Tuesday, June 12, 2012

The Lucky One


Movie: The Lucky One
Genre: romantic-thriller
Synopsis: Logan (Zach Efron) is a Marine on his 3rd tour of duty in Afghanistan when his squad is ambushed.  He survives the ambush and is strangely inspired by a photo he finds on the ground.  It is a picture of a young girl in Louisiana.  He credits the picture with giving him the resolve to survive.  When he gets out of the Marines, Zach is determined to find the girl in the picture.  He finally tracks her down.  He learns her name is Beth (Taylor Schilling) and manages to meet her.  He learns that her husband was killed in action in Afghanistan.  Zach cannot bring himself to tell her his story and instead goes to work for her and manages to bring some light into her lands her son’s life – as well as her mother’s.  Along the line he does battle with Beth’s jealous ex-husband – who happens to be the sheriff.

My two cents: Definitely a feel-good movie. I was skeptical about how effective High School Musical veteran Zach Efron would be in portraying a seasoned war veteran.  I have to say that he did a pretty good job.  If you like a nice romantic movie, you should enjoy this.  I certainly did.

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