In 1970s Detroit, John Miller falls for a local gangster's girl. In retaliation, the gangster enacts a frame job to send the innocent man to prison. Life ruined, Miller plots a revenge campaign against the man who took his girl away.
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- Sean Murphy1d agoThis movie is extremely difficult to watch, but I'm very glad I did. The glaring difficulty with this movie has more to do with the conditioning of how we expect movies to be delivered to us. When I say this movie is virtually dialogue-free, I cannot overstate that enough. This movie is truly artistic and wonderful and frustrating and amazing. It relies on actor performance, choreography and action as well as the soundtrack To tell 99% of the story. Maybe you think oh all movies do that to which I say not like this movie. I respect everything they did. The risks they took and the performances they gave. Rating this movie is just extremely difficult because I just don't think it's for everybody. My three stars is simply a response that hopefully you read the review portion. If you love acting, performance, music and all the little things that go into producing this kind of entertainment. You'll love this. Be patient. When you're done and appreciate what you just watched.
- ThreeGs4d agoWhat can you say? Not much dialogue, lots of action. Always fun watching Alan Ritchson kick ass, though it's kinda becoming it's own genre now. It's an OK watch, though I'd watch "Faster" first.
- Elijah Cariño5d agoMy first time watching a film like this. Makes you pay attention the whole time. Highly recommend
- Brooks BrownOctober 8, 2026What a unique film.
- MarkOctober 2, 2026A decision was made to have very little dialogue in this movie. I personally believe that was a huge mistake; this could have been a very good action movie. Instead, it is just average, and there are much better ones out there.
- Lord JugginsAugust 29, 2026Great to see a pulp style film in 2026, great how for 99% of the film a word isn’t spoken, great story telling with the cinematography, fantastic music and sound. Great acting and a pleasure to watch something fresh in 2026. A great film to watch. Throughly enjoyed it, great cast and gritty, pulp style action, throughout.
- JepsenPooleySeptember 12, 2026Wasn’t expecting zero dialog throughout but the film held me to the end
- Maximus Beetleus JuiciusAugust 31, 2026Motor City (2026) Pretty bold artistic decision for an action movie. And surprisingly, the almost complete lack of dialogue works for most of it. There are definitely a few scenes where the characters just stare at each other or point at things like they are training a dog. At first, I honestly thought Alan Ritchson’s character was mute or deaf. Leaving those awkward moments aside, though, the story moves pretty well without much dialogue. Actually, scratch that. No dialogue at all. The action scenes work especially well in that format. The movie leans heavily on the music score to carry the rhythm, and while it does not always land, sometimes it really does pull you into the scene. Then comes the final boss fight. And yes, I am calling it that so everybody understands exactly what I mean. That is where the production earns its money. Brutal, physical, well staged, and very reminiscent of The Raid. Props to the production team. And that ending... Well, that is one hell of a grudge to carry. Thanks for reading.
- old_computerAugust 27, 2026There's a reason nobody has even done this before. It's beyond stupid. Basically this is a visualizer video for music. Everybody looks like a parody character of some over the top 70s costume party and the movie is just extremely stupid. This idea doesn't work and this movie or music video is a prime example of why we should never do this again. AIDS.
- Dave BarnesOctober 2, 2026What a waste of time and talent from the actors. It was trying to out-Stath Statham but failed miserably. Good concept and decent acting but it just didn't hold together well at all.
- Joseph GarlowSeptember 5, 2026This movie has a decent storyline, great cast but the way they "stylized" the movie...horrible. I think what 10 words spoken in the whole movie maybe. I know people think this sort of thing is cool, but to me it just makes a dump of a movie and I don't think it really helps any of their careers. Shalene looked AMAZING in this movie but again she always does, Alan and Ben are great but again without words...you don't really get to see the acting chops they could have. Glad I watched it...not really, would I watch it again...nope. Should you watch it...if you like the stylized movie thing then yes, if not...nope.
- August 29, 2026I thought it was cool to see musician Jack White (of The White Stripes) show up in a cameo as a piano player at a bar in one of the scenes. During the end credits I saw that Jack was an executive producer for this movie (Alan Ritchson is as well). He's a Detroit native, so it makes sense.
Jack White cameo
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Motor City was released on July 23, 2026.
Motor City was directed by Potsy Ponciroli.
Motor City has a runtime of 1h 44m.
Motor City was produced by Jon Berg, Cliff Roberts, Greg Silverman, Chad St. John, Alan Ritchson, Joshua Harris.
In 1970s Detroit, John Miller falls for a local gangster's girl. In retaliation, the gangster enacts a frame job to send the innocent man to prison. Life ruined, Miller plots a revenge campaign against the man who took his girl away.
The key characters in Motor City are John Miller (Alan Ritchson), Reynolds (Ben Foster), Sophia (Shailene Woodley).
Motor City is rated R.
Motor City is an Action, Crime, Drama film.
Motor City has an audience rating of 6.4 out of 10.
Motor City had a budget of $30M.