The Bikeriders

The "cool" vibe of this film is clearly saved by the look of the time and the actors, who clearly without them the film wouldn't be the same, at times you can see it as boring, but until it goes well and holds you in a more intimate way without many twists, but in the end it works well.

Best film I’ve seen in years, really well done, great acting

Freddie Mercury sums it up perfectly. "I want to ride my bicycle, I want to ride my bike."

Brilliant Movie....only Boring if you're an Idiot with a low IQ.

Who cares about these idiots? There is nothing redeeming about any of them. Total waste of my time watching a movie about dumb people

I got to say after the last couple years I was just done with hollywood. The movies have sucked then I happened to watch this on youtube. Original story great acting the documentary yet non documentary way it was filmed I was suprised. A bit slow but that didn't bother me

Overall pretty decent. Some surprises here and there. Hard to really care about Butler's character. Jodie Comer had a great performance, otherwise, felt rest of the acting was a bit off. Michael Shannon was good in his limited role as well. Cool to learn the story of the Vandals. Wish they went a little deeper into the characters and origin story.

Bikeriders is an incredibly satisfying love story that circles around a late 60’s Chicago biker gang. It is unassailably action packed for most of its run time and only when they repeat a couple sets and Austin Butler finishes his 100th cigarette is the audience allowed to loosen up and say “we get it already.” Motorcycles and gangs are easy to romanticize and director Jeff Nichols gives the men and women what they want before sending the fantasy up in flames in the third act. If they cut out the true life “coffee table book” photo inspiration and its author, this might’ve never lost its grip. Mike Faist is already having a great year. The cast didn’t need him. Austin Butler is in the poster section of Walmart with big “Rebel without a Cause” energy. This is Tom Hardy doing another sharp witted right hook throwing gangster like “Lawless” but more grounded. This is Jodie Comer shooting for “Goodfellas” narration in a Midwest accent. This is Michael Shannon just continuing to be a legend. A- . A sure fire rewatchable from 2024. Popcorn was perfect at @spectrumtheatre

I only watched this movie because I became a fan of Austin Butler. His character felt linear and stale. The movie is sss lll ooo www. I had to watch it in 4-5 chunks. Didn’t love it.

Meandering story of the rise and fall of a 50s and 60s biker club. The film opens with a title card saying the film was inspired by a photo book of motorcycle clubs of this era. That's the main weakness of the film, that it seems more interested in recreating a time and place than telling a story about characters or plot. There is a bit of a story involving Jodie Comer falling in love with bad boy Austin Butler, who joins Tom Hardy's biker gang. Butler is ostensibly the star of the film, but Hardy steals the movie as the thoughtful, if troubled, leader of the gang. Written and directed by Jeff Nichols, who made the excellent TAKE SHELTER, he does a fantastic job with the look of the film and creating an accurate recreation of the era, but the evolution of motorcycle clubs from being a social men's club of motorcycle enthusiasts to a criminal organization involving drugs and murder was not all that compelling and rather cliched. Michael Shannon and Norman Reedus also appear in the film in supporting roles.