{"id":16745,"date":"2024-09-09T21:00:06","date_gmt":"2024-09-10T01:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/?p=16745"},"modified":"2024-09-09T12:53:24","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T16:53:24","slug":"the-bikeriders-2023-jeff-nichols","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deeperintomovies.net\/journal\/archives\/16745","title":{"rendered":"The Bikeriders (2023, Jeff Nichols)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tom Hardy is the absolute best as a family man whose mind got warped by a TV viewing of The Wild One<\/em> so he adopted a Brando voice\/pose and formed a motorcycle club that provided a real good time for a group of empty-headed friends before it got too big for him to control. Jodie “The Last Duel<\/em>” Comer is our entry point, being interviewed by Mike Faist (who has nothing to do here) about her relationship with Elvis Butler and the changing forms of the club.<\/p>\n

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Nichols’s dream project based on a photo book about the real club. Feels kinda flat, sorta what’s-the-point – if you’re going to make Rumble Fish<\/a><\/em> then don’t hold back, just make Rumble Fish<\/em>. At least it’s smart enough to cast The Bonnie Man as a bartender and to end strongly, and of course it’s better than Ferrari<\/a><\/em>. Note that my options tonight were this Mike Faist movie where two sporting men who are deeply in love keep getting challenged, or Challengers<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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some riders:
\nMichael Shannon, the director’s lucky charm
\nDamon Herriman (Charles Manson<\/a>) as Hardy’s right-hand man
\nEmory Cohen (Brooklyn<\/a><\/em>) wants to quit and become a cop
\nToby Wallace (The Royal Hotel<\/a><\/em>) shoots Hardy and takes over
\nHappy Anderson (The Standoff at Sparrow Creek<\/em>) must have been the first challenger<\/p>\n

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other riders: Blueface from The Nice Guys<\/a><\/em>, Karl Glusman of Noe’s Love<\/a><\/em>, Boyd Holbrook of Dial of Destiny<\/a><\/em>, and Norman Reedus of Cigarette Burns<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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