Austin Butler in The Bikeriders
The trailer for The Bikeriders has been released, and ever since the film’s premiere at Telluride, it has got critics raving about. Starring Austin Butler, Jodie Comer, Tom Hardy and Mike Faist in pivotal roles, the movie is director Jeff Nichols’ venture depicting the popular 1960s bikerider gang, The Vandals.
What Is The Bikeriders About?
The official synopsis of the movie reads, “The Bikeriders” is a furious drama following the rise of a fictional 1960s Midwestern motorcycle club through the lives of its members. Inspired by Danny Lyon’s iconic book of photography, “The Bikeriders” immerses you in the look, feel, and sounds of the bare-knuckled, grease-covered subculture of ’60s motorcycle riders. Kathy (Jodie Comer), a strong-willed member of the Vandals who’s married to a wild, reckless bikerider named Benny (Austin Butler), recounts the Vandals’ evolution over the course of a decade, beginning as a local club of outsiders united by good times, rumbling bikes, and respect for their strong, steady leader Johnny (Tom Hardy).” The trailer puts the narrative focus on Jodie Comer, who narrates how the group went from a small motorcycle to a famous gang, and the unconventional wild lives they led. The movie’s first poster features Austin Butler sitting on a bike, staring into the distance.
The Bikeriders Trailer
The trailer makes it evident that the entirety of the ensemble cast are doing Midwestern accents, some being alright and some feeling extremely exaggerated. The frailer has Comer’s character recount the adventures and the problematics of the Vandals. The trailer does a good job indicating that the movie is going to be a humane depiction of biker gangs in America, who are often shown to very negatively. The film will feature intense violence, though.
How Have Critics Been Reacting?
The movie has been receiving mostly positive reviews from critics who watched it premiere at Telluride. Peter Debruge of Variety wrote, “It goes a long way to humanize figures who’ve been long misrepresented on film, while giving audiences privileged access to this inner world.” David Ehrlich of IndieWrap wrote, “The singular vibration that Nichols brings to the golden age of motorcycles gives way to the all-too-familiar entropy that ended it… But there’s no denying the Vandals had their day, and it makes for exhilarating stuff.” The general consensus is that even though the movie does have some fatal flaws, it is no doubt one of the best movies we have seen this year. It does go down the familiar route of empathizing with problematic characters in history, but according to critics that is done impressively.
The Bikeriders releases in theatres on December 1.
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