Bright (2017)

A detective must work with an Orc to find a powerful wand before evil creatures do.

Director:

David Ayer

Writer:

Max Landis

Stars:

Will Smith, Joel Edgerton, Noomi Rapace

1 win & 7 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Will Smith	...	Daryl Ward
Joel Edgerton	...	Nick Jakoby
Noomi Rapace	...	Leilah
Edgar Ramírez	...	Kandomere (as Edgar Ramirez)
Lucy Fry	...	Tikka
Veronica Ngo	...	Tien
Alex Meraz	...	Serafin
Happy Anderson	...	Montehugh
Ike Barinholtz	...	Pollard
Dawn Olivieri	...	Sherri Ward
Matt Gerald	...	Hicks
Margaret Cho	...	Sergeant Ching
Joseph Piccuirro	...	Brown
Brad William Henke	...	Dorghu
Jay Hernandez	...	Rodriguez

Storyline

In Los Angeles, humans live with orcs and elves in a world where fantasy creatures do exist. LAPD police officer Dayl Ward is the first human cop having the orc police officer Nick Jakoby as a partner. When Ward is shot by an orc and Jakoby does not capture the shooter, he questions whether Jakoby lets the fellow orc escape. During a patrol, Ward and Jakoby arrest a man that tells that there is a prophecy and Ward is blessed. Meanwhile, Internal Affairs press Ward to find the truth about the escape of the shooter so that they can fire Jakoby. The magic department of the FBI interrogates the man that belongs to the terrorist Shield of Light group which protects brights so that they can prepare for the return of the Dark Lord that will destroy the world. Ward and Jakoby are summoned to attend a disturbance and they stumble upon a Shield of Light safe-house where they arrest the elf Tikka and bag her magic wand. Soon they learn that Tikka is hunted down by the evil and powerful rogue elf...

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Plot Keywords:

orc | wand | buddy movie | elf | magic | 

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Genres:

Action | Crime | Fantasy | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

22 December 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Bright

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$90,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Clubhouse Pictures (II), Overbrook Entertainment, Netflix

Technical Specs

Runtime:

117 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Atmos

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.39 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The tattoo on Poison's forehead says "Only God can judge me" in Spanish.

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Goofs

When Ward and Jakoby first encounter Tikka at around 35 mins into the movie, as she falls onto the ground she is holding and using the wand, it's in her hand and glowing brightly, Ward yells "What is that, drop it!" after she shoots a car with it, then they take the wand. (If you look closely, Tikka is wearing gloves at the time the car explodes outside the safe house, so Daryl and Nick Assumed the wand set off the explosion just by being dropped by Tikka.)

Much later in the movie after running from everyone who wants the wand, she picks it up and uses it again, and Ward exclaims that it would have been very useful to know earlier that she could do that.

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Quotes

Daryl Ward: The hell are you?
Leilah: I'm a warrior - a priestess - a lover. I am whatever my Lord needs me to be.

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Crazy Credits

They hold you up to keep us down.

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Connections

Featured in Conan: The Cast of 'Bright'/The Cast of 'Supernatural' (2017)

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Soundtracks

Broken People
Written by Alex da Kid (as Alexander Grant), Logic (as Sir Robert Bryson Hall II), David Pramik (as David Andrew Pramik), Nick Steele, Rag'n'Bone Man (as Rory Graham), Mark Crew and Dan Priddy
Produced by Alex da Kid for KIDinaKORNER
Performed by Logic and Rag'n'Bone Man
Logic appears courtesy of Def Jam Recordings, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Rag'n'Bone Man appears courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited

User Reviews

Much better than reviews led to believe

Not sure why the bad reviews, it is classic Will Smith. I enjoyed it as much as any other of his movies.