The Bikeriders (15)

★★★★ The most fun you’ll have in the cinema all year. ~ The i.

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The Bikeriders, starring Austin Butler, Jodie Comer, Tom Hardy and Norman Reedus, follows the rise of a midwestern motorcycle club, the Vandals.

Seen through the lives of its members, the club evolves over the course of a decade from a gathering place for local outsiders into a more sinister gang, threatening the original group’s unique way of life.

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★★★★★ A potent ode to the violent lives of 60s biker gangs, Jodie Comer, Austin Butler and Tom Hardy are magnetic in this power struggle-cum-love triangle inspired by Danny Lyon’s 1968 photographic study of Chicago bikers. ~ The Guardian.

★★★★ A 1960s motorcycle saga fuelled by the spirit of Scorsese. ~ Financial Times.

★★★★ Jeff Nichols moves in on Martin Scorsese's turf with this gritty tale of ice cool ne’er-do-wells in which Tom Hardy channels Marlon Brando in a grubby blast of underworld machismo. ~ The Telegraph.

★★★★ Jodie Comer roars into this full-throttle drama. The actress, alongside Austin Butler and Tom Hardy, make this an effortless ride. ~ Evening Standard.

★★★★ The Hollywood A-listers get to fussin' and fightin' in this 1960s revival of all the good stuff. ~ NME.

★★★★ You can almost smell the asphalt in this elegiac drama about outsiders forging a fraternity from leather, fuel and chrome. ~ Total Film.

★★★✭ A slow but enveloping saga. ~ Little White Lies.