Get Lucky (film)

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Get Lucky
Directed by Sacha Bennett
Written by T. J. Ramini
Walter Taylaur
Produced byChris Howard
Frank Mannion
Nick Simunek
Terry Stone
Starring Luke Treadaway
T. J. Ramini
Craig Fairbrass
Emily Atack
Terry Stone
CinematographyPeter Wignall
Edited byJens Baylis
Music byGreg Hatwell
Production
companies
Gateway Films
Atlas Independent
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date
  • 9 August 2013 (2013-08-09)(United Kingdom)
Running time
86 minutes
CountryUnited Kingdom
LanguageEnglish
Box office$5,000,000

Get Lucky is a 2013 British action film directed by Sacha Bennett and starring Luke Treadaway, T. J. Ramini, Craig Fairbrass, Emily Atack and Terry Stone. The film is about a man in debt who joins his brother to pull a heist on the casino of a crime lord, but each one in his hired crew seem to have their own motive. It was produced by Gateway Films and Atlas Independent and released by Universal Pictures in the United Kingdom on August 9, 2013.

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Plot

Brothers Lucky and Raphael have always lived on the wrong side of the law. When a "job" goes very wrong and Lucky finds himself in debt to local heavies, Sebastian and Kramer, he is forced to join his wayward brother on the biggest heist of their careers. While Raphael concocts a plan to rob the casino of the most powerful crime lord in town, Mr Zigic, and enlists the help of Zigic's own unwitting nephew Niko and employee Eli, Lucky is distracted by the girl of his dreams, femme fatale Bridget, who may not be all that she seems. With betrayals and twists of fate, it seems everyone has an ulterior motive. The question is who can the brothers trust on the most important night of their lives?

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Reception

Get Lucky was panned by critics and audiences. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 11% of fourteen reviews are positive. [1]

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References

  1. "Get Lucky". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 1 September 2024.