootout | written and directed by cast member | f word | 

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Taglines:

If it wasn't for bad luck, there would be no luck...

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence including some aberrant situations, sexual content/nudity and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

The actor under the Old man mask in the Grocery store scene was not Wesley Snipes.

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Quotes

[last lines]
Cass: You want to hear me beg?
Rainn: [whips out a switchblade] Nah I wanna here you scream
[starts stabbing her]

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Connections

References Catwoman (2004)

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Soundtracks

Jump Up
Written by Tree Adams and Ben Levine
Performed by Tubakathloolu

User Reviews

Could have been more....

Continuity, was a bit lacking, as the movie opens the obligatory car chase is going on, and our hero is being chastised, by the love interest, in English, yet later in the film as this scene is expanded he is being screamed at in Spanish!

I was left feeling that the story could have done more with the "Serial Killer" duo, I liked the humor of the Diner scene when a Halloween costumed kid comes up and says "Yahhh! I'm a Serial Killer!" & Cybill Shepherd comes back with "Well, I'm a Serial Killer, too!!!" All the cops and robbers, and bad boy trying to go straight has been done to death, and as for getting a pole dancer to strip, so that she "won't run into the street, naked"... Really!!! There are interesting characters like the Gay XXX movie producer "Latinos are the NEW Exotic" Cass the Serial Killer "Imagine the worst thing that can happen to you, and I will show you how limited your imagination really is". Could have been a 'good' movie...

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

17 October 2006 (USA)

Also Known As:

Hard Luck

Filming Locations:

Providence, Rhode Island, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$12,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Columbia Pictures

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (5.1)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1