“Do You Know Why He Talks That Way?”
From the mind that brought you Pulp Fiction and the director of Rules of Attraction (a criminally underrated film, in my opinion) comes the craziest looking, sane film I’ve seen a trailer for in a while, Lucky Day.
Starring Crispin Glover (Back to the Future and American Gods), Nina Dobrev (xXx: Return of Xander Cage and Vampire Diaries), and Luke Bracey (Hacksaw Ridge and Point Break), Lucky Day is the standard story of man who is recently released from prison (Bracey), who then proceeds to have a very bad day.
Take a gander at the thing here:
Here’s the summary if you didn’t want to watch the thing:
Finally out of prison, safecracker Red (Bracey) rejoins his wife (Dobrev) and daughter and vows to go straight. But psychotic French hitman Luc (Glover) has also come to town, seeking revenge against Red for the death of Luc’s brother — leading to a very unlucky showdown.
Crispin Glover is in the Running for the Most Interesting Man in the World
Crispin Glover is one of two reasons to see this movie.
This is the man who, instead of capitalizing on the success of Back to the Future, sued the production company and Robert Zemeckis for using his image without his permission in Back to the Future 2, got himself written out of the remaining sequel, and then proceeded to release an album.
The album, titled The Big Problem ≠ The Solution The Solution = Let It Be (aka The Big Problem Does Not Equal the Solution The Solution Equals Let It Be), features original compositions, such as the lead single “Clownly Clown Clown”, readings from his 1988 book Rat Catching as well as his 1991 book, Oak-Mot, and covers from artists such as Lee Hazelwood and Charles Manson.
Don’t believe that?
I didn’t either.
Take a gander at “Clownly Clown Clown” below:
His most recent crazy pants role is on American Gods as Mr. World, the god of globalization.
Yeah.
I don’t have Starz (the poor man’s Showtime) and I won’t be seeing American Gods, but that makes perfect sense for Crispin.
Then there’s Nina Dobrev.
After walking off the Vampire Diaries pretty much without telling anybody (allegedly), she has been—particular—in the type of roles she has chosen. From xXx: The Return of Xander Cage to the unnecessary Flatliners reboot, she hasn’t shown much of an ability to read a script.
Not because she’s looking to be difficult (although, much like Crispin, she might be in that mode) but because she wants to be a role model for young women while also displaying her relationships in public.
I think Miley Cyrus has the same desire.
Some Guys Have All the Luck…
Written and directed by Roger Avary (who won an Oscar for writing Pulp Fiction), I’m expecting Lucky Day to be a fairly conventional romp with moments of crazy brilliance from Glover and Dobrev with Bracey hanging on for the ride trying to stitch the whole plot together as best as his own limited acting talents will allow.
Produced by Davis-Films and Don Carmody Productions and distributed by Lionsgate Films, I expect that this will come in at about $25-$35 million dollars after worldwide distribution and streaming.
After premiering somewhere in France, Lucky Day will be released in select theatres and streaming on October 11, 2019, in the rest of the Western world.
Lucky us.
