In Lucifer, it often takes a display of supernatural ability, wings, red flashing eyes, or full-on demon faces to convince humans that they are, in fact, talking to the Devil. But in Bright, beings like orcs, elves and fairies not only walk among humans, they do so openly (if not always smoothly.)
Human LAPD officer Daryl Ward (Will Smith) is less than pleased to be teamed with the first orc cop in the U.S., Nick Jakoby (Joel Edgerton). Not only are orcs looked down on by the other races, but Ward suspects that Jakoby helped an orc who was suspected of wounding Ward to escape arrest.
One night, the duo is called to a disturbance which leaves only one survivor: an elf girl, Tikka (Lucy Fry). She has a magic wand, a rare object which most beings cannot wield without dying. Those who can are called Brights. It turns out she's protecting the wand from a group of beings who are trying to resurrect the defeated Dark Lord, a figure many don't even believe exists. The trio are hunted, they escape, they fight various enemies, and Ward and Jakoby ultimately become friends and understand each other better.
Jakoby isn't the Devil or a demon, like Lucifer, but if you enjoy watching an LAPD officer solving crimes of an existential nature alongside beings that are not entirely of this world, Bright is a fun way to do it.
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