Considered "lucky" after surviving a plane crash, a thief is recruited into an underground gambling ring where death and luck intermingle. Sam (Max Von Sydow) is the ring leader who has the power to steal his luck and will stop at nothing to do it.
Format:DVD
Language:English
UPC:658149813427
Release Date:January 2003
Rating:R (Restricted)
Publisher:Lionsgate
Director:Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
Starring:Max Von Sydow, Monica Lopez, Leonardo Sbaraglia, Eusebio Poncela, Andrea San Vicente, Marisa Lull
Runtime:1 hour, 49 minutes
Number of Disks:1
Other Video Info:Multiple Formats; Closed-captioned; Color; Dolby; NTSC; Subtitled
This Movie is fairly original in its premise; luck is real and, like a commodity, can be given and sold to the point that one gambles for others’ luck.
Samuel (Max von Sydow), a concentration camp survivor, discovers the secret of luck and how it is obtained and used. His protégé, Federico, decides to leave and use his luck in his own way. So, Samuel Dissen-Lucks Federico, with a quick hug and a peck, sent him on his way.
So now Federico must find some luck and return for the showdown. Can he do it? We see what he must go through with a newfound down–on–his–luck person.
You have to pay attention at all times to this movie, as whatever looks just incidental for ambiance may just actually be part of the clues for the future or the past, however you look at it. Also, the pacing is just a tad off; however, you will get used to it. There is a little bit of blood, but nothing gratuitous. You may have to get used to the subtitles as the speech is just a tad too fast to assimilate without them.
If you have the opportunity, a second viewing is worth it.
If you need more luck, then your next view should be “Stan Lee's Lucky Man” TV Series 2016–2018 TV-14
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