Genessy J
I didn’t expect Bad B*tch to absolutely wreck me emotionally and then leave me cheering like I was at a championship game but here we are. This movie is raw funny uncomfortable powerful and above all fun in the most fearless way.
At the center of it is Jojo played with such grounded strength by Erica Boozer. She’s a character you don’t often see. She's smart, unpolished, and deeply principled and not interested in fitting into society’s idea of beauty. She builds homes for people who need them reads philosophy for fun and doesn’t care if you don’t get it. Honestly, I kind of want to be her when I grow up.
Her best friend Estella is played by Grace Field and is the kind of friend every woman deserves. Their conversations about life meaning and right and wrong are so sincere and refreshing. Their bond feels real and intimate and the fact that the movie takes time to build it up makes the later events hit that much harder.
Then there's Colt McGammon played with an unhinged magnetism by Trenton Judson. Colt is the town’s nightmare charming to some terrifying to others. When he crosses the line from bully to abuser the movie takes a turn that is genuinely disturbing but handled with care. It is not about shock value. It is about showing the power dynamics that too often go unchecked.
But what really floored me is Jojo’s transformation not just in how she looks but in how she decides to take back her power. She doesn’t abandon who she is. She channels her values into action. It is theatrical and maybe even a little absurd but in the best way. It felt like reclaiming every time I’d ever been told to sit down and be quiet.
The fight scenes are wild and completely over the top in the most satisfying way. But what sets them apart is Jojo’s conviction. She is not out for revenge. She is fighting for what is right. There is a moment where she has Colt at her mercy and instead of finishing him off, she tells him how women deserve to be treated. That moment gave me chills. It is not about becoming a monster to beat one. It is about power with purpose.
The ending left me misty eyed and proud. Jojo does not return to who she was. She evolves. She learns what her own version of beauty and strength looks like and the town around her learns too. For a film that includes a dance fight and a vigilante makeover montage it still manages to land something very real that when women stand up for themselves and each other entire systems can change.
This is not just a revenge story. It is a wakeup call a love letter to every woman who has ever been underestimated and a blast to watch. Bold bonkers and surprisingly beautiful Bad B*tch is the movie I didn’t know I needed.
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06/26/25
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Emily R
Action packed, funny, and all around a must see for fans of genre bending action with a thoughtful message.
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06/24/25
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Shamila N
I didn’t expect to finish watching a show called Bad B*tch feeling like someone had reached into my chest, pulled out all the fire, fear, and fierce tenderness I’ve spent years collecting, and shaped it into a story. But that’s exactly what this film did.
JoJo isn’t just a vigilant, she’s a mirror (and there's a beautiful connection to the mirror embedded in the story). Watching her talk to her father with a jaw set like steel and a heart held together with old wounds reminded me too much of myself when I had no one to fight for me, so I had to fight for myself. She doesn’t wait for permission, doesn’t explain her anger in a way that makes it more palatable. She just is. And I found that deeply, viscerally validating.
The way JoJo navigates the ugly side of survival like trauma, revenge, justice twisted in her own hands—felt raw and real. But what truly cracked me open was Estella. Her best friend, this bubbly force of light who calls JoJo out, lifts her up, and makes her laugh even when the world is on fire. I know that dynamic. I have that Estella in my life. That one friend who keeps your rage from eating you whole, who dances with you after a night of chaos and blood, just to remind you you’re still human.
There’s a scene where JoJo breaks down, not during the violence, not during the chase but when she's by herself and when everything catches up to her. That hit me harder than any of the action sequences. Because it’s those quiet, late-night unravelings I know best.
Bad B*tch is beautifully shot, unflinching, and laced with humor that doesn’t undercut the darkness, it balances it. I only docked one point because the third act rushed through what could’ve been a deeper emotional climax, especially for Estella, whose loyalty deserved more payoff. Still, it’s rare for a film like this to let women be this complicated, this angry, this tender and not apologize for it.
For women who’ve ever had to be both their own weapon and their own shield, JoJo is not just a character. She’s proof. And Estella is the reminder that we don’t have to do it all alone.
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06/12/25
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Jayden S
Okay, Bad B*tch is straight-up chaos in the BEST way. Imagine if Kill Bill, Step Up, and Parks & Rec had a love child, that’s JoJo. And yes, she’s got a bat. And yes, it’s engraved. And YES, she swings first and asks philosophical questions later.
JoJo is a small-town builder turned full-blown vigilante philosopher (weird flex, but it works) who decides she's DONE with the local gang after her best friend gets attacked.
And when I say she WRECKS Colt McGammon and his little minions? She wrecks them. Like, face-to-asphalt levels of justice.
This is not your basic girlboss revenge flick. It’s giving rage with reason, its giving small-town chaos meets runway-ready revenge. Dance battles?? Explosive fight choreography?? Existential crisis mid-fight?? One second, you’re vibing to the soundtrack (shoutout to Reed Shannon and Khao), the next you’re like “yo... did JoJo just break someone’s kneecap???”
She carries the movie with a “don’t test me” energy. She’s soft-spoken one minute, then full savage the next. And the fit game?? Immaculate. Like, if she showed up to Coachella covered in bruises and glitter, we’d all be like “slay queen.”
Between horror legend Terry Kiser and a cameo-filled gang of chaos
gremlins, the cast goes hard. And knowing it was produced by a Grammy/Oscar-level team (Amir Windom and co)? You can feel the budget where it counts: sound, choreography, and vibe.
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06/10/25
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Amy W
In his bold and unsettling directorial debut, Trenton Judson delivers a visceral, tightly wound thriller with Bad B*tch, a revenge drama that pulses with raw emotional force and razor-sharp stylistic choices. Starring Erica Boozer in a breakout performance and Grace Field in a haunting supporting role, the film navigates the thorny terrain between victimhood and vengeance, delivering something as beautiful as it is brutal. In a word: C’est magnifique.
Though the film’s modest budget is palpable, especially in its sparse set design and gritty, unpolished visuals, this limitation never detracts from its emotional power. If anything, the stripped-down aesthetic sharpens the focus on the performances and story. There’s a raw intimacy to the film’s look, a kind of cinematic nerve exposed that suits the subject matter perfectly. It feels immediate, urgent, and real.
Judson, who also penned the screenplay and portrays the film’s unnervingly charismatic villain, reveals an assured directorial "hand." His use of hands as a recurring visual motif is nothing short of masterful. In close-up after close-up, hands become symbols, sometimes trembling, sometimes clenched, standing in for the very duality that sits at the film’s core: gentleness and violence, nurture and destruction, creation and death.
Erica Boozer gives a searing, deeply layered performance as the titular "Bad B*tch," a woman forced to reclaim her agency in the most harrowing way possible. Early in the film, her hands are shown delicately tracing architectural plans, comforting her friend (Grace Field), or softly holding a book. But by the film’s brutal final act, those same hands are wielded as weapons, shaking but steady as she dismantles the criminal network led by Judson’s sadistically composed antagonist. Boozer communicates not only the trauma of surviving violence, but the complex emotional toll of choosing to answer it with violence of her own.
Grace Field’s performance is more pronounced but no less devastating. As the friend whose fate becomes the catalyst for Erica’s transformation, Field infuses her role with aching humanity. One brief scene, where she shows off a deeply inflicted wound, says more than a page of dialogue ever could. It is in these restrained, intimate moments that Judson the director shows real promise, knowing when to step back and let the actors do the work.
And then there’s Judson himself. As the villain, he is not a caricature but a quietly terrifying presence, one who commits monstrous acts with unnerving calm. His hands are ever-present: tapping rhythms on a piano on the street, resting too comfortably on the backs of others, or using them to imitate Fred Astair. In his performance, we see the disturbing banality of evil, dressed in charm and disarming grace.
The film’s visual language is kinetic but purposeful. The camera lingers where others would cut, on the tremble before a fist clenches, on the aftermath of a punch rather than the blow itself. Judson’s script is a bit inflated, but somehow still sharp, and poetic. Every word matters. Every silence matters more.
Bad B*tch refuses to offer easy catharsis. It asks whether reclaiming power through violence changes anything or simply transfers the burden. But what it does offer is one of the most striking debuts in recent memory. With unflinching honesty, fearless performances, and a director who already understands how to speak volumes with a single shot of a hand curling into a fist or opening for forgiveness, this is a film that lingers.
C’est magnifique, indeed.
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06/09/25
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Elian V
Yo, So I Just Watched Bad B*tch and... She’s Literally Built Different
Alright, lemme just say—Bad B*tch is NOT your average superhero or action movie. This girl, the main character? She’s not out here waiting for some guy to save her. She is the storm. Like, she literally walks into these sketchy situations with nothing but a hoodie, some killer boots, and straight-up rage, and somehow wrecks everyone in her path.
The story starts kind of dark—she's been through some serious stuff (they don’t show everything but you can tell), and instead of breaking, she just... flips the whole thing. Becomes this vigilante, going after these gang dudes. And the way she does it? Wild. Like, some of the fight scenes had me pausing and rewinding like five times. She's brutal but also smart.
Also, the soundtrack? FIRE. Every time she gears up to go off, the music drops, and I swear my whole soul just starts vibrating. Whoever made the playlist for this movie needs an award.
Not gonna lie, there’s some heavy stuff. Like, definitely not something you watch with your mom unless you wanna have some super awkward convos. It’s angry and raw, but it kinda makes sense, 'cause the world in the movie is messed up, and she’s the only one who actually does something about it.
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06/05/25
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