Hard Luck

Oct 17, 2006

1h 41m

★ 5.5

Overview

Three converging story lines involving bootleggers, a serial killer and drug dealers are followed. A former drug dealer tries to go straight, but comes across a stash of stolen drugs. Meanwhile, a middle-aged suburban housewife hides a sadistic and vicious streak.

Genres

Crime

Drama

Thriller

Production Companies

Junction Films

Hard Luck Trailers

Cast

Lucky

Wesley Snipes

Angela

Jackie Quinones

Cass

Cybill Shepherd

Chang

James Hiroyuki Liao

Rainn

Aubrey Dollar

Roland

Kevin Thoms

Sol Rosenbaum

Noah Fleiss

Cobb

Bill Cobbs

Franklin

Kevin Chapman

Gino Gambetta

Tom Kemp

Eugene

Mike Messier

Captain Davis

Mario Van Peebles

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