Bright (David Ayer, 2017)

Much has been made of Netflix now starting to make films that compete with the major studios in terms of both budget and cast, but on this evidence there's little for them to fear. Yes, they've got Will Smith on board, but despite the $90 million spent it feels very straight-to-video, with a painfully derivative and stupid script that melds Lord of the Rings with a run-of-the-mill gritty buddy cop movie.
The daft premise is that humans, orcs, elves et al. co-exist in modern-day society, with the orcs heavy-handedly representing the ghetto underclass and elves at the top of the ladder. Genius. You have to wring whatever relief you can from the Alien Nation-style interplay between Smith and his orc partner, because the plot itself, involving the pair trying to find some magic wand or other and getting badly beaten up at odd intervals in the process, sure won't provide you with any joy.

3/10