The Bikeriders
A motorcycle club in the 1960s Midwest evolves from a gathering of outsiders into a violent gang, testing one member's loyalties.
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About the film
Legacies don't come easy.
What it’s about
Kathy meets Benny, a member of the Vandals motorcycle club. As the club changes from a haven for local outsiders into a dangerous criminal gang, Benny faces a choice between his relationship with Kathy and his loyalty to the club.
What hooks you
Jeff Nichols directs Austin Butler as Benny, Jodie Comer as Kathy, and Tom Hardy as Johnny. The film draws from Danny Lyon's 1968 photobook about the Outlaws Motorcycle Club, for which Lyon spent four years living with the club. The cast also includes Michael Shannon, Mike Faist, and Boyd Holbrook.
Who it’s for
It is worth a look for anyone who enjoys character-driven crime dramas set in a specific time and place, where loyalty and identity are tested. It will also appeal to those interested in the biker subculture and stories based on real events.
- Country
- United States
- Year
- 2023
- Running time
- 1h 56min
- Age rating
- 17+
- MPAA
- R
- World premiere
- Aug 31, 2023
Ratings
MOVIE․ONE · 148 votesCreative team
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Trivia
- The film was inspired by the photo book of the same name by journalist and civil rights activist Danny Lyon, published in 1968 and telling about the cult motorcycle club Outlaws Motorcycle Club or American Outlaws Association. To write this book, Lyon lived with club members for 4 years and even effectively became a full-fledged member of it.
- After finishing filming each movie, Tom Hardy (here he played Johnny) always takes something from the props as a keepsake. After finishing filming with Jeff Nichols, he took a motorcycle for himself.
- Filming ended in 2022, and the first trailers and posters appeared in 2023. The film sat on the shelf for more than a year, and all that time distribution issues were being sorted out. Initially it was a project of the film company 20th Century Fox, but Disney — the current owner of the film company — for some reason delayed the film's theatrical release. The picture was sold to various distributors in different countries, but they did not want to release it in theaters because of the many premieres planned for 2023, and the film was put on the shelf.
- During filming, Austin Butler (he played Benny) was almost injured. He was told to ride a motorcycle to the corner of the street, the wheel hit wet leaves, the motorcycle swerved, and Butler lost control. Luckily, he managed to jump off the wobbling motorcycle before it crashed into something.
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