Line #5 Film/LuckyLuke2009


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3	''Lucky Luke'' is a 2009 French-Argentine [[TheWestern Western]][=/=]{{adventure}} film directed by James Huth and starring Creator/JeanDujardin, Creator/SylvieTestud and Michaël Youn. Dujardin also co-wrote the screenplay. It is a LiveActionAdaptation based off the [[ComicBook/LuckyLuke comic book series of the same name]] by Creator/{{Morris}}, and specifically comics written by Creator/ReneGoscinny. It is the third live-action film adaptation of the comics after 1991's ''Lucky Luke'' starring Creator/TerenceHill as the character and 2004's ''Film/LuckyLukeAndTheDaltons'' with Creator/TilSchweiger. Dujardin had previously played in the latter film, which shares no continuity with this one.
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5	Delegated by US President Winston H. Jameson in person to secure Daisy Town in order to make the junction of the East-West railway in time, "Lucky" John Luke returns to his hometown, now dominated by the crook Pat Poker. Haunted by old demons, Lucky Luke sees his ambitions to start a new life and "make it clean" soon thwarted by the arrival of old enemies.
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8	!!''Lucky Luke'' provides examples of:
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10	* AdaptationalBadass: Pat Poker. His gambling motif also has magic tricks to it and he's far more cunning than his comic-book counterpart, who was never a threat to Luke even in times where Luke weren't flanderized into being an InvincibleHero.
11	* BadassLongcoat: Jesse James wears a ''really'' long coat.
12	* TheCameo: The film includes a cameo by Argentine writer and TV host Alberto Laiseca.
13	* CompositeCharacter: Jesse James has taken on several character traits of his brother Frank from the comic, most notably the [[LargeHam obsession]] with Creator/WilliamShakespeare.
14	* ContinuityReboot: It has no ties to 2004's ''Film/LuckyLukeAndTheDaltons'' starring Eric Judor, Creator/RamzyBedia and Creator/TilSchweiger.
15	* CreditsGag: [[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1235536/crazycredits?ref_=tttrv_sa_2 Too many to list here]].
16	* DarkerAndEdgier: Warning -- if you expect a standard list of {{running gag}}s, the film is PlayedForDrama instead.
17	* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:Jesse James and Billy the Kid are on Luke's side]]... but only because they want the honor of having killed Luke for themselves. It's postponed.
18	* FakingTheDead: A major plot point. [[spoiler:Pat Poker smuggled duds into Lukes colt and gets "shot".]]
19	* IconicOutfit: Luke wears the same outfit as in the [[ComicBook/LuckyLuke comics]] and all other adaptations bar the 1991 film -- white {{cowboy}} hat, yellow shirt, red scarf around the neck, black jacket, denim pants, and brown boots.
20	* TheMole: [[spoiler:Belle]].
21	* NinjaProp: Luke is seen standing at the gate of a gorgeous colonial house (his friend Cooper's home) which is obviously a matte painting. Then a black servant invites Luke to follow him, and as he steps away we find out that he was already inside the house and that the painting is an in-universe artwork.
22	* OurPresidentsAreDifferent: The fictional US President Winston H. Jameson.
23	* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Cooper, when he makes a racist remark on [[spoiler:Luke's Native American mother]].
24	* TakingTheBullet: Happens with [[spoiler:Luke's mother]] and [[spoiler:Belle]].
25	* TheseHandsHaveKilled: When Luke kills Pat Poker (even in a fair duel and as revenge for the murder of his parents), he is DrivenToSuicide and Jolly Jumper has to talk him out of it. [[spoiler:Poker faked his death to enforce the trope, since he knew "no bullet would ever kill Luke". Only when Luke is shot with his own revolver by Billy the Kid... with blanks, he realizes he has been had.]]
26	* ThouShallNotKill: One of the main plot elements is about Lucky Luke's oath to never kill anyone.
27	* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: The trailers of the film give away the facts that [[spoiler:Jolly Jumper talks to Luke]] (which is meant to be a surprise in the film) and that [[spoiler:Jesse James and Billy the Kid go EnemyMine with Luke]].

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