Synopsis
Arlen is sent to a fenced-off wasteland where undesirables are exiled to when she is kidnapped by a group of cannibals. She escapes and ends up on a journey to reunite a missing girl with her father.
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Cast
- Suki WaterhouseArlen
- Jason MomoaMiami Man
- Yolonda RossMaria
- Keanu ReevesThe Dream
- Giovanni RibisiThe Screamer
- Jim CarreyThe Hermit
- Jayda FinkHoney
- Cory RobertsBridge Man in the Desert
- Aye HasegawaMousey
- Louie Lopez Jr.Chewy
Recommendations
- 100
The Telegraph
Its salvaged parts combine into an internally incongruous but crazily unique whole. - 83
IndieWire
The Bad Batch further solidifies the strength of Amirpour’s idiosyncratic vision, which takes familiar details and bends them into spiky bursts of unpredictability. - 75
The Film Stage
There is a great deal to savor here and yet it’s hard to shake the sense that The Bad Batch is a film stuck in neutral. We await that kick into a higher gear but it’s just too cool to be bothered. - 70
The Hollywood Reporter
Even when the dramatic momentum slackens, the movie's grindhouse world remains vividly rendered and immersive. - 63
Slant Magazine
Ana Lily Amirpour has learned a few lessons from QT about the disreputable joys of blending kitsch and ultraviolence. - 60
The Guardian
The film doesn’t quite live up to its creepy, savage opening, or carry through its best ideas. - 60
Variety
Though there’s much to savor in the pic’s lavishly distressed visuals and soundscape, its narrative feels increasingly stretched and desultory. - 50
The Playlist
The perils of the broader-canvas follow-up to the sleek and economical indie debut are writ large: this is “Difficult Second Album: The Movie.”
