Review of Logan Lucky (2017) by Jacob M — 05 Sep 2017

Logan Lucky - Review (2017).

The Good.

Daniel Craig Gives His Best Performance In Years since Skyfall which was in 2012.

The Superb Ensemble Cast.

Channing Tatum and Adam Driver are fantastic and Daniel Craig steals every scene he is in, but also Riley Keough, Katie Holmes, Katherine Waterston, Dwight Yoakam, Sebastian Stan and Hilary Swank bring plenty of flavour to the tab.

The Tone Is Perfect.

It's Got An Incredible Game Of Thrones Joke (one of the Best Parts of the Movie).

Steven Soderbergh Continues To Prove His Master coming out of Retirement to give us another great movie.

It's Surprisingly Affecting with Channing Tatum's character daughter played by Farrah Mackenzie who was fantastic.

The Bad.

Seth MacFarlane Is Totally Miscast - This movie has a fantastic cast, but Seth McFarlane feels like he's in a different movie he's definitely unrecognisable, but he doesn't do anything in the movie, other than get beat up.

The Third Act Drags A Little - after the sorta heist it goes into this investigation with Hilary Swank who's great, but it just gets boring a little.

The Heist Is Undeniably Contrived - There are a couple of beats central to the heist that rely far too much on dumb luck, and while the overall sequence is undeniably a blast to watch, it is undermined slightly by how much one's disbelief must be suspended.

Again, though, it's a caper and doesn't need to be totally realistic, but a few overly convenient moments do upset the balance a little too much.

Overall: If you love Heist Films or a huge fan of Steven Soderbergh work from the Ocean Movies or Magic Mike you will love this more that should of gotten more attention.

Overall Grade: B+.