Logan Lucky

"This kind of stuff don't happen to normal folk."

Jimmy Logan (Tatum) loves his daughter Sadie (Mackenzie) more than anything in the world.  He works construction at the Charlotte Motor Speedway and sees Sadie at every opportunity.  On the day he loses his job, he learns that his ex-wife Bobbie Jo (Holmes) is moving to Lynchburg, which will make visiting his daughter even harder.  In desperation, he convinces his brother Clyde (Driver) that they need to plan a heist.

They plan to use the tunnels by the Charlotte Motor Speedway to rob the Coca-Cola 600 race on Memorial Day.  But to pull off the job, they need the help of Joe Bang (Craig).  Joe is a safe-cracker and explosives expert, he is also incarcerated.  He agrees to do the job, as long as his brothers (Gleeson and Quaid) are involved and as long as no one knows he left jail.  With sister Mellie (Keough) running interference, can Jimmy pull off the heist and still make it to his daughter's beauty pageant?


Director Steven Soderbergh has a history with heist movies: directing Ocean's 11, Ocean's 12, and Ocean's 13 (and will produce Ocean's 8).  Those movies are interesting and funny, so I was excited to see this film.

It's an ok film, but not as entertaining as the Ocean's flicks.  Channing Tatum and Adam Driver work well together and get a few laughs.  The female characters are ok, but don't get to do much.  The real star of the film is Daniel Craig as Joe Bang.  He is the most interesting character, aside from his idiot brothers (played by Brian Gleeson and Jack Quaid).  Dwight Yoakam is also entertaining.

The heist takes place at the fictitious Coca-Cola 600 race and includes cameos from several NASCAR drivers.  Some are playing themselves, and some are little walk-on roles.

I enjoyed watching film, but don't remember much about it after the fact.  It's fine... but there are better heist movies (and better Soderbergh movies).

Logan Lucky (2017) 119 minutes
Rating: PG-13 for language and some crude comments
Director: Steven Soderbergh
Starring: Channing Tatum as Jimmy Logan
Adam Driver as Clyde Logan
Daniel Craig as Joe Bang
Riley Keough as Mellie Logan
Farrah Mackenzie as Sadie Logan
Katie Holmes as Bobbie Jo Chapman
Katherine Waterson as Sylvia Harrison
Dwight Yoakam as Warden Burns
Seth MacFarlane as Max Chilblain
Sebastian Stan as Dayton White
Brian Gleeson as Sam Bang
Jack Quaid as Fish Bang