Bright 2017

Nate H. reviewed Bright (2017)

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If I remember correctly, this was Netflix's first blockbuster sized budget for a movie they were sending into the arena. Had a pretty interesting recipe. Take a fading star like Will Smith who has been in desperate need of a hit and drop him into something he has had enormous success in, the buddy cop movie. Only this time his partner is an orc and there are all kinds of fantasy elements woven into the plot to try and keep things fresh.

I was really excited to check it out. But in classic Netflix fashion, the offering was a shimmer of what it could have been. There are a couple decent action scenes sandwiched by some really bad ones, scenes edited so terribly you wonder how this cut really made it onto the streaming service. There are funny buddy cop moments woven into a lot of average ones. And while the story feels promising at times, it ends with stuff we have seen many times with that fantasy spice added on to throw us off the scent of mediocre. Not gonna work guys.