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Hard Luck

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  • 20062006
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  • 1h 41m
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Wesley Snipes, Cybill Shepherd, and Mario Van Peebles in Hard Luck (2006)
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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 ... Read allEx 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.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.

IMDb RATING
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3.2K
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  • Director
    • Mario Van Peebles
  • Writers
    • Larry Brand(screenplay)
    • Mario Van Peebles(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Wesley Snipes
    • Jackie Quinones
    • Cybill Shepherd
Top credits
  • Director
    • Mario Van Peebles
  • Writers
    • Larry Brand(screenplay)
    • Mario Van Peebles(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Wesley Snipes
    • Jackie Quinones
    • Cybill Shepherd
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    • 24User reviews
    • 18Critic reviews
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    Hard Luck (2006)
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    Hard Luck (2006)

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    Wesley Snipes, Cybill Shepherd, and Mario Van Peebles in Hard Luck (2006)
    Wesley Snipes and Jackie Quinones in Hard Luck (2006)
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    Cybill Shepherd and James Hiroyuki Liao in Hard Luck (2006)
    Mario Van Peebles in Hard Luck (2006)
    Wesley Snipes in Hard Luck (2006)
    Cybill Shepherd in Hard Luck (2006)
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    Wesley Snipes
    Wesley Snipes
    • Luckyas Lucky
    Jackie Quinones
    Jackie Quinones
    • Angelaas Angela
    Cybill Shepherd
    Cybill Shepherd
    • Cassas Cass
    James Hiroyuki Liao
    James Hiroyuki Liao
    • Changas Chang
    Aubrey Dollar
    Aubrey Dollar
    • Rainnas Rainn
    Kevin Thoms
    Kevin Thoms
    • Rolandas Roland
    Adrain Washington
    Adrain Washington
    • Luckyas Lucky
    • (as Adrian Washington)
    Noah Fleiss
    Noah Fleiss
    • Sol Rosenbaumas Sol Rosenbaum
    Bill Cobbs
    Bill Cobbs
    • Cobbas Cobb
    Kevin Chapman
    Kevin Chapman
    • Franklinas Franklin
    Tom Kemp
    Tom Kemp
    • Gino Gambettaas Gino Gambetta
    Mike Messier
    Mike Messier
    • Eugeneas Eugene
    Mario Van Peebles
    Mario Van Peebles
    • Captain Davisas Captain Davis
    Tony Hua
    • Detective Leeas Detective Lee
    Luis Guzmán
    Luis Guzmán
    • Million Dollar Mendezas Million Dollar Mendez
    DJ Clue
    DJ Clue
    • Goodlifeas Goodlife
    Styles P
    • Crazy Bas Crazy B
    • (as David Styles)
    Eddie Logan
    • Grampaas Grampa
    • (as Ed Logan)
    • Director
      • Mario Van Peebles
    • Writers
      • Larry Brand(screenplay) (story)
      • Mario Van Peebles(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    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. —Anonymous
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    • Taglines
      • If it wasn't for bad luck, there would be no luck...
    • Genres
      • Action
      • Crime
      • Drama
      • Thriller
    • Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
      • Rated R for violence including some aberrant situations, sexual content/nudity and language
    • Parents guide

    Did you know

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

      [last lines]

      Cass: You want to hear me beg?

      Rainn: [whips out a switchblade] Nah I wanna here you scream

      [starts stabbing her]

    • Connections
      Featured in Bad Movie Beatdown: The Marksman (2012)
    • Soundtracks
      Purple Misty Morning
      Written and Performed by Tree Adams

    User reviews24

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    Snipes attempt at trying to re-package himself
    HARD LUCK with Wesley Snipes, Mario Van Peebbles and Cybill Shepherd. Not bad but I think its a little late coming. It feels like it should have been released at least six to seven years ago. It is part of the post-Pulp Fiction style of movies of the last 12 years. It has that Tarantino, DePalma, David Lynch feel to it at times that I think Van Peebles(and Snipes I would imagine)wanted to try and capture. Its a very good attempt. Because its another straight-to-video flick it won't likely make any best of list or even honorable mention but I thought it was worth checking out. One goes in thinking its another straight forward action-thriller and you realize that it is an absurdist black comedy. An African-American take on Joe Orton or Harold Pinter. Not all the writing is at that level but definitely the atmosphere is. Very different kind of role for Ms. Shepherd. I don't want to spoil anything so you'll might be curious enough to see it. She made my eyebrows rise a few times. I felt it could have been better edited with a higher grade cinematographer. It just didn't have enough polish to give it a higher rating. I sensed that Mr. Snipes might have been a little nervous working on this kind of material that didn't position him in an familiar and easy to accept context. Its his way of acknowledging that TIME catches up to all of us. No matter how willful, handsome, charismatic or gifted we may be. Up to now Wesley has played easy to read heroes or villains and this guy was more of an Everyman. Not that he hasn't done regular guys in the past like WATERDANCE, ONE NIGHT STAND and DOWN IN THE DELTA. This character was an echo from his earlier work in NEW JACK CITY and SUGAR HILL but with far more apprehension and less cockiness.
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    • Nov 13, 2006

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    Details

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    • Release date
      • October 17, 2006 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Везучий
    • Filming locations
      • Providence, Rhode Island, USA
    • Production company
      • Columbia Pictures
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    • Budget
      • $12,000,000 (estimated)
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 41 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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