Luck

2012

Seasons & Episodes

  • 1

7.4| 0h30m| TV-MA| en
Synopsis

A drama set in the world of horse racing focusing on lives of owners, jockeys, trainers and gamblers who are all tied to the same horse track.

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Red Board Productions

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Crwthod A lot more amusing than I thought it would be.
Baseshment I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.
Lucia Ayala It's simply great fun, a winsome film and an occasionally over-the-top luxury fantasy that never flags.
Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
chaos-rampant This was cancelled early, it's unfinished work, so that even after 9 hours of narrative time it feels like only the first few pages have been turned; but were we any better for having seen six seasons of The Sopranos rather than two, did it enrich that much more?I came to it for Mann, one of the preeminent makers of the alert eye in our time, the finished thing turned out to be in the template of The Sopranos and Deadwood where the actors and word are the vessels for drama. It is complex plotwise and immersive enough because colorful characters articulately snarl at each other; but complex expression is not deep intuition, immersion is not concentration. So it might seem like complex work if you get caught up in the schemes for money and ownership and here is where the lack of resolution will disappoint, it ends just as the stage has been set for conflict. But if you don't get tangled up in them, you can discern all that matters. The racetrack as the stage of drama with desperate souls caught viewing by the sidelines at what they have chosen to have a stake in. The Jewish mobster who wants to buy off the racetrack will win against his rival but at what cost to his soul? Loved ones will perish, it could be a grandson or a horse, so that we finally awaken at what had been valuable all this time.It's all in the horses and what they exemplify, magnificent creatures that everyone should spend some time with. Characters of course ignore the horses as anything more than ticket slips that buy them a seat in that arena of spectacle where their presence can be rewarded with the anxiety of winning or losing. To what purpose? So they can carry the drama with them in unfulfilled lives until another scheme the next day.So this is the insight to leave this with, it's in Mann's pilot and the last episode. The horses race marvelously simply for having the exhilarating capacity to do it, there is no "horse race" for them and only running, doing without ego. The viewers watch from the sides transfixed. Would any of this have meaning for them had they not hedged a bet that imbues the beauty with the anxiety and drama of winning or losing? Would they be at all there? Would you?So if you're disappointed that we don't get to find out how any of the schemes pans out (Turo's race fixing, the old man's legal trouble), you become like they are, bogged down in meaningless schemes. Meanwhile what has the capacity to enrich had been right under your nose all this time, simply being there to take care of something for its capacity to be what it is; the woman who arranges the horse caring program for inmates inserts this notion in the small portion we have. But with the caveat that it will not always be there for you to postpone it. A horse might have to be put down. A show might be cancelled.
Right-Wing-Man This was pretty much the best mew show out there... incredible story, directing, acting, writing, producing the whole lot of it. Dustin Hoffman, was so brilliant in this role it was mind-blowing. The whole cast was just perfect as actors, I enjoyed every moment of this. It seems these days that anything Michael Mann touches is really, really good. I think if this show would have got higher viewer ratings they would have fought the animal rights groups, but instead opted to pull the plug rather than fight the fight. The Human Society and PETA are two organizations that I do not like nor appreciate. They only want attention for themselves, but rarely do anything good for the actual animals themselves, which is sad, but true. Sue, sue, sue... is the only name in their games. Anyhow, don't want to veer to far off topic. Once again hats of to an incredible show.
jkiernan-1 LUCK is absolutely true to the " sport " ( business ) of horse racing . It is indeed a petri dish of our society as 1 reviewer has put it . The cast is sterling . The imposition of slots into the pari-mutuel industry is a fact of life today as well . The aging demographics at the track today underscore the need for other types of " gaming " alternatives for the public to have a reason to visit the " track . " The advent of slots at tracks have enabled the tracks to increase their purses for each race which , in turn , helps to insure that owners will continue to run their horses there . This is a " business " after all as LUCK so accurately portrays .
L C Just watched what must be the third episode and we are rapidly losing interest. The script is tolerable because the acting is strong, even though the characters could each get killed off one-by-one and it could be accepted without one drop of sympathy or surprise. The muddled tone is weird and offsetting. There does not seem to be even one personality in the cast who reacts with positive emotion, purpose or professionalism. But the worst part for us had to be the music that tries to create pathos in slow motion scenes that are too long, too drawn out and just very boring. After a full minute of grimacing close ups of faces, horse parts, jockey parts, and painful slow motion, it was a relief just to finish a race no matter which horse won or lost. The violins were especially out of place because they just didn't fit the "action" at all.