Jeff Nichols / USA 2023/ 116 min / Cert 15 / Speech subtitles, to help audience members with hearing loss
Set in 1960s Chicago, this is an absorbing drama based on true events. We follow the rise and decline of fictional motorbike club, The Vandals, through the eyes of Kathy (Jodie Comer, giving a riveting performance). She is married to Benny (Austin Butler), who is expected to be the successor to leader Johnny (Tom Hardy).
The country changes with the return of the Vietnam veterans, as does the bikers club. “Jodie Comer, Austin Butler and Tom Hardy are magnetic in this power struggle-cum-love triangle inspired by Danny Lyon’s 1968 photographic study of