Norman Reedus is in Jeff Nichol’s fuel-injected new drama “The Bikeriders,” although you might not know it’s him.
As Funny Sonny, a character based in real life (like the rest of the movie, the character is lifted from Danny Lyons’ photography book of the same name), Reedus is almost unrecognizable, with long, straggly hair, a patchy beard and teeth that seem more at home in Elizabethan England. He’s an enforcer, meant to crack down on the club that Austin Butler and Tom Hardy belong to, and he’s equal parts menacing and comical.
While you identify the character as being played by Reedus, it’s also impossible to think that anybody but Reedus could have pulled it off.