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39 Bright [2017]
Screenplay Max Landis
Director David Ayer
Cinematography Roman Vasyanov
Music David Sardy
Leads Will Smith, Joel Edgerton, Noomi
Rapace, Édgar Ramirez, Lucy Fry
Production Overbrook
Entertainment, Trigger Warning Entertainment, Grand Electric
IMDb 6.5/10
Rotten Tomatoes 27%
Netflix
have stepped up their game massively the past year or two. They are now distributing
Hollywood blockbusters like this one. Pretty good cast, pretty big budget, big waste of time. That is not aimed at Netflix but at this film. Will Smith plays
a cop who is partnered with the first ever orc cop (Edgerton) in a modern-day
human-orc-elf world. It’s a great, original idea for a film and as someone who
is a massive LOTR fan I was looking forward to it. However, they really messed
up the opportunity. I can’t be asked to assess each thing because it’s really
not very good. To be honest, if it wasn’t for Will Smith (who I believe will
one day get back to making good films) I would have stopped watching halfway
through. I also carried on because of the gorgeous Lucy Fry. I was waiting for
her character to develop but it never did. Nearly rock-bottom, but enough smoke
and mirrors to save it a little.
Acting 2 / 4
Writing 1
/ 4
Cinematography 2.5
/ 4
Music 2
/ 4
HWF rating 1.5 / 4