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Published 19:57 26 Sept 2026 BST
Updated 19:57 26 Sept 2026 BST

The story begins with an unnamed dishevelled man (Rockwell) entering a diner in modern-day Los Angeles. Ranting to the patrons, he explains that he is from a nightmarish future and has travelled back in time to stop the apocalypse.
Needing help to save humanity, he believes an unknown combination of people in the restaurant can assist him in completing his strange quest. While many don't believe the stranger, a handful of customers agree to tag along.
The story follows the ragtag group on their mysterious mission, while also flashing back to explain each member of the gang's different motivations for joining the man from the future.
Directed by Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean, The Ring) and written by Matthew Robinson (The Last House), Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die co-stars Asim Chaudhry, Haley Lu Richardson, Juno Temple, Michael Peña and Zazie Beetz.
Taking aim at humanity's overreliance on technology, the movie feels incredibly timely, while boasting an inventive screenplay, haunting visuals, and wonderful performances.
Rockwell is absolutely electric as his speechifying stranger, while Richardson and Temple add unexpected pathos amidst all the sci-fi chaos.
Holding an 82% Rotten Tomatoes score, read some other glowing write-ups for Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die below:
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Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die is streaming on Prime Video in Ireland and the UK. It's also available to watch on Hulu in the United States.
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| Movie Title | Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die |
| Where to Watch | Prime Video |
| Cast | Sam Rockwell, Asim Chaudhry, Haley Lu Richardson, Juno Temple, Michael Peña and Zazie Beetz |
| Length | 134 minutes |
| Publication | Quote |
| The Daily Beast | "With Oscar-winner Sam Rockwell as its tempestuous engine, it’s a captivatingly silly saga about the pitfalls of our modern techno-obsessiveness." |
| Los Angeles Times | "So intricate and angry — and so shamelessly ambitious — you can’t believe someone in today’s Hollywood was willing to put up the money to get it made." |
| Mashable | "Sure, it gets a bit messy. But it's also exciting to see something so earnest and human and utterly bonkers." |
| Men's Journal | "Robinson’s script is a delight, and Verbinski’s return triumphant, but make no mistake: this is a film that lives and dies by the performances of its impressive ensemble." |
| Tampa Bay Newspapers | "An ecstatic, wonderfully weird spectacle and a startlingly dark take on a bleak cyberpunk future." |
| Variety | "Verbinski has been sorely missed. It takes a virtuoso of his calibre to execute on the movie’s intricate Everything Everywhere All at Once-level imagination." |

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