Steven Soderbergh comes out of retirement and returns to the heist-film genre with the debut trailer for “Logan Lucky.” The film stars Channing Tatum and Adam Driver as the Logan Brothers who attempt an elaborate NASCAR robbery.
“It’s an anti-glam version of an ‘Ocean’’s movie,” Soderbergh said about screenwriter Rebecca Blunt’s script, “Nobody dresses nice. Nobody has nice stuff. They have no money. They have no technology. It’s all rubber band technology, and that’s what I thought was fun about it. It seemed familiar to me, but different enough.” Here’s the official synopsis:
Trying to reverse a family curse, brothers Jimmy and Clyde Logan set out to execute an elaborate robbery during the legendary Coca-Cola 600 race at the Charlotte Motor Speedway.
“Logan Lucky” stars Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Riley Keough, and Daniel Craig, along with Hilary Swank, Seth MacFarlane, Katie Holmes, Katherine Waterston and Macon Blair and hits theaters on August 18th with an experimental distribution strategy from Bleecker Street Media and Soderbergh’s Fingerprint Releasing.
This looks like great fun, although I’m puzzled that NASCAR allowed themselves to be a prop in a story that exploits negative stereotypes of Southerns. Last I heard, they were trying to expand their appeal beyond their base, not reinforce the caricature that Liberals have painted of them.
Besides, I thought profiling was a bad thing these days, that stereotyping keeps us from appreciating the unique tapestry of our distinctly American cloth! Hmm. Well, so long as the jokes come at the expense of White folks, that’ll be alright… right?
Again, it looks fun, but just a little too contrived.
Hard Eye Roll
dude its just a movie, stop over thinking things.
Hey, thanks! I’ll pass that note to the producers of the new Black comedy, “Fried Chicken and Watermelon”. The producers were concerned Black folks might be offended, but now they can tell the press that Jon White says “its just a movie, stop over thinking things.”
I’m so glad you’re here to tell us what to think, Jon!
Someone really wants to make a Coen Brothers movie.