Your Lucky Day

Your Lucky Day

Year: 2010

Runtime: 18 mins

Language: English

Director: Dan Brown

DramaAction

When an elderly shopper discovers he has just won $156 million in the lottery while browsing a convenience store, chaos erupts. A desperate young man tries to create his own fortune, the store manager gets involved, and a married couple joins the scramble. Each side battles for the prize, and no one knows who will make it out of the store alive.

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1

Mugging outside the store and Laird's lottery brag

A tense late-night mugging unfolds outside the store as Sterling confronts a clerk and demands the lottery ticket. He is masked and armed, turning the scene into a dangerous confrontation. Inside, Mr. Laird loudly boasts about winning 156 million, instantly heightening the risk.

Night Store exterior
2

Mr. Laird's lottery brag triggers danger inside

Inside the store, Mr. Laird brags about winning 156 million, and the gloating feeds Sterling's greed and fear. The boasting shifts the encounter from a simple robbery toward a deadly contest over the prize. Tension escalates as Sterling presses for the ticket.

Night Store interior
3

Cody fires in the bathroom; Laird shot

Cody, a police officer inside the building, fires through the bathroom door, unintentionally wounding Mr. Laird. The shot punctures the fragile control of the scene and deepens the crisis. The store fills with panic as the situation spirals.

Night Store bathroom
4

Sterling shoots Cody; violence escalates

Sterling immediately fires back and shoots Cody, escalating the deadly confrontation. The other patrons and staff confront mounting danger as the number of injured and threatened people grows. The group realizes negotiation is no longer possible.

Night Store interior
5

Sterling asserts control and erases evidence

Sterling imposes his will on the frightened staff, ordering Amir to move the bodies and wipe the security footage. The act deepens the conspiracy as fear pushes others to participate. The crime scene becomes a fragile, self-contained operation.

Night Store interior
6

Conspirators plan to split the jackpot

The conspirators begin to organize a plan to split the prize, mixing fear with opportunism. They weigh how to divide the money while keeping the circle intact. The tension between loyalty and greed tightens around the group.

Night Store interior
7

Amir's relatives arrive but are kept in the dark

Amir's brother-in-law and another security guard arrive, trying to understand the situation. The conspirators manage to keep them from triggering alarms, maintaining a tenuous sense of control. The newcomers remain on the edge of the escalating plan.

Night Store interior
8

Phone unlocked and cover story crafted

The four conspirators unlock Mr. Laird's phone and craft a cover story that he vanished on vacation. They stage the scene to mislead investigators and protect their stake in the jackpot. The plan to deceive authorities becomes a central pillar of their operation.

Night Store interior
9

Cody's fate discussed; Cody survives and calls for help

They toy with leaving Cody alive in his car with the murder weapon, but the plan shifts when Cody survives and manages to contact his father. The call signals that the lottery's mystery remains unresolved. Paranoia grows as potential leaks threaten the scheme.

Night Store parking lot
10

Abraham drives with the body toward a railway crossing

Abraham takes the body of Mr. Laird in a car, stopping at a railway crossing that becomes a critical junction. A security guard tries to intervene and is subdued, heightening the sense that the operation could collapse. The crossroad scene intensifies the stakes.

Night Road near railway crossing
11

Cody's father and SWAT move in

Cody's father arrives at the store parking lot with two SWAT teammates and moves to overpower Sterling and Amir. The external force of authority shifts the balance, threatening to dismantle the conspirators' plan. The confrontation escalates toward a decisive moment.

Night Store parking lot
12

Ana's chilling distress scene and defense

Ana stages distress, first appearing as a victim with a bag over her head, then revealing she is alive and using a hammer to fend off an intruder. The scene tests loyalties and reveals fierce survival instincts. The tension in the store peaks as chaos continues.

Night Store interior
13

Second cop enters; Ana kills him with a bottle

A second cop enters the chaos and is dispatched by Ana with a broken bottle. Sprinklers erupt and the alarm blares, attracting firefighters and more responders. The store becomes a furnace of fear and quick, brutal decisions.

Night Store interior
14

Cody's death at the hands of Captain Rutledge

Cody arrives to confront the escalating violence but is fatally shot by Captain Rutledge. Rutledge's chilling line later underscores the warped loyalties among the group. Firefighters flood the scene as the confrontation reaches its apex.

Night Store interior
15

Prize drops and Rutledge's interview; hospital ending

Outside, the lottery sign drops from 156 million to 20 million, signaling that someone else claimed the prize. In a televised interview, Rutledge reveals that his own share would be 78 million, underscoring the personal costs of the heist. Ana survives the chaos and ends up in a hospital beside Abraham as they welcome their newborn, a quiet life continuing after the storm.

Evening to night Outside store / TV studio and hospital

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