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Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Movie Review - Luck (2009)

Starring Sanjay Dutt, Danny Denzongpa, Mithun Chakraborty, and Imran Khan
Written by Renzil D'Silva
Directed by Soham Shah

I'm not gonna really bother with this one because it wasn't all that good (and it's not as if anyone reading this will actually go and see this). The premise for something promising is there -- some seedy underworld bigwig brings together a group of 15 or so people from across the world who are known for being "lucky." He makes them all play a series of games which test their luck...those that are unlucky in the games will die.

A good premise, but an awful set-up and full of inconsistencies. People who seemingly died in one game are magically alive in the next. The amount of people that are actually alive for each game seems to change periodically. The action sequence at the end was ridiculous. It doesn't help that the director and editor both created a film that was incredibly jumpy and repetitive. It wasn't fun to watch, by any means.

The only thing saving this from awfulness (besides the moderately interesting premise) is the fact that the acting was generally okay (although it was absolutely nothing special and several in the cast were laughably over-the-top). This is the third Bollywood flick I've seen (and the second to feature Mithun Chakraborty), but the first "serious" one. It was nice to see a different type of film as the first two were slapsticky. This flick was bookended by what appeared to be two "music videos" and then was peppered with music montages throughout -- all of which were completely unnecessary.

The RyMickey Rating: D

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