TV Show or Movie: Movie
Where to Watch: Theaters, On Demand
Genre: Drama/Thriller/Biographical
What It Reminds Me Of: Slumdog Millionaire
Writer: Maggie Briggs, Samir Olivero
Directors: Samir Olivero
Cast: Paul Walter Hauser, Walton Goggins, Shamier Anderson, Brian Geraghty, Patti Harrison, Haley Bennett, Damian Young, Lilli Kay, James Wolk, Shaunette Renée Wilson, David Rysdahl, Ricky Russert, David Strathairn, Johnny Knoxville, Maisie Williams.
Premise: May 1984. An unemployed ice cream truck driver steps onto the game show Press Your Luck harboring a secret: the key to endless money. But his winning streak is threatened when the bewildered executives uncover his real motivations.
Review: I will watch anything with Paul Walter Hauser. He is, easily, one of the best actors we have today. And this is another entry to his resume that proves this. And this movie is another entry to Walton Goggins’ incredible last two years. I wouldn’t have found this movie that interesting if it weren’t with these two leads, but I knew I had to watch it. The trailer also did a great job at making the movie feel tense.
The movie a true story about a contestant on Press Your Luck in 1984 who learned a pattern in the show to be able to win the highest amount possible in the history of the show. As he keeps adding to his winnings, the producers behind the show fumble trying to figure out how to get hi to lose it all and find out which staff member is behind it.
The movie is a an hour and a half long movie. Which more movies need to move back to this timing. I liked how the movie didn’t drag out. It still covered what it needed to.
Some of the other standout cast members include Masiee Williams, Johnny Knoxville, and David Strathaim.
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