While Terence Hill did his best to encapsulate and embody the role of Lucky Luke (very funny how the french say his name by the way),Jean Dujardin actually has the look down! Especially with the little bit of hair that "hangs" just outside his hat. I really dug what they did here, even if I remember certain things differently from the comics and even if Rantanplan (the dog) is MIA and Jolly Jumper (the horse) can not be heard thinking ... most of the time. But what can you put in here, considering how long the comics where going on for? It is not an easy task to put as much in here as possible.

Having said that, the humor is well thought of and the movie has even some adult themed issues it serves us (plus there are actual bullet wounds - which surprised me a bit to be honest). Funny and action packed, this is probably as close as we can get to a more than decent adaptation of the awesome .. shame the box office did not agree with me ...

Based on the classic characters from comic books by Morris and Goscinny , that was never meant to be an accuracy description of the existence in the Far West , but a fun satire or spoof . This amusing and funny film contains an entertaining but absurd plot , western action, crossfire , bits of campy and embarrassing humor , historical inaccuracies , and factual errors. The film deals with the famous fearless gunslinger hero from French comic books , Lucky Luke : Jean Dujardin , who is assigned by the US President to make up Daisy Town ; though , unfortunately, here doesn't appears his likeable dog . There Luke , along with his beloved speaking horse Jollie Jumper , take on dangerous gunfighters as Pat Poker , Billy the Kid : Michael Youn , and about to be hanged , being saved by Calamity Jane : Sylvie Testud and Jesse James : Melvin Poupad . Meanwhile , Luke falls in love for a beautiful girl, Belle : Alexandra Lamy .

This is an acceptable rendition packed with ridiculous situations , anachronisms , noisy action , shootouts , thrills , exaggerated characters , tongue in cheek , and lots of silly humor. Jean Dujardin is pretty well as the gunman who is ordened by the USA President to bring peace to Daisy Town where he has problems .Here Lucky suffers sad records when being a child : Mathias Sandor as young Luke , witnessed the killing of his parents . This Luke character attracted certain controversy for a gunfighter smoker ; however , considered to be one of the most popular French comic books , along with Asterix and Obelix , both of them created by Rene Goscinny . It is usually balancing among Terence Hill/Bud Spencer style movies , Lucky Luke personal drama , goofy humor , Spaghetti Western and guaranteeing gun-play , fights or stunts every few minutes. Amiable but sometimes lumbering Western satire goes on and on about the same premise , as a lot of escenes are superfluous .

The prestigious musician Bruno Coulais composes an attractive soundtrack with catching leitmotif and well conducted . Colorful and sunny cinematography by Stephane Le Parc . The motion picture was professionally directed by James Huth , though it has some flaws and gaps . He is a good writer , producer , and director who has made some decent films , such as Brice 3 , Hellphone , Serial cover , Brice de Nice and Happiness never comes alone .

Other retelling about Lucky Luke are the followings : " Lucky Luke Television series" , 8 episodes, starred and directed by Terence Hill . "Lucky Luke and the Daltons" 2004 by Philippe Haim with Til Schweiger , Ramzy Bedia , Berger , Javivi . And cartoon movie version as "Go west : a Lucky Luke adventure" 2007 ; "the new adventures of Lucky Luke" , "Ballade Del Dalton" 1978 , and "Lucky Luke the intrepid" 1971

Sure, I knew that there were a movie based on one of my favorite comic books from my childhood. But I have to admit that it was not one that I was in a rush to get to watch. So as it was, by sheer chance, that I stumbled upon the 2009 "Lucky Luke" movie in 2021, of course I took the time to sit down and watch it.

And this was a swing and a miss from director James Huth. I must admit that I was definitely expecting it to be a bit more than what it turned out to be.

First of all, there was the fact that this was a French movie set to take place in the great untamed wilds of America. Great, yeah, except people spoke French. That was just an issue that I couldn't get past. It just brought the movie down so much to a level where it just was hard to take it seriously.

And then there was the fact that the storyline was just a scrambled mess of random scenes - or at least that is what it felt like. The movie was way too chaotic and in disarray for me to find much of any enjoyment in the storyline. It felt like writers Sonja Shillito, James Huth and Jean Dujardin weren't even sparring and communicating amongst themselves to ensure that what one worked on would be carried on by the next.

It should be noted though that the actor Jean Dujardin - playing Lucky Luke - really was rather well-cast for the role of the comic book lonesome cowboy brought to life on the screen. He had that particular charm about him, and the hair.

There were some interesting enough characters in the movie, some that you'd recognize from the comic books as well. But I was desperately missing the Dalton gang in this movie, and the dog Ratata.

All in all, then the 2009 "Lucky Luke" movie was one that had evaded my radar, and it wasn't a movie that really delivered what I was expecting from it. There were so much potential here, but the storyline was just too erratic and the French language was just a bitter pill to swallow.

My rating of "Lucky Luke" lands on a mere three out of ten stars.