"Bright" a Netflix original.
Basically a 'cop-buddy' movie with the twist being that one of the partners is a non-human, an Orc (Joel Edgerton), and the other a reluctant human participant (Will Smith). This Orc is the first to break the 'species barrier' in the police department and is hated/mistrusted by all, including his partner. In this reality, and unfortunately in ours, "blue" doesn't automatically remove biases and suspicions about those who don't look like us, save the uniform (20 yrs in the cop-biz, I have seen it firsthand). Hundreds of years ago there was war between humans and Orcs, ultimately we prevailed and Orcs assimilated as best they could, or more correctly, as humans and elves allowed.
In their reality, for hundreds of years, magic does, or at least did at one time, exist in the world, but has been for all intents and purposes been eliminated, tho there is an underground network of practitioners waiting for a second coming of magical rule. Anyway, there are plenty of non-human creatures besides the Orcs (working class, somewhat despised and held down societally). There are Elves (equivalent to the financial 1%ers of our time we have come to know and loathe, with the added ability to control/influence their natural surroundings) and Fairies (winged creatures that apparently are nothing more than nuisances & pests, like mosquitos or gnats, and despite them looking like 7inch humans with wings they are routinely dispensed with as we do actual mosquitos and other 'bugs'; early on Will Smith's character swats one to death with a corn-broom outside his house). There may be others, but I didn't take notice.
The plot revolves around a "wand" of the magic kind that EVERYONE wants possession of; the street gangs, to enhance their criminal enterprises; the government, to keep magic and its temptations under wraps; the aforementioned underground magic worshippers, of which some 'bad' elves (Noomi Rapace, whose character crafted the wand from her own arm but lost it only to be found by a good elf) are a part of, who can hasten the return of the Dark Lord with the wand so evil-magic may once again rule the land.
The cops get involved when they come into possession of said wand, and a 'good' elf after responding to a routine call. The remainder of the movie is the the partners trying to: 1. stay alive, 2. keep the good elf alive, 3. protect the wand and 4. overcome bias/prejudice and accept, at least in Smiths case. So, as they race around LA, they get involved in car chases, car crashes, gun battles, and two G-Men from the Magic Control Division or some such. One of those guys is an Elf, btw. As a footnote, apparently as the GOP is doing in the here and now, Elves push the levers and pull the strings there. Interesting.
Overall, it was watchable, but somewhat derivative and reminiscent of many other movies that came before it;
Harry Potter- magic and wand
District 9- racial bias/segregation
16 Blocks- danger filled city journey against friend 'n foe
Lord of the Rings/Warcraft- orc & elves & fairies, oh my!
Snowpiercer- hard societal divisions
So, if you are a Netflixer, have at least a moderate interest in sci-if / fantasy, 2 hours to spare and some good snax, go ahead give it a go. It's no "After Earth" (pea-yoo!) but it ain't no "Blade Runner" (shazam!) neither! Oh, in case you are wondering, "Bright" refers to a being with magical abilities, 99.9999999999% of the time non-human, so you figure it out!