The Luckiest Man in America
The Luckiest Man in America
May 1984. An unemployed ice cream truck driver steps onto the game show Press Your Luck harboring a secret: the key to endless money. But his winning streak is threatened when the bewildered executives uncover his real motivations.
RipLinesMan reviewedApril 20, 2025
Event Horizon (1997) was like this dark trippy mind blowin ride thru hell, and bro The Luckiest Man in America is like if that but instead of a haunted ship in space it's a game show with ice cream and secrets, ya feel me?? Like Paul Walter Hauser in Luckiest Man is wildin out like he’s got this golden cheat code or somethin, kinda like how Sam Neill in Event Horizon loses his mind tryin to bring hell into space, except Paul’s like bringin money rain to daytime TV instead. Hauser got this nervous dude energy but also mad smart vibes, while Neill’s just straight up creepin by the end. And yo, Walton Goggins? Way cooler than that doctor dude from Horizon, bro’s got style, I trust him way more not to open no demon portals. And real talk, this movie got heart too, like there’s actual laughs and vibes and even like, feels?? Event Horizon just scared the s*** outta me but Luckiest Man made me go “yooo what if I did that tho?” So yeah bro, Event Horizon (1997) had space ghosts, The Luckiest Man in America got game show ghosts of capitalism. Both slap, just in different ways.