
In Los Angeles, humans live with orcs and elves in a world where fantasy creatures do exist. LAPD police officer Dayl Ward is the first human cop having the orc police officer Nick Jakoby as a partner. When Ward is shot by an orc and Jakoby does not capture the shooter, he questions whether Jakoby lets the fellow orc escape. During a patrol, Ward and Jakoby arrest a man that tells that there is a prophecy and Ward is blessed. Meanwhile, Internal Affairs press Ward to find the... (Full plot summary below)
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In Los Angeles, humans live with orcs and elves in a world where fantasy creatures do exist. LAPD police officer Dayl Ward is the first human cop having the orc police officer Nick Jakoby as a partner. When Ward is shot by an orc and Jakoby does not capture the shooter, he questions whether Jakoby lets the fellow orc escape. During a patrol, Ward and Jakoby arrest a man that tells that there is a prophecy and Ward is blessed. Meanwhile, Internal Affairs press Ward to find the truth about the escape of the shooter so that they can fire Jakoby. The magic department of the FBI interrogates the man that belongs to the terrorist Shield of Light group which protects brights so that they can prepare for the return of the Dark Lord that will destroy the world. Ward and Jakoby are summoned to attend a disturbance and they stumble upon a Shield of Light safe-house where they arrest the elf Tikka and bag her magic wand. Soon they learn that Tikka is hunted down by the evil and powerful rogue elf Leilah and her Terrorist group Inferni which are the ones actually trying to resurrect the dark lord and they need to protect Tikka and the wand; otherwise the world will be destroyed. What will they do?
Leave your thoughts about Bright.
| UproxxAmy NicholsonYou can't spell "law force" without "orc." And you can't spell "David Ayer's twelfth cop movie??" without "Why develop? Is it a dare?" |
| The PlaylistRodrigo PerezBright tries to create a unique and dynamic world with the juxtaposition of harsh police life, crime and modern life contrasted with this imaginary magical realm, but it’s contrived, unconvincing and most of all calamitously preposterous. |
| VarietyPeter DebrugeThis ambitious, yet astonishingly well-executed Netflix tentpole directly benefits from the way Ayer’s gritty, streetwise sensibility grounds Landis’ gift for creating an elaborate comic-book mythology. |
| Birth.Movies.Death.Evan SaathoffIn the end, this is just a boring, lazy film with no soul. |
| CNN.comBrian LowryBright is a bloated, expensive mess, a Netflix movie with blockbuster aspirations and faerie-sized brains. |
| HeyUGuysDavid SztypuljakDiverting, if daft. This is a film that would have fallen flat on its face if it were not for the charisma of its lead actors. |
| Alachia QueenAlachia QueenIf you had told me that one day we'd get an R-Rated buddy cop movie with centaur police, orc gang bangers, socialite elves, and dragons flying under the an LA moon, I would never have believed it. |
| Blu-ray.comBrian OrndorfAyer certainly likes to do that one thing, but after a 12 years of making urban horror shows with shell-shocked characters, perhaps enough is enough. Even with magic in the mix, this is moldy routine. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekComing in just under the wire for consideration as the worst movie of the year, this big-budget Netflix original [is] a mess of apocalyptic proportions, a black hole of a movie that sucks all life from the screen. |
| TheWrapTodd GilchristThere may be no more unexpected (or damning) faint praise for David Ayer’s new movie Bright than this: It made me wish I was watching “Suicide Squad” instead. |