Lucky Strike
Roadside Attractions | Release Date: June 26, 2026 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
49
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
3
Negative:
2

Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
80
Film ThreatAlex SavelievJul 6, 2026
An example of robust, muscular filmmaking of the “they don’t make ‘em like this anymore” variety. Read full review
12
RogerEbert.comRobert DanielsJun 26, 2026
Lucky Strike, a mind-numbingly inert, hyper-patriotic war film, makes little sense and gives even less reason for its existence. Read full review
45
TheWrapWilliam BibbianiJun 25, 2026
Lucky Strike falls apart at many key moments, revealing narrative flaws Lurie planted (or failed to plant) much, much earlier in the film. Read full review
60
VarietyOwen GleibermanJun 25, 2026
Lucky Strike isn’t a raw combat drama so much as a lone-wolf genre film, something that feels tidier and maybe safer. Lurie stages it with skill; it’s not like what happens is predictable. But it’s not enthralling either. Read full review
50
The Hollywood ReporterFrank ScheckJun 25, 2026
For all its technical impressiveness, Lucky Strike never gathers the narrative momentum and suspense to which it aspires. Read full review
70
The New York TimesNicolas RapoldJun 25, 2026
The World War II movie Lucky Strike is part survival thriller and part throwback hymn to military heroism. It’s quite possible to appreciate the kill-or-be-killed action, starring Scott Eastwood as a man caught behind enemy lines, even as its Greatest Generation patriotism feels preserved in amber from another era in cinema and history. Read full review
75
San Francisco ChronicleMick LaSalleJun 24, 2026
As war movies go, this one’s different and often exciting, with several memorable scenes. Read full review
30
Screen RantAlex HarrisonJun 24, 2026
Lucky Strike is simultaneously so familiar and so off that it sometimes feels like WW2 movie cosplay. While watching, I thought often about how that is essentially what all period filmmaking is – anyone who's ever seen an unofficial set photo will know what I'm talking about – but whatever movie magic that usually gets us to suspend our disbelief is just totally absent here. Aside from the intellectual curiosity of trying to diagnose that, the viewing experience is fairly dull. Read full review
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