Lucky Bastard (2014)

Despite how much I rag on the long played out run of 'found footage' movies that have circumscribed the horror genre for quite a few years now, I'm not above eating my own words from time to time when I incidentally come across a decent one. Actually, I hate to say it's also happened lately with "The Visit" and, after seeing "Lucky Bastard", that makes two FF flicks that have surprisingly offered up an unusual comprisal of 'freshness' within this exhausted sub-genre. Not to say I'm going 'soft' on this shit, cuz I've definitely had my fill, overall.

A porn production company holds a special Lucky Bastard contest in which a loyal online pud-tugger can win his own sex scene with a lovely actress. So, a dweeby, non-threatening looking chump is selected and flown out to porn valley, but shit soon goes off the rails when the lucky bastard starts coming across as a bit stalkerish. This rattles the poor pro and the crew, but shooting resumes until the big scene is underway and everything officially takes a turn for the worse - leading up to the 'bastard' showing his true, violent, virgin-rage colors...

There's a healthy amount of sex and nudity, but what really stood out about this one to me was the writing and performances, which are considerably strong. Most notably, the guy who plays the director who was convincing and really entertaining at times. Downside: the violence and gore is actually pretty minimal. You got a fatal pistol-whipping and a guy being ass-blasted with a big, unlubed dildo as the main scenes consisting of any kind of stand-out brutality. That said, "Lucky Bastard" rolls along nicely with some always welcomed full-frontal and substantially competent writing and acting for the most part. Worth a look.