Gore Verbinski has been in director’s jail for most of the past decade, following the back-to-back bombs of The Lone Ranger and A Cure for Wellness. But anyone with fond memories of the retro slapstick antics of his under-appreciated 1997 debut, Mouse Hunt, the sleek suspense and scares of his U.S. remake of J-horror insta-classic The Ring or even the helter-skelter energy of his Pirates of the Caribbean franchise starter should be happy to welcome him back.
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die doesn’t quite deliver on the sardonic promise of its catchy title, but its appealing cast and Verbinski’s flair for kinetic action set pieces make it a reasonably entertaining entry in the canon of gonzo sci-fi comedies fueled by existential dread about the dystopian techno-dominant reality we’re already trapped in. What holds the film back most — aside from its indulgent run time of two-and-a-quarter…
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