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 | buddy movie | elf | magic | wand | 

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Genres:

Action | Fantasy | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Did You Know?

Trivia

The following graffiti can be found on the city's walls, at the beginning of the movie: "Only a Bright can control the power of the wand. (The Great Prophecy 7:15)" (Not a graffiti.), "In the beginning, God created all races equal. (But Elves are more equal.)," "Orcs fight for you... Who fights for us?," "In Magic We Trust. (Die)," "Be Yourself," "Jirak Lives" and "They hold you up to keep us down."

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Goofs

Tikka dropped the wand on the ground after she shot the car. The wand appears in the following cut scene to the police officers in the safe house. No one other than Tikka could have brought the wand back in the safe house, and it is unlikely that Tikka went back inside.

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Quotes

[during a gunfight]
Daryl Ward: First time being shot at?
Nick Jakoby: Yeah. I have to say, I dislike it very much.
Daryl Ward: Yeah, it fucking sucks.

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Crazy Credits

They hold you up to keep us down.

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Connections

Referenced in AniMat's Crazy Cartoon Cast: Onward to the Age of Resistance (2019)

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Soundtracks

Smoke My Dope
Written by Steve Aoki and Lil Uzi Vert (as Symere Woods)
Produced by Steve Aoki
Performed by Steve Aoki and Lil Uzi Vert
Steve Aoki appears courtesy of Ultra Records, LLC
Lil Uzi Vert appears courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corporation

User Reviews

I liked the new story line!

To everyone who had not seen this show yet you don't know what you have missed!!!! This review is for everyone who has already seen this movie!!! If you have already watched this movie on Netflix you have to watch it again!!! It is totally different!!! Well same movie but they have changed all kinds of scenes!!!! All the little side dialogue scenes have completely different dialogue from the regional showing of this movie on Netflix !!! It's like a completely alternate telling of the same story but with more detail of the telling of the story ! If you've watched this movie already watch it again!!! It's like watching it for the first time they made it totally redone and more enjoyable and completely open to a sequel! I would be truly disappointed if there is never a sequel to the show !!!!!

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Netflix

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