Good Luck, Have Fun, Don’t Die (2026)

CinemaSerf March 1, 2026

★ 7/10

In best Christopher Lloyd style, a man arrives in a busy diner claiming to be from the future. He (Sam Rockwell) also claims that this is the umpteenth time he has been to the place, at the same time, trying to recruit some of the diners to join him on a quest to thwart the ultimate takeover of society by an AI whizzkid. Of course they think he’s a few bricks short of a load, but when he reveals his detonator a few take notice. He already knows whom he wants, and whom he doesn’t and so armed with a reluctant band of “volunteers” and, for the first time, “Susan” (Juno Temple) off they set on a series of adventures that must keep them out of the reaches of the police and get them into the home of the young boy. Rockwell leads this entertainingly, if at times a little over-exuberantly, and he gels well with a Temple who wouldn’t have looked out of place atop a wedding cake. As…

Sierbahnn May 5, 2026

★ 8/10

Highly entertaining and pressing This movie has spectacular casting, top to bottom, a plot that keeps you engaged, memorable and likable characters that makes the tension work, great direction, and a look that feels dynamic and real enough, even when it isn't. The message is poignant too, which is great, but even without it, this would be a grand movie. I highly recommend it.

Brent Marchant August 16, 2026

★ 8/10

Some prognosticators these days are contending that humanity is headed for a plunge off the edge of a cliff from which there’s no return. Others have even said that we’re already past that point. Either way, it would seem we’re at a critical juncture, a turning point of potentially mammoth proportions. But can anything be done to save us? That’s the question posed in director Gore Verbinski’s latest offering, a wild, whacked out sci-fi satire about the unfolding collapse of mankind and the efforts of a seemingly crazed time traveler from the future (Sam Rockwell) to save humanity. This manic, eccentric protagonist unexpectedly shows up in a present day Los Angeles diner to recruit a team of combatants to help him battle an evil force that will set mankind on an irretrievably unalterable path going forward. The enemy is a nine-year-old computer whiz (Artie Wilkinson-Hunt) who’…

Martin Oaks August 17, 2026

★ 5/10

**When peril feels like a punchline** The film kicks off with a premise that is as chaotic as it is magnetic in a run-of-the-mill Los Angeles diner—a backdrop that fades into the background when a man armed with a detonator bursts in with an wild claim: he is a time traveler who has failed 116 times before, and this is his last shot at saving the world. His mission is to recruit a group of everyday patrons with no special skills to form a ragtag team whose sole purpose is to stop a rogue AI fueled by the darkest corners of social media. Verbinski’s ("Pirates of the Caribbean," "Rango"...) visual strengths coexist with the flaws of an overwrought script. Yet, the director proves once again his mastery at choreographing high-octane action sequences and extracting magnetic charisma from his cast. This is especially true thanks to the remarkable chemistry between Sam Rockwell, Hale…

Kingson S August 23, 2026

★ 5/10

An interesting premise and a very scary mind bending movie. Though it contains a lot of logic defying elements, the scary premise on how far AI would go is overwhelming me. The movie explores new aspects of AI implication not seen in other AI-based movies before.