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Dec 22, 2017 · Roger Ebert pans David Ayer's \"Bright\" as a stupid and messy fantasy action film with a vague commentary on racism. He compares it to bad buddy cop movies and calls it a waste of money and talent.
Dec 22, 2017 · Bright tries to blend fantasy, hard-hitting cop drama, and social commentary -- and ends up falling painfully short of the mark on all three fronts. In an alternate present day, humans, orcs ...
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Feb 22, 2018 · Bright review – Will Smith's sci-fi is a true original ... for better or worse. This article is more than 6 years old. A world where orcs and elves live alongside humans is rich in potential and ...
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By David Griffin
Updated: Dec 22, 2017 2:02 pm
Posted: Dec 21, 2017 1:01 am
This is a spoiler-free review of Bright.
Netflix’s Bright is an ambitious undertaking from the streaming giant. Director David Ayer (Suicide Squad) takes Max Landis’ (Chronicle) script and tries to shape it into something tangible that will neatly fit into a 2-hour runtime, but Bright is a compelling narrative that needed more time to breathe. Landis is building his own version of Lord of the Rings (meets Bad Boys), which is a story you can’t rush. Perhaps a sequel or a longer running time would offer this story and the world they created the larger context it required.
In Bright -- elves, humans, faeries, orcs, and dragons all live together in a world that closely resembles ours. Will Smith plays officer Daryl Ward, who is forced to partner-up with the LAPD’s first orc policeman, Nick Jakoby (Joel Edgerton). Smith and Edgerton have excellent chemistry, as the two very different cops must learn to work together in a world that doesn’t think orcs and humans should coexist.
Bright could have been something truly special if it had slowed down the pace of its narrative to allow for a fuller exploration of its engaging world. Will Smith and Joel Edgerton are a compelling duo I’d love to see again in a sequel, or even a new series produced by Netflix, so hopefully, this isn’t the last we’ll see of the world of Bright.
Dec 21, 2017 · Film Review: ‘Bright’. Will Smith and Joel Edgerton (under heavy makeup) co-star as police officers from very different races in Netflix's fantastic cop thriller. “ Bright ” is the best ...
Bright is certainly an attractive prospect given the talent involved, but Ayer's aggressive and ultramasculine perspective feels tired and, perhaps, outdated. Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 ...
