'Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die' Review: Sam Rockwell Rules
Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die marks the return of Gore Verbinski, who delivers an absurdist, anything-goes dark comedy about the dangers of artificial intelligence. Sam Rockwell stars as an unnamed Man From the Future who storms into a Los Angeles diner to recruit a ragtag group to stop an AI-driven apocalypse; his manic but controlled performance keeps the film grounded.
The movie opens with a cringe-inducing “OK, Boomer” lecture on how cell phones and social media have hypnotized the world, then blossoms into a gonzo, visually inventive thriller full of narrative left turns and eccentric characters. Matthew Robinson’s script wears its influences—12 Monkeys, The Terminator, Idiocracy and Douglas Adams—on its sleeve, while Geoff Zanelli’s playful score even quotes Jerry Goldsmith’s Patton.