- Actors: Armand Assante, Norman Reedus, Dagmara Dominczyk, Rick Negron, Marco St. John
- Directors: Gary Ellis
- Writers: Bill Boatman, Todd King
- Producers: Anthony Balch, Brian R. Etting, Carole Curb Nemoy, D. Scott Lumpkin, Dana Lustig
- Format: Colour, DVD-Video, NTSC
- Language English
- Region: Region 1 (US and Canada DVD formats.)
- Aspect Ratio: 4:3 - 1.33:1
- Number of discs: 1
- Classification: R (Restricted) (US MPAA rating. See details.)
- Studio: First Look Pictures
- DVD Release Date: 24 Aug 2005
- Run Time: 88 minutes
- ASIN: B000A2X4CY
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 72,478 in Film & TV (See Top 100 in Film & TV)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
A seemingly unknown and unappreciated film
31 May 2011
Format:DVD
Tough Luck is one of those movies that nobody seems to have seen but is really worth watching. I picked it up several years ago in the bargain bin at Blockbuster and had the pleasure of introducing it to friends at a movie night. We all were amazed by the fact that it was so good. Recently while consolidating my movie collection I had the chance to come across this gem again and remembered just how much I enjoyed it.
Tough Luck centers on a grifter, a girl, a carnival, and a lot of money. It is a heist/scam movie, but the way that it is presented is while not entirely distinct and original - very intriguing. The movie jumps around a bit and uses heavy dream like sequences to tell the story, but instead of being trying these just heighten the drama of the film. It also fits well with the fact that this movie centers around a carnival, a place we often associate with the fantastic.
Archie (our grifter) is hired to work for the carnival and while pocketing as much money as he can forms a friendship with Ike (the owner) who seems utterly at a loss of what to do about his violent wife who is trying desperately to kill him. Divana is a sensual snake woman with a temper, and Archie falls into a position of being hired to kill a woman he is coming to love and lust after quite extensively. Without revealing the plot in its entirety, this is a movie with some very sudden and unexpected twists.
I highly recommend this movie to those who enjoy dramatic films. There's very little violence to this film (though there is some) but it has a very mature plot and doesn't pander to the audience as it follows the ups and downs of Archie's life after coming to work at the carnival. Everyone does a fantastic job with their acting, both together and apart. The movie has a very organic feel to it, and like a memory or a dream we are left waiting until the end to understand what is real and what is not, who is good and who is bad. Perhaps the best part of Tough Luck is the fact that none of the characters are intrinsically of one camp or the other.
Tough Luck centers on a grifter, a girl, a carnival, and a lot of money. It is a heist/scam movie, but the way that it is presented is while not entirely distinct and original - very intriguing. The movie jumps around a bit and uses heavy dream like sequences to tell the story, but instead of being trying these just heighten the drama of the film. It also fits well with the fact that this movie centers around a carnival, a place we often associate with the fantastic.
Archie (our grifter) is hired to work for the carnival and while pocketing as much money as he can forms a friendship with Ike (the owner) who seems utterly at a loss of what to do about his violent wife who is trying desperately to kill him. Divana is a sensual snake woman with a temper, and Archie falls into a position of being hired to kill a woman he is coming to love and lust after quite extensively. Without revealing the plot in its entirety, this is a movie with some very sudden and unexpected twists.
I highly recommend this movie to those who enjoy dramatic films. There's very little violence to this film (though there is some) but it has a very mature plot and doesn't pander to the audience as it follows the ups and downs of Archie's life after coming to work at the carnival. Everyone does a fantastic job with their acting, both together and apart. The movie has a very organic feel to it, and like a memory or a dream we are left waiting until the end to understand what is real and what is not, who is good and who is bad. Perhaps the best part of Tough Luck is the fact that none of the characters are intrinsically of one camp or the other.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Entertaining
24 May 2010
Format:DVD
I've seeing Norman Reedus on other movies, his a great actor. And on this movie his no different. When you think you got it there's a twist and turn and you think you've finally got it, only to find out there's more to it. Nice movie I enjoyed it very much.
8 of 10 people found the following review helpful
The under side
8 Dec 2004
Format:DVD
This is a good suspense film with many twists. The carnival life depicted is close to reality. The film starts slowly but at the halfway point it picks up quickly. Not as easy to guess the outcome as most of this genre.
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