[Nathan], who co-wrote the clever, resourceful and at times darkly wry script with Lukas Kendall, effectively combines the eclectic footage (kudos to editor Tony Randel) to form a kicky, highly involving narrative.

| Mar 6, 2014

None of the murders is particularly well staged (the sound effects feel distinctly off), yielding little in the way of suspense.

| Feb 21, 2014

Less exploitative and a bit smarter than its seedy adult-film setting would suggest.

| Feb 21, 2014

Lucky Bastard mostly combines the worst of all worlds [...] This is amateur-hour all around.

| Original Score: 0.5/5 | Feb 20, 2014

A sorry-looking found-footage thriller as unconvincing as its characters' thrashing orgasms.

| Feb 13, 2014

If nothing else (and that is pretty accurate), this found-footage horror film comprises the perfect storm of keywords to ensure moderate online success: porn, guns, boobs, simulated rape, antisocial psychopath.

| Original Score: 0.5/4 | Feb 13, 2014

In the end, considering the numerous ways the film goes limp, it seems credibility still eludes the found-footage genre.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Feb 12, 2014

The film is most successful when humanizing the people behind the objectification, with lives beyond the smut.

| Feb 11, 2014

Nathan and cowriter Lukas Kendall bobble the intro with some tension-ruining footage shot by police, but once the movie skips back in time to a sunny Van Nuys mansion decked out with hidden cameras, the concept takes on absorbing life.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 11, 2014