Where to watch Tom Hardy and Jodie Comer's 'stunning but gritty' drama as it drops on streaming
Where to watch Tom Hardy and Jodie Comer's 'stunning but gritty' drama as it drops on streaming
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Tom Hardy and Jodie Comer's 'stunning but gritty' drama has been released on streaming platforms. The Bikeriders follows a Midwestern motorcycle club known as The Vandals between 1965 and 1973. After a chance encounter at a local bar, strong-willed Kathy (Jodie Comer) is drawn to Benny (Austin Butler), the newest member of the Midwestern motorcycle club, the Vandals, led by the mysterious Johnny (Tom Hardy).
The club begins to evolve, transforming from a gathering place for local outsiders into a dangerous underworld of violence, forcing Benny to choose between Kathy and his loyalty to the club. The 2024 film is directed by Jeff Nichols and was inspired by Danny Lyon's 1968 photobook of the same name. The Bikeriders stars The Walking Dead's Norman Reedus, Knives Out star Mike Shannon and Narcos' Boyd Holbrook with the wider cast also including Paul Sparks, Emory Cohen, Damon Herriman, Beau Knapp and Karl Glusman.
Viewers will be available to watch The Bikeriders on Sky Cinema Premiere and NOW on Friday, February 7. The film is also able for purchase or rent on YouTube, Amazon Prime, Google Play and Apple TV. Despite being made for a relatively modest budget of $40 million, the film struggled to recoup its cost and only managed to gross $35 million at the box office. The Bikeriders currently sits on a 81% rating on review aggregator site Rotten Tomatoes after 275 reviews, with an audience rating of 75%.
Many reviews called the film "stunning" for its visuals and cinematography as well as "gritty" for its bleak violence and rough characters. One review from the Irish Times reads: "Most contemporary westerns end up mourning a vanished era of compromised freedom. "The Bikeriders doesn’t quite believe in that myth, but it still finds time to dampen a handkerchief as its shadow recedes. A flawed, fascinating film.".
