Why watch?

Sam Rockwell and Juno Temple have this electric chemistry riffing their way out of trouble — those moments hit both as comedy and genuinely tense. Gore Verbinski directed this the same guy who did those insane sequences in Pirates of the Caribbean, so you get that same controlled chaos but in a sci-fi setting on a space station where the rules keep changing. There are scenes where you're laughing hard and then suddenly unsure if things are about to get really dark.

Who is it for?

Watch this when you want a light, breezy action-comedy that doesn't take itself seriously — Verbinski made something where you can just sit back and not worry if you miss a few jokes. If you liked any action films with comedy mixed in, like Cop Out or Ride Along, you're in the right headspace. Sam Rockwell carries the whole thing, and Haley Lu Richardson knows exactly what role she's playing in this kind of movie. It's solid for most audiences — no graphic violence or heavy language, but it's not for kids either.

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Plakat — Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die

2026 · 2h 14min6.9R
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A 'Man from the Future' arrives at an LA diner where he must recruit the precise combination of disgruntled patrons to join him on a one-night quest to save the world from the terminal threat of a rogue artificial intelligence.

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A guy from the future walks into a dive bar in LA and has one night to convince a bunch of misfits to help him stop a killer AI from ending the world. Gore Verbinski directs this wild mashup of time-travel chaos and ragtag-team heist energy, with Sam Rockwell leading a cast that includes Juno Temple, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Peña, and Zazie Beetz as your unlikely crew of bartenders, drifters, and burnouts. The vibe is Predestination meets Ocean's Eleven by way of a comedy sketch that somehow got a 134-minute budget. This is for you if you loved the genre-hopping weirdness of Tropic Thunder or the scrappy ensemble charm of The Nice Guys.

Why watch?

Sam Rockwell and Juno Temple have this electric chemistry riffing their way out of trouble — those moments hit both as comedy and genuinely tense. Gore Verbinski directed this the…

Who is it for?

Watch this when you want a light, breezy action-comedy that doesn't take itself seriously — Verbinski made something where you can just sit back and not worry if you miss a few jok…

Similar titles

If you dug Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die for the way it mashes up action and comedy with that anarchic energy, check out The Nice Guys or Robot and Frank — they've got that same b…

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