The Bikeriders Review: For A Few Glorious Minutes, I Loved This Throwback Crime Drama

Austin Butler astride his motorcycle at night in The Bikeriders

Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT I like The Bikeriders. I feel compelled to start this review with that statement because I'm unsure how clear that will be by the end of it. I tend to be more lenient with good movies that feel like they maxed out on their potential than ones that could have been, or perhaps in moments were, great. The former are what they are, and offer what they offer.

But Benny is that person they aspire to be. He lives for the freedom of riding on an open highway, and chooses violence over dishonor without hesitation. He's as fiercely loyal as someone can be while still seeming like he could pick up and leave the moment he feels too tied down. As the film progresses, Nichols makes him the dramatic lynchpin, with Kathy and Johnny trying to influence him at opposite ends. This, for me, was a miscalculation.

The Bikeriders Can't Sustain The Magic Of Its Early Scenes The material deserved more trust from the filmmakers Close For a while, everything feels in step with him. Nichols takes us into this world as a sort of observer, capturing this time and place and way of being like Lyon did. The bikers are frequently arranged in photographic tableaux that take advantage of Adam Stone's beautiful cinematography.

After this movie's premiere at Telluride last year, Goodfellas was floated as a clear touchstone, and there's truth to that in my experience. Given the criminality at play, perhaps that vision is understandable. But many of the moments that work best feel more in the vein of Dazed and Confused. In the former film, everything is inflated to the level of the capital-C Cinematic ; in the latter, the characters and their lives are captured as if they already are.

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