Lucky Star Movie Trailer HD - Plot synopsis: Deep in debt, with a house and a university-bound kid, plus a marriage on the rocks, reformed gambler Lucky (Terry Chen) sees his luck run out after getting scammed in a tax-fraud scheme. Ashamed and desperate to keep it from his family, he returns to underground backroom gambling dens, playing for big payouts to relieve the debt and win back his family’s favour. Meanwhile, each family member, unaware of Lucky’s troubles but feeling the money crunch, too, resorts to unsavoury means to dig out of their hole.
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00:01Hey, Lucky. What's going on with you?
00:04Well, I'm literally parked on an overpass.
00:07I hate to ask, but could you send me 500 bucks for a tow truck?
00:11I don't want to bug Noelle about it. She'll freak out, you know?
00:15You know I'm good for it.
00:18Hi, Dad.
00:19Hello, sweetheart.
00:20How's work?
00:21Slow.
00:22No way you fixed it.
00:23Thanks.
00:24What did the accountant say?
00:25I'm gonna meet him tomorrow after Jenny's practice.
00:27This is your gross income for the past three years.
00:29Do I still owe tax?
00:30Yes.
00:3118K.
00:32Let's discuss your options to resolve the tax owing on your account.
00:35I can give you 5,000 right now and then pay the rest this year.
00:38Have you paid the mortgage?
00:39Yes.
00:40Car.
00:41Yes.
00:42Internet.
00:43Gas.
00:44Electricity.
00:45Yes.
00:46For all I know, you're gambling again.
00:47Do you know I've done any other big money games?
00:52Do you really need to get back into this?
00:54I've been on a roll, man.
00:55I'm not a fool, Lucky. I know you're not fixing iPhones all night.
00:58Did you hear them fighting this morning?
01:00Hey, has your father asked you for any money lately?
01:03You can be honest with me.
01:05Depp, are you gambling again?
01:07I don't care how you bankroll yourself.
01:11The last time you owed me money, I had to send a guy to your place.
01:15I really hated doing that.
01:17I need money.
01:19I need money.
01:20Dude, what is going on with you?
01:22I can't keep bailing you out like this.
01:27Dear God, please help me with this money.
01:30Not even for me.
01:32For my family.
01:34For my family.
01:35For my family.
01:41You