‘Concrete Cowboy’ review: You can’t beat Idris Elba on a horse

movie review Concrete Cowboy Running time: 111 minutes. Rated R (language throughout, drug use and some violence.) On Netflix.

“Concrete Cowboy” introduces an unexpected new movie genre: the Eastern Western. It’s got horses, saddles, leather boots and stand-offs with prickly personalities, but they are not in New Mexico or Arizona. They’re smack dab in the middle of Philadelphia: the City of Riderly Love.

Cooler yet, the urban equestrian premise isn’t fake. Fletcher Street Stables is a real, century-old institution in Philly’s Strawberry Mansion neighborhood. The majority of its riders are black, and many of them act in the film alongside Idris Elba.

Elba plays Harp, a local cowboy whose life is dedicated to these...

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