"Logan Lucky" is Steven Soderbergh's first film after his mini-retirement, and stars Channing Tatum, Adam Driver, Daniel Craig, Riley Keough, Katie Holmes, and Hillary Swank. It follows two brothers in North Carolina Jimmy (Tatum) and Clyde (Driver), one a war veteran bar-tender with one hand, and the other a recently unemployed construction worker. The Logan brothers are down on their luck and envision a better lot in life for themselves. So when Jimmy crafts a very intricate plan to rob a Nascar motor speedway, a very exciting caper/hicksploitation comedy ensues.
Soderbergh's return to filmmaking is welcome, as he is back in his Ocean's Eleven-esque comfort zone, with clever execution and smart writing. The slick dialogue and twists and turns that have defined his Ocean's trilogy are back in full force for Logan Lucky, only instead of men in suits, they're lower class southerners who band together their collective wits to pull off a heist way above their perceived capabilities. Soderbergh does a fantastic job of taking a concept familiar to him, but blending his style of filmmaking with a demographic yet to be explored in his filmography. The mix of southern "charm" and highly sophisticated