在这部光灵动作/犯罪/奇幻片中,在另一个现今世界里，人类、兽人、精灵和仙子自创世以来一直和平共处。《光灵》这部跨领域的动作电影讲述两个背景截然不同的警探：Ward（威尔·史密斯 Will Smith 饰）和 Jakoby（乔尔·埃哲顿 Joel Edgerton 饰），在一次例行夜间巡逻中，遇上了将会改变未来和他们所处世界的黑暗势力。
In Los Angeles, humans live with orcs and elves in a world where fantasy creatures do exist. LAPD police officer Dayl Ward is the first human cop having the orc police officer Nick Jakoby as a partner. When Ward is shot by an orc and Jakoby does not capture the shooter, he questions whether Jakoby lets the fellow orc escape. During a patrol, Ward and Jakoby arrest a man that tells that there is a prophecy and Ward is blessed. Meanwhile, Internal Affairs press Ward to find the truth about the escape of the shooter so that they can fire Jakoby. The magic department of the FBI interrogates the man that belongs to the terrorist Shield of Light group which protects brights so that they can prepare for the return of the Dark Lord that will destroy the world. Ward and Jakoby are summoned to attend a disturbance and they stumble upon a Shield of Light safe-house where they arrest the elf Tikka and bag her magic wand. Soon they learn that Tikka is hunted down by the evil and powerful rogue elf...
《光灵》：如果被拍成剧集会更好。难道就我觉得这电影不错？。没mtc评论的那么糟糕。《光灵》：当兽人、精灵和人类都共存于现代社会....。坚持做正确事情的人，看着会有共鸣的。。民主，和平，不歧视人种有多重要？。一场标准的魔兽RPG战役。金玉其外、败絮其中!(影评，Bright)。和自杀小队如出一辙的期望和失望。从《光灵》看烂片艺术与剧集式电影分析。
