2019 Directed by Brian Kirk
An embattled NYPD detective, is thrust into a citywide manhunt for a pair of cop killers after uncovering a massive and unexpected conspiracy. As the night unfolds, lines become blurred on who he is pursuing, and who is in pursuit of him.
Chadwick Boseman Sienna Miller J.K. Simmons Stephan James Taylor Kitsch Keith David Alexander Siddig Louis Cancelmi Victoria Cartagena Gary Carr Morocco Omari Chris Ghaffari Dale Pavinski Christian Isaiah Sarah Ellen Stephens Jamie Neumann Peter Patrikios Jayson Ward Williams Suzette Gunn Khalil McMillan John Douglas Thompson Jennifer Onvie Obi Abili Andy Truschinski Darren Lipari Monica Hernandez Adriane Lenox Narci Regina Sophia Blum Show All…
Anthony Russo Joe Russo Gigi Pritzker Robert Simonds Mark Kamine Rachel Shane Wang Zhonglei Wang Zhongjun Chadwick Boseman Todd Makurath Mike Larocca Adam Fogelson Felice Bee Logan Coles Adrian Alperovich
Regina Graves Dennis Madigan Maegen Sacco Joseph D. Weber Billy Stearne Kevin Isenberg William M. Staab Charles DiCiano Daniel Galastro Ron Mazzone Matthew Vietri
David C. Robinson Nikia Nelson Marcia Patten Rita Squitiere Carly Campbell Jerome Parker Clifford Wray
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Shoutout to the lady who loudly farted during the tense final standoff.
Everyone who’s supposed to be good is given all the conveniences necessary to make sure they don’t have to make any morally difficult decisions, and the main character is that really annoying archetype where the film hints at moral complexity but the only reveals with his character reveal that he’s right and in the right about everything. The whole thing also feels like an iMovie template labeled “New York movie,” with nauseating caricatures and enough Manhattan skyline b-roll to make the Apple TV jealous. And worst of all, they don’t even play Mask Off in the movie.
Not only is this thankfully not a story about a single bad actor on an otherwise trustworthy police force but it also manages to create an entirely convincing emotional space for a main character about which there remains some ambivalence. Here's a guy who's known as a hair trigger but who isn't painted as a hothead or a rulebreaker. Throw in the pathologizing of the guys he's initially chasing and this extends beyond ideas of corrupt authority to the damage that does to the people carrying out that authority's will. Anyway, even setting that aside this is such a sturdy thriller, with an excellent cast (Boseman in particular has some serious late-90s Denzel energy), and crafted with a lot of simple narrative and visual economy. What they used to call a solid programmer.
Rotten Tomatoes: 51%
Metacritic Metascore: 51
55/100
Captain McKenna: "I tell you what, anybody tells you money can't buy happiness is full of shit."
Meh, whatevs.
Personally, I am still confused about why the film was called '21 Bridges.' I mean, I know Chadwick mentions them during his hoorah speech, but whatevs.
Regardless, 21 Bridges tells the story of a detective who joins a citywide manhunt and comes across a deeper conspiracy. I was excited about this film initially. The trailers looked intriguing, I am a big fan of Chadwick Boseman, and with the Russo's producing I thought what could go wrong? Well, a lot actually, but whatevs.
21 Bridges is a decent film that's perfectly…
Rock-solid thriller. There should be 20+ released every year. We’re lucky to get 2 or 3 these days.
do you know what i love to see? that even criminals fleeing with 50 kilos of cocaine are doing their bit for the environment by using reusable tote bags to transport their goods. saving the planet one resourcefully sustainable job at a time!
competent little cat-and-mouse, run-all-night cop conspiracy thriller with an absurdly derivative screenplay but some well-realized performances (boseman & james in particular), nice nighttime NY photography from paul cameron and some of the cleanest-shot, bloody gunfights in a movie i saw last year. they even stole the subway bit from Collateral! not really sure what the point of the bridges thing was (i thought the process of carrying out that order was gonna be factored into the action but the movie kinda forgets about it after they name-drop the titular bridges) but until the plot is tied up with a bow in the last few minutes it even maintains some decent paranoia about institutional violence, its bodily carnage and the psychology of being complicit in it. so i'll take it
Studio Exec: We all know bridges right?
Room: murmurs in agreement
Studio Exec: But what is there were 21 bridges?!
Room: erupts In applause. carries Exec out of the room on their shoulders.
21 Bridges is a solid action thriller. Derivative & Predictable? Yes. But competently entertaining if you're into 80s/90s cop thrillers. The action set pieces are clean and well-shot, loved the last foot chase sequence. Chadwick Boseman's performance elevates the movie beyond any right. He had that old-fashioned movie star quality and charm. We have lost a great artist too soon.
The title of movie is click-baity tho, the bridge thing has almost zero bearing on the plot and the movie kinda forgets about it after the first act.
