Logan Lucky : Movie Review


A redneck heist movie directed by the same guy whose resume includes the Ocean's Trilogy and The Informant, that stars Channing Tatum and Daniel Craig, involves Nascar and a one-armed bartender. Needless to say, this one was on my watchlist since the first time I saw the trailer and it entertained me more than I expected it to.

The narrative revolves around the Logan family, mainly the two brothers - Jimmy (Channing Tatum) and Clyde (Adam Driver). Jimmy was an American football player in college but suffered a lifelong leg injury while Clyde is an Iraq war veteran who lost his right arm..sorry, hand and uses a prosthetic while working as a bartender. Jimmy also happens to have an adorable daughter, Sadie (Farah McKenzie), that he shares custody of with his ex-wife Bobbie Jo (Katie Holmes) while his sister Mellie (Riley Keough) works as a nanny for Bobbie's new family.

Jimmy gets laid off from his construction/digging job as his employers see his injury as a potential liability. He was working on a digging project under the Nascar track in Charlotte and while on the job, he happens to come across the intelligent, intricate yet simple method of transferring the cash earnings from the venue to the vault. Finding himself unfairly cheated out of a job, some pencil pusher deciding that he would rather not have a skilled employee than one who could be a potential insurance liability, Jimmy feels it fair to hit the earnings of the Charlotte Motor Speedway, North Carolina, US-of-A. It helps that he and his little brother do have a history of petty crimes so he knows he has a partner he can rely on. Planning underway, the two come to their first requirement for the job, a demolitions expert. Enter Joe Bang (Daniel Craig), during the timeline of the heist, is imprisoned which brings an added complication to this nature of heist. Joe insists that they also enlist the help of two of his younger brothers, Fish and Sam (Jack Quaid and Brian Gleeson) who really up the redneck factor of the crew.

The heist in itself makes for an entertaining bit of action scenes but its also a story about the small towns in those kinds of parts of America, and about the way families function in those environments. Director Steven Soderbergh has done well to capture both aspects of the narrative and maintains a fine balance to keep the film just the right pace throughout. The rest of the supporting characters also do a brilliant job in their own roles, especially Dwight Yoakam as the warden of the prison that Joe is incarcerated in. Some may spot a special cameo in the film by comedy icon Seth McFarlane.

There're gags, there's action and there's heart, all in a neat little runtime with likeable actors and hot women too. That's an evening's worth of film entertainment right there and I'd rate Logan Lucky as 8 out of 11 cauliflowers.

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