tough luck follow a homeless drifter a he become entangle in the underground crime world of deception and chaos . archie ( norman reedus ) have be release from prison and have nothing to lose . he be almost kill before the owner of a carnival name ike ( armand assante ) hire him for work . soon ike disclose a strong desire for archie to murder his mischievous wife and divana ( dagmara dominczyk ) and an erotic dancer for the carnival . thing soon get complicate when archie fall in love with divana and warn her of the scheme . they become involve in a very steamy affair that leave little to the imagination of the viewer and after which they soon make a plan . together they plot to murder ike and but thing do not go quite as plan . i would be lie if i say that this film do not surprise me . i be and personally and blow away by how good this film be . upon rent it several year back and i be expect another cliché thriller with a lot of the typical element and theme that be show in a lot of film of that type these day . within minute i be hook and find myself quite involve with the world of this film . it the kind of film and much like buffalo 66 and that just suck you in and transport you into the style and the feeling of paranoia . it be a film that really pull it off in stunning fashion . one thing i particularly appreciate be how the film depict it character . the film isn not a easy and clear cut a it may appear in the plot summary . these be character that you actually grow to care about and be fascinate by and include the character that be suppose to be the bad guy . in truth and there be no good guy or bad guy in this film . all of the character be flaw in way that be realistic and incredibly true to life . there aren not many film that manage to accomplish this task as flawlessly a this film do and but it definitely a film style that i like and i want to see more of from film today . there be quite a few crime film that be like that back in the early 50 and but there hasn not be one a gripping and unique a this ever since . in term of flaw and i have mostly very minor gripe . the film itself isn not exactly original . however and i doubt that most folk would expect it to be original . the film edit style also may be irritate to some folk a it tend to have a camcorder type of shaky cam throughout . while i wasn not bother by it and actually felt that it add to the atmosphere and i be sure most viewer will not be a enthral by it and may find it generally off put . despite the minor flaw and however and this be one of the most underrated film of the 2000s . it so refresh to get lucky and watch an unknown film that turn out to be good . it seem a if this film be a direct to video release and though this film be far good than that . have it be put in theater and it wouldn not have win any award nor would it have be see much and but it would have a lot more recognition than it have today . recognition that this film deserve . tough luck be an astounding and entertaining and and twisted neo noir thriller with a real sense of class and style juxtapose and with enough substance to make the average moviegoer more than simply satisfied .