Can Steven Soderbergh just do heist movies? He makes entertaining heist movies. With "Logan Lucky," he pulled off giving us a different kind of heist movie, with a different set of characters and a different type of location, that are normally not associated with this genre. It's a pretty refreshing cast and setting to experience a story like this. Although I sometimes wonder if he chose this region of the USA as a form of parody or affection. I'd like to think it's the latter, just based on where the story goes.
What I appreciated about this heist movie is that it actually takes it's time. There are a lot of seemingly small scenes with the characters, talking about innocuous subject matters. Once you get to the actual heist, the movie doesn't try and rush things there either, and allows us to experience it in a somewhat real-time way that adds to the excitement. There will likely be some people that might get impatient with the pacing, and with some scenes that seem to be created just to add character development. If you accept and allow the story to just breathe, you might feel even more invested with the film.
The cast is good in this, with Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, and Daniel Craig, leading the charge. Tatum and Driver play their roles in an almost deadpan manner, that it does create some probably unintentional but welcome form of comedy. Craig on the other hand seems to be all in with the energy that his character is able to put on screen, and that creates some intentional bits of comedy. Lead or supporting characters, they are able to bring the right amount of entertainment to this movie.
If I was to have a problem, it's that the conclusion of the story will potentially make or break a person's opinion about the overall movie. Some will argue that it goes on too long, and some will argue that it goes on too long. Oh wait, that's the same thing... The movie goes on too long, plus the narrative choices made at the final act is also a bit questionable for me. All in all, despite some issues I have, I really found "Logan Lucky" to be quite entertaining.
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