Lucky Strike
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Cinema Arts Theatre
9650 Main St, Fairfax, VA
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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
- Colin Hanks
- Scott Eastwood
- Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
- Taylor John Smith
- Lorne MacFadyen
- Patrick Millin
- Daniel Ray Rodriguez
- Atanas Srebrev
- Jonathan Yunger
- Reomy D Mpeho
Moviegoers are saying
Lucky Strike divides audiences as a polarizing WWII survival thriller that either delivers as solid 'dad movie' entertainment or falls flat as heavy-handed military propaganda. While some praise Scott Eastwood's leading man presence and Rod Lurie's immersive direction during the Battle of the Bulge sequences, most critics slam it as generic war movie schlock filled with every possible trope and questionable messaging.
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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 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!…
BenStuartJun 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 Daniels - Jun 29, 2026
Cartoonish; competent; familiar; sentimental; stiff; stilted; tense; uneven.
joshrowleyJun 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, 2026The 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 Hilke - Jun 30, 2026
Your 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 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 🍉Jul 3, 2026World War Nepo: The Movie. Clint Eastwood (Kelly’s Heroes) Tom Hanks (Saving Private Ryan) ⬇️ Scott Eastwood, Colin Hanks (Lucky Strike) Like father, like son. Standard war drama movie, but definitely leans on sensationalism and heavy on the action elements to make…
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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
When does Lucky Strike come out in theaters?
June 26, 2026 is the release date.
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)?
- Colin Hanks
- Scott Eastwood
- Aunjanue Ellis-Taylor
- Taylor John Smith
- Lorne MacFadyen as Major Barrett
- Patrick Millin as Us soldier
- Daniel Ray Rodriguez as CPL Ramirez
- Atanas Srebrev as General Coddington
- Jonathan Yunger as Cash
- Reomy D Mpeho as Evans
Who's the director behind Lucky Strike (2026)?
Rod Lurie directed Lucky Strike (2026).
Who produced Lucky Strike (2026)?
Marc Frydman, Yariv Lerner and Les Weldon produced Lucky Strike (2026).
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