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Logan Lucky 2/5 stars . . . Movie

Majestic Bay

Southern heist movie . . . Coca Cola 600.  Logans are unlucky, but this time they pull it off.  One-armed bartender.  Ex-football star. Daniel Craig (James Bond) as bomb maker.  They break him out of jail to blow the bank vault then return him to jail before he's missed.

Just a no go.  Not funny enough, not clever enough.

One good moment:  Little girl singing West Virginia in talent show. Audience joins in.  Terrific, but it seemed like it was from another movie.

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