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The Bikeriders review: Jodie Comer's motorbike epic is The Godfather on wheels, writes BRIAN VINER
As hard as it might be, try to picture The Godfather as the story of a motorbike gang: a fraternity of tough guys more than willing to break society's codes of behaviour, yet hidebound by their own.
Surfacing in its place are the broad Chicago vowels of Kathy, a blue-collar girl with a weakness for a pretty face, who at a rowdy bar one night in the mid-1960s falls for the maddeningly enigmatic but impossibly handsome Benny (Austin Butler) — and marries him just five weeks later In any case, it's done with Olympian panache, and if the film — which stars Bérénice Bejo (Oscar nominated for The Artist) — is in parts shamelessly derivative of Jaws (even to the extent of having a stubborn mayor, who wants a pre-Games triathlon to go ahead despite knowing there's a swimmer-gobbler at large), it is also audaciously original and, better still, great fun. In any case, it's done with Olympian panache, and if the film — which stars Bérénice Bejo (Oscar nominated for The Artist) — is in parts shamelessly derivative of Jaws (even to the extent of having a stubborn mayor, who wants a pre-Games triathlon to go ahead despite knowing there's a swimmer-gobbler at large), it is also audaciously original and, better still, great fun
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