
Lucky Bastard is a "found footage" thriller about a porn website run by Mike (Don McManus) that invites fans to have sex with porn stars. Jay Paulson plays Dave, an eager young fan given a chance to have sex with the fabulous Ashley Saint (Betsy Rue). But everyone gets more than they bargained for in the seemingly mild-mannered Dave... with gruesome results. The film is captured by the "Lucky Bastard" porn cameras for a fresh take on the "found footage" genre.... (Full plot summary below)
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Lucky Bastard is a "found footage" thriller about a porn website run by Mike (Don McManus) that invites fans to have sex with porn stars. Jay Paulson plays Dave, an eager young fan given a chance to have sex with the fabulous Ashley Saint (Betsy Rue). But everyone gets more than they bargained for in the seemingly mild-mannered Dave... with gruesome results. The film is captured by the "Lucky Bastard" porn cameras for a fresh take on the "found footage" genre.
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| Los Angeles TimesGary GoldsteinLucky Bastard is a bold little thriller — and deft cautionary tale. |
| Village VoiceRob StaegerThe film is most successful when humanizing the people behind the objectification, with lives beyond the smut. |
| Time OutJoshua RothkopfThe performances, especially from the bed partners, are complex; even if you weren’t wanting for an exposé of adult-entertainment violence, here it is. |
| The Hollywood ReporterJohn DeForeLess exploitative and a bit smarter than its seedy adult-film setting would suggest, the shoestring-budgeted film is nevertheless a niche outing that will rely on a stunty premise to attract voyeurs to its debut this Valentine's Day. |
| Slant MagazineDrew HuntIn the end, considering the numerous ways the film goes limp, it seems credibility still eludes the found-footage genre. |
| The New York TimesJeannette CatsoulisRobert Nathan’s Lucky Bastard is a sorry-looking found-footage thriller as unconvincing as its characters’ thrashing orgasms. |
| VarietyPeter LabuzaA new low for found-footage films, Lucky Bastard uses a porno shoot as the stage for a thriller with little mystery and lots of pointless moralizing. |
| New York PostSara StewartNo amount of actorly dedication can change the pointlessness of watching unpleasant things happening to uniformly unpleasant people. |
| The DissolveScott TobiasLucky Bastard mostly combines the worst of all worlds: the less-clever-than-it-thinks script of old-school porn, the piercing brightness and flatness of video production, an especially lackluster rendering of the played-out found-footage horror concept. |