Lucky Strike
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Synopsis
A wounded American soldier fights to survive behind enemy lines during WWII's Battle of the Bulge against the Germans, relying on his instinct, spy craft and a hand-radio to evade capture and find his way back to his unit.
Cast
- Scott Eastwood
- Colin Hanks
- Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
- Henry Hughes
- Taylor John Smith
- Kwame Patterson
- Jonathan Yunger
- Jariko Denman
- Scott Alda Coffey
- Daniel Ray Rodriguez
Moviegoers are saying
Lucky Strike divides audiences as a survival-focused WWII thriller that follows Scott Eastwood's Army Captain trapped behind enemy lines during the Battle of the Bulge. While some praise its tense sequences and immersive cinematography reminiscent of Band of Brothers, many critics slam it as generic military propaganda with lackluster performances and heavy-handed patriotism that ends with a cringe-worthy 'FOR THE BOYS' title card.
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- Jun 30, 2026
I was reminded of Guy Richie’s The Covenant (2023), or John Moore’s Behind Enemy Lines (2001), or … well, it’s not like wartime survival movies are especially rare. This is a good one, though. Maybe a better comparison is imagining a really good bottle episode of “Band of…
Adam ForrestJun 26, 2026“Lucky Strike,” a mind-numbingly inert, hyper-patriotic war film, makes little sense and gives even less reason for its existence. It begins, oddly, in greyscale, following a group of Black soldiers driving a truck through the Ardennes Forest in December 1944, in the midst…
Robert DanielsJun 15, 2026🔙I Am Frankelda🔙 🔜Soul🔜 Saw this at an AMC Unseen Screening! I hadn't been to one of those in quote a while, so I decided to randomly go to this one a few weeks ago. Lucky strike is basically a survival movie in the skin of a war film. And as such, it's fairly good!…
BenStuart - Jun 29, 2026
Cartoonish; competent; familiar; sentimental; stiff; stilted; tense; uneven.
joshrowleyJun 30, 2026Your typical dad movie schlock. The kind of film your dad sees the trailer for and immediately asks you to take him to. It felt more like a front to encourage people to join the army than a genuinely engaging movie. It also felt like one long advertisement for Lucky Strike…
Two Thumbs Up Movie Reviews and MoreJun 28, 2026“I’m with the sturdiest radio in the war. 80 years from now, everyone will know what happened in that battle.” - Captain John Castle Rod Lurie’s Lucky Strike is a war action thriller film. The film is based on the true story. The film follows a wounded American soldier is…
Darius 🇵🇸 - Jun 26, 2026
The heroism of inanimate objects! That's the sudden realization I had at the end of this very curious World War II movie. Also the heroism of a regular GI having the worst day of his life during the worst war of his life. Guy couldn't catch a break! It's about a team of…
Joel HilkeJun 30, 2026the worst movie of the year, and lucky me, i got to see it IN THEATRES. i PAID MONEY for this INANE NONSENSE. are you looking for every war movie trope combined into one sloppy trainwreck that is somehow even more mawkish, generic, and vapid than that description sounds?…
firewalker 🍉Jun 30, 2026Not going to lie, it’s really cool to go to the movie theaters to see yourself in a film. Especially watching it with a packed audience.
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- WWE President of Personality is "meh" onLucky Strike
Just another war movie, and not a good one at that. It isn’t terrible, but it isn’t good. I guess you can’t expect much when the whole plot of a movie goes around a cigarette brand and how to smoke then. I just watched it because it was the amc screen unseen.
angie is "meh" onLucky StrikeNot my type of movie, I know it’s about the war but I thought it would be more of a story than goriness and it was but it had a significant amount of gory scenes but I get why.
Wesley Modling likedLucky StrikeThis is just 1917 but WWII and not as good. The scene at the end with Bellingham was a very bright spot.
- Noah March is "meh" onLucky Strike
🫎🫎🫎 Good looking movie, but not for me. Too much bad dialogue, etc
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is Lucky Strike (2026) family-friendly?
The movie has been rated as R, meaning that Under 17 requires an adult accompaniment.
How long is Lucky Strike (2026)?
The movie is 1hr 42min long.
What's Lucky Strike (2026) about?
A wounded American soldier fights to survive behind enemy lines during WWII's Battle of the Bulge against the Germans, relying on his instinct, spy craft and a hand-radio to evade capture and find his way back to his unit.
Who's the cast of Lucky Strike (2026)?
- Scott Eastwood as Castle
- Colin Hanks as Colonel Neale
- Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor as Mrs. Caldwell
- Henry Hughes as Dauntless
- Taylor John Smith as Bellingham
- Kwame Patterson as Maren
- Jonathan Yunger as Cash
- Jariko Denman as Top
- Scott Alda Coffey as Averil
- Daniel Ray Rodriguez as Ramirez
Who's the director behind Lucky Strike (2026)?
Rod Lurie directed Lucky Strike (2026).
Who produced Lucky Strike (2026)?
Scott Eastwood, Marc Frydman and Yariv Lerner produced Lucky Strike (2026).
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