Continuity, was a bit lacking, as the movie opens the obligatory car chase is going on, and our hero is being chastised, by the love interest, in English, yet later in the film as this scene is expanded he is being screamed at in Spanish!

I was left feeling that the story could have done more with the "Serial Killer" duo, I liked the humor of the Diner scene when a Halloween costumed kid comes up and says "Yahhh! I'm a Serial Killer!" & Cybill Shepherd comes back with "Well, I'm a Serial Killer, too!!!" All the cops and robbers, and bad boy trying to go straight has been done to death, and as for getting a pole dancer to strip, so that she "won't run into the street, naked"... Really!!! There are interesting characters like the Gay XXX movie producer "Latinos are the NEW Exotic" Cass the Serial Killer "Imagine the worst thing that can happen to you, and I will show you how limited your imagination really is". Could have been a 'good' movie...

Wesley Snipes stars as a con-man gone legit (You know the type) who is involved in one more deal, done as a favor to a friend, however that deal goes awry and Snipes ends up with the money and then runs into backwoods serial killers led by Cybil Shepherd. I must admit I give Hard Luck points for trying, this movie is so chaotic, haphazard and so over the map that it becomes enjoyable on a surreal level. The fact that I expected a typical ' Former thief ends up with cash finds himself running from the mobsters who set him up' style movie but in the hands of Mario Van Peebles, so much is thrown at the wall and the completely different plot lines are thrown together with so much disregard toward the main plot that Hard Luck become inadvertently entertaining. Also helping factors is that this wasn't made in Romania and Snipes seems more into things. As does Shepherd who delivers a credible performance as the former model turned serial killer. Sure the main story is underwritten and Van Peebles doesn't make a fully coherent story out of the scenarios he intersects, but make of this what you will, Hard Luck is the best film from Wesley Snipes since Blade II.

* * out of 4-(Fair)

Hard Luck (2006) is a movie I recently watched on Amazon Prime. The storyline follows a man trying to go straight after getting out of jail for selling drugs. An old friend invites him to a strip club and what seems like a good time quickly turns into a drug deal gone wrong. The man trying to go straight finds himself with drugs, a bag of cash and a prostitute...it's going to be hard to not find himself right back in jail.

This movie is directed by and stars Mario Van Peebles (New Jack City) and also stars Wesley Snipes (Blade), Cybill Shepherd (Taxi Driver), Bill Cobbs (Demolition Man), Luis Guzmán (Boogie Nights) and Jackie Quinones (Sick).

The storyline for this movie is very straightforward and nothing special. The acting is fine, Snipes and Guzman were entertaining, but the film was missing something. There is some good dialogue, the "fart" conversation was crazy. The "Are we Dead?" scene was hilarious and the torture scene was interesting; but overall, this movie is disappointing.

I would score this a 3/10 and only recommend watching it if nothing better is available.