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6.7/10 • 876

2024-06-191h 56m

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Legacies don't come easy.

After a chance encounter, headstrong Kathy is drawn to Benny, member of Midwestern motorcycle club the Vandals. As the club transforms into a dangerous underworld of violence, Benny must choose between Kathy and his loyalty to the club.

Directors
Jeff Nichols
Writters
Jeff Nichols
Editors
Jeff Nichols, Julie Monroe

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  1. Austin Butler

    Austin Butler

    Benny

  2. Jodie Comer

    Jodie Comer

    Kathy

  3. Tom Hardy

    Tom Hardy

    Johnny

  4. Michael Shannon

    Michael Shannon

    Zipco

  5. Mike Faist

    Mike Faist

    Danny

  6. Boyd Holbrook

    Boyd Holbrook

    Cal

  7. Damon Herriman

    Damon Herriman

    Brucie

  8. Beau Knapp

    Beau Knapp

    Wahoo

  9. Emory Cohen

    Emory Cohen

    Cockroach

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CinemaSerf

Jun 26, 2024

6/10

Danny (Mike Faist) is a would-be journalist who is interviewing Kathy (Jodie Comer) who is married to Benny (Austin Butler) who is a member of the "Valdals". They are a motor cycle club run by Johnny (Tom Hardy) with an almost masonic approach to looking out for each other. She takes us back to how they met, and of her nervousness about mixing with this outwardly aggressive fraternity, but as she gets to know them and they her, she begins to understand they are no threat, and that in many ways are all the family the others will have/need. As time moves on, though, the "Vandals" become a victim of their own success and a proliferation of chapels emerges, introducing a younger more venal and violent element to challenge the existing status quo. Using the stresses and strains of their relationship as a bedrock for the chronology, we follow the ups and downs of this disparate gang and their leader. Sadly, this isn't really a film that catches fire. It's based on real characters, and upon the book written by Danny Lyon, but "The Wild One" (1953) it isn't. It's often as if we are just a small fly on the wall observing their day to day routines and dependencies, but we never really get to know the characters. Comer does fine, but she really serves as little better than the narrator rather than an impassioned character increasingly concerned for her husband's wellbeing. There's also precious little dialogue from either Butler or Hardy and the rigid structure of the drama makes it quite hard to empathise with any of them, really. There is also a dearth of action here. For all the bikes, leather and testosterone we are left with just one or two scenes that raise the pulse a little - and they have been well exploited already in the trailing for the film. It's a good looking film but after all the hype, I was a bit disappointed with it's shallowness.

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$40,000,000.00
Revenue
$36,110,860.00
Keywords
chicago, illinoisbased on novel or bookphotographer1970sinterviewbikeroutlawmurderarsongangmotorcyclemotorcycle gangcriminalperiod dramagang violencemasculinitymotorcycle chase1960samerican midwestmotorcycle accident