2017 American film by David Ayer
Bright is a 2017 American urban fantasy action film produced and directed by David Ayer, and written by Max Landis. The film is set in an alternate present in which humans and mythical creatures co-exist and details an LAPD police officer (portrayed by Will Smith) and his orc partner (Joel Edgerton) confronting racism and police corruption while protecting a magic wand and the elf girl (Lucy Fry) who wields it. Noomi Rapace, Édgar Ramírez, and Ike Barinholtz also star.
Principal photography began in November 2016 in Los Angeles. The film was released worldwide on Netflix on December 22, 2017. While it has received generally negative reviews from critics, it was exceptionally popular with viewers. Netflix called it one of the company's most successful original programs as of January 2018. It spawned an anime spin-off film, Bright: Samurai Soul, in 2021.
Plot summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.