Logan Lucky Review: 6 Ups & 3 Downs

5. It's Got An Incredible Game Of Thrones Joke

Logan Lucky Dwight Yoakam Daniel Craig
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The film has a ton of fantastic gags, but there's none better than an incredibly funny extended joke involving Game of Thrones, and the absurd length of time it's taken author George R.R. Martin to finish the novel series off.

Spoiling the gag would be criminal, but considering how many movies and TV shows make ham-fisted references to HBO's pop-culture phenomenon, it's refreshing to see a film make a nod that actually feels organic and, best of all, is actually hilarious to boot.

Plus, one can sense that the gag has a little personal truth in it from writer "Rebecca Blunt", who is widely expected to be Soderbergh under a pen name, considering Blunt's lack of other credits or online presence.

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