Bright (film)
Bright is a 2017 American urban fantasy action film directed by David Ayer and written by Max Landis. The film is set in an alternate present in which humans and mythical creatures co-exist and details an LAPD police officer (portrayed by Will Smith) and his orc partner (Joel Edgerton) confronting racism and police corruption while protecting a magic wand and the elf girl (Lucy Fry) who wields it. Noomi Rapace, Édgar Ramírez, and Ike Barinholtz also star.
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Directed by | David Ayer |
Written by | Max Landis |
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Cinematography | Roman Vasyanov |
Edited by | Michael Tronick |
Music by | David Sardy |
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Distributed by | Netflix |
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Running time | 118 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $90–106.2 million |
Principal photography began in November 2016 in Los Angeles. The film was released worldwide on Netflix on December 22, 2017. While it has received largely negative reviews from critics, it was exceptionally popular with viewers. Netflix called it one of the company's most successful original programs as of January 2018.