Review - The Lucky One

The Lucky One is a 2012 romantic drama film, directed by Scott Hicks, and based on a 2008 novel by Nicholas Sparks.  The film stars Zac Efron as a Marine, Logan Thibault, who returns to the United States after this third tour of duty.

In the film, Efron's character, Logan, notices something shinning in the distance.  He walks over to pick up the item, and then realizes it is a picture of a women with a message to "keep safe x" on the back.  Moments later, where Logan was just sitting is attacked, killing several people.  Logan keeps with picture with him, and after several more close calls he begins to think of this picture as his good luck charm.

When Logan returns home, he tries to locate the women in the photograph, Beth.  He notices a landmark in the photo, researches the location, and goes there in search of the unknown women.  After showing the picture to some locals, he learns where Beth works.  He gets a job at Beth's family-run business, unknown to the her that Logan thinks of her as his good luck charm. Logan does not know how Beth will react if she finds out about his motives for tracking her down.

The Lucky One is similar to other Nicholas Sparks novel to be turned into film, like The Vow and The Notebook.  The film is slightly predictable as it follows the same template as other Nicholas Sparks novels.

A romance develops between Logan and Beth, but Beth's trust issues, an obsessive ex-husband, and Logan's ulterior motive for meeting Beth, all complicate things between the two.  Logan hopes that Beth will end up as more than just the women in the photo that seemed to save him over and over.