I remember seeing the trailers for The Bikeriders and being vaguely interested but then I genuinely didn’t hear anything about it upon release and after it came out it was met with complete silence. I haven’t heard anyone talk about or acknowledge this movie which is a bit surprising considering Austin Butler’s recent success and popularity. The premise of the film also seemed like a decent idea so I am not sure where the disconnect came from. Other then there was very little marketing leading up to the film and I didn’t see anything about it upon release. The actors didn’t seem to do a press tour of any kind. Everything about this movie feels like it was set up to fail. And I am morbidly curious as to why so here we go.
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Another wasted potential movie clocks in at a 5/10. It really could have been great and it had some good moments that were stopped by the surface level writing and the poor structural decisions. I can see why this movie was quickly forgotten, which is perhaps a worse fate than being talked about endlessly because of how bad it is. The Bikeriders could have been brilliant and emotional but it chose to shy away from every opportunity to do so.
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