Movie Review - Bright

So I'll start by saying that its not often that I see a Netflix film being advertised in the cinema. But anyway, so after trying to make a supervillain film that left everyone either loving or hating it, David Ayer would reunite with Will Smith to make this film. A film that answers the question "What if creatures from the worlds of Middle-Earth and Warcraft lived in our reality?" and yeah that's just what this film is. A film that just answers that very question and it can be seen as a mix of fantasy, cop drama and social commentary (and yes I did indeed quote what Rotten Tomatoes said). So seeing as I was indifferent with Suicide Squad (a film that both Ayer and Smith worked on), I'm willing to give this a try. So let's get to it:

So much like with the prologue for Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, the film is set after a time where a battle between the so called Nine Races was taking place. We are in an alternate reality where humans are living an uneasy peace with the Nine Races (two of which are Orcs and Elves) and LAPD police officer Ward (played by Smith) has been partnered up with Nick (played by Joel Edgerton), the first orkish police officer whom both humans and orcs seem to hate due to the former's distaste for his kind and the latter for his position. A series of events that takes place in Los Angeles leads to a much bigger conspiracy involving some kind of wand and its down to Ward and Nick to save their world from a threat that's yet to come. But in the aftermath, they may not look at each other in quite the same way.

So one thing I will give Ayer credit for is his ability to switch from one popular genre to another in a short space of time and doing his best to make both films good for everyone. Unfortunately, both Suicide Squad and Bright are not well received for their own different reasons. In my honest opinion, merging several very different genres together is a risky move and has to be done in a way that makes sense. This film while action packed and well acted, is confusing in its story and despite the name, there is nothing bright about it. In fact most of it is pretty dark and for a film that is literally called bright but in truth is very dark, that can be seen as bad whether its literal or not. So yeah not of Netflix or Ayer's best films, but for what it is, it's a decent attempt at making fantasy and reality come together. Just wish it made sense. 7/10