The Lucky Man(2017)

Plot Summary

• A young charismatic preacher and his hot Latina girlfriend travel Route 66 scamming the small churches along the way only to find that the bogus healing powers he portrays become real. The healing powers serve as a blessing and a curse."The Lucky Man" tells the story of a young preacher, Rev. Johnny Jones (Jesse James) and his fiercely loyal girlfriend Rebecca (Mariana Paola Vicente), and their life on the road. While on their way from Texas to California, Rebecca has dreams and aspirations of settling down and eventually starting a family, while Johnny is more concerned with the journey at hand. Searching for small out-of-the-way towns, he preaches to unsuspecting crowds with such passion and fervor, he has them eating out of the palms of his hands, filling up their collection plates with enough money to get them to their next destination. Johnny is no saint and when not preaching, he snorts cocaine and downs tequila, while Rebecca watches old TV shows.Upon reaching a small town, Johnny realizes that he is almost out of drugs and makes his way to a bar where he hooks up with two small-time thugs. When he tries to make an exchange with them at an agreed-upon location, they pull a gun on him but he manages to shoot one of them first. As the other runs off, Johnny is immediately filled with remorse and falls to his knees, pleading to God to save the man's life. While holding his hands over the man, the skies darken, and thunder booms all around them and in the blink of an eye, the man is alive. Realizing that he is unscathed, he quickly gets to his feet and runs away. When Johnny tries to explain what happened to Rebecca, she laughs him off, assuming that he is high but on their way out of town the next day, caught up in an argument, Johnny accidentally hits a homeless guy, breaking his leg in the process. As the man squirms on the ground in agony, his leg covered in blood, Johnny holds his hands over the man and like before, prays aloud to God and in an instant, the man's leg is miraculously healed.Stunned, Rebecca apologizes to Johnny for not believing him earlier and takes great comfort in the fact that her man is a healer. A few miles down the road though, the couple are pulled over by a cop for expired tags and when he asks to see Johnny's identification and proof of insurance, Johnny hesitates, knowing that if he opens the glove box, his gun will be visible to the cop, and that he could be arrested for the shooting he was involved in earlier. Upon further insistence from the officer, Johnny panics and shoots him and then drives away. Terrified of what could happen to them, Rebecca demands that he go back and use his healing powers. Johnny quickly regains his composure and agrees but when they near the cop's body, several other police cars have converged on the area and Johnny is forced to turn the car around and drive off. He tells Rebecca that their only option is to head for the Mexican border and once they cross over, and the heat dies down, they will make a new life for themselves. They stop in a small town at a gas station to stock up on supplies but once inside, a state trooper begins asking them questions about where they came from and where they are headed. Rebecca, already filled with anxiety and trepidation from their earlier altercation, pulls out a gun and shoots the trooper and the store clerk dead, forcing the couple to leave town fast. With nothing left to lose, they make a beeline for the border, but will they make it?Synopsis By: James McDonald

Storyline

• Traveling Route 66, a charismatic preacher, Reverend Johnny Jones, and his seductively beautiful Latina girlfriend, Rebecca, find their lives spiraling out of control as they travel from small town to small town; running their scam on the churches they encounter along the mother road. He's able to convince people he has the power to heal their illnesses and solve their most dreadful life experiences. But what the couple think is their scam begs the question does he really have the power? It's a question that haunts him and only intensifies his inner demons. Scarred for life, his childhood abuse from his evil father won't soon go away. He finds temporary refuge at the bottom of each bottle of tequila and endless grams of cocaine that goes up his nose. His childhood demons will not subside, neither will his vices. In the end, his powers serve as a blessing and a curse. Hang on tight while we follow this perilous couple's journey into the abyss of miracles and tragedy. — Norman McGuire