One Battle After Another (2025)

No matter how you approach Paul Thomas Anderson's ONE BATTLE AFTER ANOTHER whether broadly or myopically, the film has many stories to tell that expand or contract however we view it. On a larger scale, the film is about the oppressive strictures governing society that turn whole swaths of the downtrodden into a community of masses huddled together -- and the revolutionary agents who seek to overthrow these draconian bulwarks. On a smaller scale, the film is also about the bonds between a father and a daughter and the turbulent past that inevitably…

If you liked a wacky crazy movie like Pulp Fiction, you'd like this movie - but with some key differences. But instead of the hero being a rightous Bruce Willis, "One Battle" has the "hero" being Leonardo as the gang member who is a violent leftist Antifa leader from the 70s who went into retirement to care for his daughter. I can see why the actor's union voted for it as Best Motion Picture. Actors are a leftist open-border anti-corporate anti-conservative anti-religious anti-ICE group. SUMMARY: The "good guys" are Antifa members fighting police, the…

Honestly, I don’t see it. Was it good? Yes. Was it funny? Yes. Did I enjoy it? Yeah. Did it have pacing issues? Absolutely. Could it have been an hour shorter? Probably. Was it well done? Sure. Would I see it again? Probably not. Sean Penn was for the standout. Leo felt like a waste because I feel like I’ve seen him lay this exact character before. Benicio? Great. Extra half star for the score, without that, this would not have hit as hard.