The Lucky Ones is a story about soldiers on leave on a road trip in the US. The Lucky Ones has interesting moments but rests gently on the cloud of safety.

Home on leave Colee (Rachael McAdams), Cheever (Tim Robbins) and TK (Michael Pena) meet on the plane back to the states. When they arrive, they find themselves in the middle of a blackout that has screwed up the plane schedule. Unwilling to wait, they hop in a car and start driving. Cheever, the oldest soldier who is actually out of the service now, cannot wait to get home to his long-time wife and teenage son. Colee is on her way to Las Vegas to preserve the memory of her friend. TK is also on his way to Las Vegas with a secret.

The Lucky Ones is highly dialogue driven because most of the story takes place in a small area. Writer- Director Neil Burger and writer Dirk Wittenborn are obviously trying to make a movie with deep meaning, with a strong resonating point. Burger and Wittenborn obviously want the audience to leave feeling something. The Lucky Ones has emotional, natural and situational disasters splattered like black in a Jackson Pollock painting, with the same attention to careful assembly or sense.