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Film · 2025

Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die

Directed by Gore Verbinski · starring Danica De La Rey Jones, Sam Rockwell and Juno Temple

  • 2 h 14 min
  • 15
  • Action · Adventure · Comedy
  • GermanyUSA
  • Released in the UK 19 February 2026
  • 7.0 Users1 vote
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Synopsis

A dark night. A restaurant crowded with overlapping conversations and lit screens. Suddenly, a man bursts in wielding a detonator and claiming he comes from the future. This is not the first time he has done this: it is the 117th time he returns to the exact same point in time with an identical mission. He always fails. He always comes back. This time, however, he swears it will be different.

As he explains, the apocalypse will not come in the form of explosions, but as a code: an uncontrolled artificial intelligence, fueled by hatred, misinformation, and addiction that proliferate on social media, is about to make irreversible decisions for humanity. To prevent this, he needs to immediately recruit an unlikely team: the customers of the restaurant. An exhausted waitress, a conspiracy theorist at the table, a teenage influencer, a disillusioned teacher, and a couple on the brink of breakup. None of them seem qualified. They would all prefer to think it’s a joke.

But time is running out. While outside the city continues its indifferent course, unsettling failures begin to manifest in phones, on screens, in reality itself. The algorithms take on unpredictable, almost monstrous forms, altering memories and perceptions. The time traveler struggles to maintain authority while his potential recruits doubt, argue, and confront their own contradictions.

Between absurdity and paranoia, the group must decide whether to trust a stranger who claims to have seen them die 116 times… or let the world move forward, unstoppable, towards an ending designed by their own clicks.

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The essentials

Runtime
134 min2 hours and 14 minutes
Budget
$23mConstantin Film
Box office
$7.8m0.3 times its budget
Rating
15Suitable only for 15 years and over
How long is Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die?
2 hours and 14 minutes (134 minutes).
When was Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die released in the UK?
It was released in the UK on 19 February 2026.
Who directed Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die?
Gore Verbinski.
Who is in Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die?
It stars Danica De La Rey Jones, Sam Rockwell, Juno Temple and Haley Lu Richardson.
Where can I watch Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die?
In the UK it is available with a subscription on Prime Video and to buy on Apple TV.
How much did Good Luck, Have Fun, Don't Die make?
It took $7.8 million in US. It cost $23 million.
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Cast

Full cast (29)
Director
Gore Verbinski
Writers
Matthew Robinson
Producers
George Parra, Matthew Robinson, Gore Verbinski

Photos and posters

All 25 photos

Reviews

All 3 reviews
7.0 1 vote

What the critics say

  • VarietyPeter Debruge "'Pirates of the Caribbean' director Gore Verbinski makes a raucous comeback with a confrontational sci-fi comedy that can’t decide if society is worth saving or scolding". Read
  • The Hollywood ReporterDavid Rooney "In a role tailor-made for his earnest goofball charms, Sam Rockwell plays an unnamed man who steps into the Norms diner on La Cienega Boulevard one night and announces to customers and staff: “This… Read
  • Screen DailyTim Grierson "Director Gore Verbinski’s nihilistic return to the big screen also stars Juno Temple and Haley Lu Richards". Read

Box office

Weekend by weekend
  • Budget $23m
  • US $7.8m
  • UK £278,957

Trivia

  • South Africa

    Director Gore Verbinski attempted to shoot this film in Los Angeles, Vancouver, and Winnipeg, but could not meet the budget numbers even with the cities' movie tax incentives. Production eventually began in South Africa in May 2024.

  • Bad Religion

    Ingrid is seen wearing a tee shirt for the band Bad Religion. Gore Verbinski directed several music videos for the band.

  • A Cure for Wellness

    Director Gore Verbinski's 11th feature film, but his first in 8 years following the critical and commercial failure of A Cure for Wellness (2016). It is also his first independent film with a modest reported budget of $23 million.

  • Zazie Beetz

    Sam Rockwell and Zazie Beetz had previously provided their voices for Los Tipos Malos (2022) and Los tipos malos 2 (2025).

  • Marvel Universe

    Three of the main cast members have ties to the Marvel Universe. Sam Rockwell played Justin Hammer in 'Iron Man 2,' Michael Peña played Luis in 'Ant-Man' and its sequel and Zazie Beets played Domino in 'Deadpool 2,' which, coincidentally, also involved a man going back in time to change the future.

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