The Bikeriders review: Jodie Comer's motorbike epic is The Godfather on wheels, writes BRIAN VINER By Brian Viner Published: 20:05 EDT, 20 June 2024 | Updated: 20:10 EDT, 20 June 2024 e-mail View comments The Bikeriders (15, 116 mins) Verdict: Wheelie wheelie good Rating: Federer: Twelve Final Days (12A, 88 mins) Verdict: Swiss love, Swiss love Rating: 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. That, in essence, is The Bikeriders, a compelling drama that doesn't hide its debt to great mob pictures, but is tremendously engaging in its own right (and boasts a glorious 1960s soundtrack). It even has a GoodFellas-style narrator in the form of Kathy, superbly played by Jodie Comer , whose native Liverpool accent takes a dive to the bottom of Lake Michigan .
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 It even has a GoodFellas-style narrator in the form of Kathy, superbly played by Jodie Comer , whose native Liverpool accent takes a dive to the bottom of Lake Michigan 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 h.
