Rather than harboring dreams of becoming a New York mafioso in the late 1950s like Ray Liotta's Henry Hill did, Butler's bright-eyed Benny winds up a member of a '60s Chicago motorcycle club called the Vandals.
Nostalgic narration moves this familiar story along, too, only it comes not from the main man, but Benny's high-strung girlfriend, Kathy (Comer), who's sharing her memories with a tagalong photojournalist.
Smooth as fresh asphalt, the film makes us pine for a pothole or two. Where 'Bikeriders' does not fall short is atmosphere. The Windy City of Nichols' movie looks genuinely of that both quaint-and-grimey era.
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