Lucky 10 Review

“Lucky 10” is very much trying to fit into that sort of short film that you might see as being a part of a twilight-zone-ish show. Director Manny Kargov was gracious in introducing his short, giving recognition to all the people that helped put this very polished short film together. The production values of “Lucky 10” appeared high, for such a low-budget film, and the atmosphere was heavy and dark.

A young bartender is instructed by his father to serve ten beers to the guest at a table who arrives at 10:10 every night. When one is finished, he must replace it with another immediately until the guest has finished the ten beers. At this point, he will pay his tab and leave without talking to anyone, or doing anything except for drinking those ten beers. The young man is arrogant and cocky and makes light of this very serious looking man and soon after, pays the price.

“Lucky 10” has a great premise, gripping atmosphere, but somewhere it seems to have been derailed. I can appreciate the unusualness of the flow of the story, but it just wasn’t very satisfying, despite having so much going for it.