In an alternate present-day where magical creatures live among us, two L.A. cops become embroiled in a prophesied turf battle.
Practical Effects
Orc makeup and world-building details that deserved better scripts
Production
Shadowrun-meets-LA production design actually slaps
Acting
Joel Edgerton commits HARD to sad orc energy
Director
David Ayer
Will Smith
Daryl Ward
Joel Edgerton
Nick Jakoby
Lucy Fry
Tikka
Noomi Rapace
Leilah
Edgar Ramírez
Kandomere
Ike Barinholtz
Pollard
Veronica Ngo
Tien
Alex Meraz
Serafin
Happy Anderson
Montehugh
Dawn Olivieri
Sherri Ward
Matt Gerald
Hicks
Margaret Cho
Sergeant Ching
Joseph Piccuirro
Brown
Brad William Henke
Dorghu
Jay Hernandez
Rodriguez
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Netflix paid $90 million for this, their biggest original film purchase at the time. They greenlit a sequel immediately, then quietly shelved it after the critics spoke.
Max Landis's screenplay was rewritten heavily; Ayer and Smith reportedly clashed on set. The finished film is basically a $90 million argument about what movie they were making.
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