FILM
THE BIKERIDERS
FEATURING THE MOST LEATHER SEEN ON SCREEN SINCE UNDERWORLD: AWAKENING
Love birds Kathy (Jodie Comer) and Benny;
On a steel horse he rides — gang member Funny Sonny (Norman Reedus).
★★★
OUT 21 JUNE / CERT 15 / 116 MINS
DIRECTOR Jeff Nichols
CAST Austin Butler, Jodie Comer, Tom Hardy, Mike Faist, Michael Shannon, Norman Reedus
PLOT In 1960s Chicago, a photojournalist (Faist) documents the lives of a motorcycle gang as tensions drive their dynamic to boiling point.
AUSTIN BUTLER IS not a man to rush his words. Every line of dialogue feels like it’s preceded by a pregnant pause or a considered stare while the star rolls the words around in his mouth. This abandonment of immediacy feels well-suited for The Bikeriders, a glacial study of oil-stained Americana, sumptuously crafted by writer-director Jeff Nichols.