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Chicago, Illinois, 1960s. In an interview, Kathy tells how her life changed forever when she married Benny, a biker and member of a gang called the Vandals. The film is paced by means of flashbacks: after a chance encounter, headstrong Kathy (Jodie Comer) is drawn to Benny (Austin Butler) , member of Midwestern motorcycle club the Vandals. As the club transforms into a dangerous underworld of violence, Benny must choose between the strong-willed Kathy and his loyalty to the club that's commanded by rebel Johnny (Tom Hardy).

Johnny must confront the harsh truth: rival gangs are harassing them and new young leaders as The Kid (Toby Wallace) are contesting his throne. Freedom belongs to the fearless !.

In 1967, Danny Lyon published a photo book titled "The Vandals," which portrayed the biker gang of the American Midwest. Inspired by those photographs and the writing, director Nichols wrote this fictional story, ¨The Bikeriders¨starring Benny, in which Lyon himself interviewed one of the female members of one of the biker gangs known as the "Vandals." The film deals with the adventures of a biker gang led by Johnny, these adventures and misadventures become increasingly dangerous and violent as the gang grows. Much like the country around it, the club begins to evolve, transforming from a gathering place for local outsiders into a dangerous underworld of violence. That's why the movie depicts the brutal violence creeping up on his once-beloved club, while law enforcement and rival gangs are surrounding them. Starring Austin Butler (Elvis) gives a good acting as Benny, along with the always notable Tom Hardy (Venom saga) as enigmatic Johnny and although the real protagonist is almost Jodie Comer (Killing Eve) as Kathy, as the film develops through flashback interviews that Mike Faist (Challengers) - as Danny Lyon - does with Kathy/Comer.

The motion picture was professionally directed by Jeff Nichols, although it lacks a bit more drive and momentum to be a notable flick. Nichols films often set in Arkansas his home state and frequently casts Michael Shannon. His movies are frequently set in the Southern United States and usually containing great actors such as: Jessica Chastain , Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver ; in fact he directed one actor to an Oscar nominated performance: Ruth Negga, who was nominated for Loving (2016). Jeff is a good craftsman, a writer and director, especially known for ¨Shotgun Stories¨ (2007) with Michael Shannon, Travis Smith , ¨Take Shelter¨ (2011) with Jessica Chastain, Michael Shannon, ¨Mud¨ (2012) with Matthew McConaughey, ¨Midnight Special¨ (2016) with Joel Edgerton, Kirsten Dunst, Adam Driver, Loving (2016) with Ruth Negga, Joel Edgerton and ¨Long Way Back Home¨ (2018) with Michael Shannon and Garrett Hedlund. The Bikeriders: 6/10. A decent and acceptable film but nothing special.

An interesting and upsetting movie about serial killer John Christie and the murders at 10 Rillington Place in the 1940s and early 1950s. Set in London, 1940, in the midst of the Battle of England, at number 10 Rillington Place lives John Reginald Christie (Richard Attemborough), a shy, timid, absolutely insignificant man, who has been mobilized by the world war as an auxiliary policeman. He's a well respected man who has more than just a couple of dark secrets and who, under the pretext of his medical knowledge, takes unsuspecting women into his home. Meanwhile, Timothy Evans (John Hurt) is a hard working Welshman in London seeking work. He and his pregnant wife (Judy Geeson) are offered a place to stay by John Christie. If these walls could talk !. What happened to Ena and Geraldine and Beryl and Muriel and Rita and Ethel at 10 Rillington Place?. What happened to the women at 10 Rillington Place?

One of Richard Fleischer's greatest films dealing with the true story of John Christie - the serial killer; being a model story in the genre of intrigue as well as terror and never sensationalising its subject. It is a cold, almost naturalistic reconstruction of the crimes of one of the most disturbing psychopaths who terrorized the United Kingdom in the 1940s. The film also deals with a terrible judicial error which precipitated the abolition of the death penalty in Great Britain due to an incident that led a man to be wrongly hanged. Richard Fleischer's staging is masterful, as is the extraordinary interpretation of Richard Attemborough in a completely unusual character in his long film career. Along with other excelent interpretations carried out by Judy Geeson, Pat Heywood and one of John Hurt's earlier movies.

Director Richard Fleischer's occassional preoccupation with strange murders, one remembers ¨Compulsion¨ starring Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman about the Leopold-Loch murders and ¨The Boston strangler¨ starring Tony Curtis, brought him to England in 1970 to make this grim reconstruction of the case of John Reginald Christie, who murdered seven people in his dingy North London home. The case itself is brought to life with brooding and harrowing authenticity as well as crude realism, sparing little of the terrifying and gruesome detail involved.

Many years later, a three-part drama remake of "10 Rillington Place" (1971) took place: Rillington Place (2016-2016) , starring Tim Roth as Reg Christie, Jodie Comer, Nico Mirallegro, and Samantha Morton.

Nail-biting and zestful action film with eccentric cast, striking set-pieces and tongue-in-cheek. Rodriguez's nameless guitar-player-turned-gunman goes back, this time in the person of heartthrob Antonio Banderas. More lavish and action-packed than its own predecessor, the movie--while not a blockbuster hit--does decent business and launches the American film careers of Antonio Banderas as the guitarist-turned-gunslinger and Salma Hayek as his love interest (the two would star in several of his movies from then on). It starts with former musician and gunslinger El Mariachi (Antonio Banderas) arrives at a small Mexican border town. His past quickly catches up with him and he soon gets entangled with the local drug kingpin, Bucho (Joaquim DeAlmeida) and his gang. El Mariachi just simply wants to play his guitar, no harm done, no questions asked. Bucho is a wealthy but casually bloodthirsty drug kingpin who rules tyrannically a seedy Mexican border town. Unfortunately, El Mariachi makes a mistake, just when an assassin who keeps his guns in a guitar case hits town. El Mariachi finds few allies except for Carolina (Salma Hayek), who runs a bookstore that doesn't seem to attract many readers. El Mariachi then is mistaken for an assassin. But a Gringo (Steve Buscemi) provides assistance and a woman offers him solace. With a guitar in his hand and a price on his head, he wasn't looking for trouble...but trouble came looking for him !. The Time Has Come !.

Thrilling action film with plenty of crossfire, explosion, some hilarious touches and lots of violence. Less a follow-up than a loose, bigger budget remake of ¨El Mariachi¨, Robert Rodriguez's second film maybe a rambling, derivative exercice in gratuitous violence, but it is determinated to create an entertaining and amusing film. If the irony and invention lacks the slight touch of The Mariachi, there's more preposterous pleasure and gleeful to be had from Robert's expertise with the action set-pieces and absurdist approach to the story's mythical aspirations.

This one belongs to Robert Rodriguez's Mariachi trilogy formed by ¨El Mariachi¨ 1992 with Carlos Gallardo, Consuelo Gómez , followed by ¨Desperado¨ 1995 with Antonio Banderas , Salma Hayek , Cheech Marin, Quentin Tarantino ,Steve Buscemi , Joaquin de Almeida , and ¨Once upon a time in Mexico¨ 2003 with Antonio Banderas, Johnny Depp, Eva Mendes, Willem Defoe, Pedro Armendariz Jr; all of them have a good main and support cast. ¨Desperado¨ turns out to be an Antonio Banderas recital, as he runs, bounds , shoots and sings splendidly . Accompanied by gorgeous Salma Hayek as bookstore owner Carolina and the really evil Joaquin De Almeida as Bucho, while Quentin Tarantino meets his well-deserved cameo demise and you'll find original Mariachi, in a cameo role as a gunslinger/musician amigo of the hero.

This self-indulgent mess was well made by Robert Rodriguez who wrote , photographed , produced , edited , scored and directed and starring his ordinary friends and familar clan. It also furthers the director's reputation of working on low budgets to create big results. In the year when movies like Batman Forever (1995) and GoldenEye (1995) were pushing budgets past the $100 million mark, Rodriguez brought in "Desperado" for just under $7 million. The film also featured a cameo by fellow indie film wunderkind, Quentin Tarantino. It would be the beginning of a long friendship between the two sprinkled with numerous collaborations. Most notable the Tarantino-penned vampire schlock-fest From Dusk Till Dawn (1996). Desperado rating : 6.5/10 . Better than average. Essential and indispensable seeing for Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek fans, as well as enthusiasts of the film career of director Robert Rodriguez.