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The Bad Batch

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The Bad Batch

R

Released Jun 23, 2017

1h 58m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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Arlen is abandoned in a Texas wasteland that is fenced off from civilization. While trying to navigate the unforgiving landscape, Arlen is captured by a savage band of cannibals led by the mysterious Miami Man. With her life on the line, she makes her way to The Dream. As she adjusts to life in the bad batch, Arlen discovers that being good or bad mostly depends on who's standing next to you.

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Critics Consensus

The Bad Batch has its moments, but it's too thinly written and self-indulgent to justify its length or compensate for its slow narrative drift.

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Scott Tobias

Uproxx

The Bad Batch never organizes itself around a coherent idea or works up the urgency to pay off its premise.

Oct 10, 2017

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Adam Nayman

Reverse Shot

The Bad Batch has enough flashy, fashionably grim accessories and accoutrements to fill a Hot Topic.

Jun 30, 2017

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Rick Bentley

Tribune News Service

All of these elements unfold in more a stream-of-thought manner than real design. And Waterhouse turns in a solid performance.

Jun 27, 2017

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Jason Adams

My New Plaid Pants

Sad, without such a limp noodle in the lead I really could've gone places with The Bad Batch - there's whole lots to love stuffed and sauteed at its margins

Jul 2, 2021

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Fausto Ponce

Alta Fidelidad Magazine

With a powerful soundtrack accompanied by a strong visual proposal, The Bad Batch reminds us more of a good video clip than a film. [Full review in Spanish]

Apr 28, 2021

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

Starts strong with startling images but every time it works up a head of steam it veers off track. Its languid pace and stretched-out story makes the two-hour running time feel much longer.

Rated: 1.5/5

Mar 1, 2021

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Sinéad W

No storyline? People clearly missing the messaging of the movie. It’s about being outsiders, people on the margins. It’s about morality and how it’s fluid depending on the context. It’s about being in survival mode and stepping out of survival mode to let people in. The non verbal communication was so powerful in this movie. If you didn’t get it, if you think it’s missing something then you’re not paying attention to the symbolism

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/11/25

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john c

Regardless of what some critics are saying I rather enjoyed every moment of vevery episode & season

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/10/25

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Heleen B

Worst movie I ever watched. No proper story line and nothing make sense. Terrible ending.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

02/23/25

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Blu B

It reminds me of a film like The Good Night where it's pretty to look at at certain points but just completely tanks in terms of being coherent and random stuff just happens that makes zero sense at all and gets INSANELY boring. The first 20 minutes or so is sooo misleading which is the only time this ever forms a cohesive narrative and if that wasn't there this may have been a 0-0.5. You think your in for a badass Furiosa like story of survival and it just does nothing with it and has her doing random stuff across the wasteland, Keanu appears in a mansion talking about poop, and her and Momoa do stuff sometimes I think. I just completely checked out because of how ridicously boring this gets. It just doesn't form anything resembling a story after the first 20 minutes. Skip This.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

11/20/24

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Rainier A

Really just a boring movie.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

09/15/24

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Audience Member

I loved it. the few dialogues, the music, the cast, the violent scenes. everything in this film is anarchy and experimentation. in my opinion, a masterpiece

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/06/24

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Synopsis

Arlen is abandoned in a Texas wasteland that is fenced off from civilization. While trying to navigate the unforgiving landscape, Arlen is captured by a savage band of cannibals led by the mysterious Miami Man. With her life on the line, she makes her way to The Dream. As she adjusts to life in the bad batch, Arlen discovers that being good or bad mostly depends on who's standing next to you.

Director: Ana Lily Amirpour
Producer: Sina Sayyah, Danny Gabai
Screenwriter: Ana Lily Amirpour
Distributor: Neon
Production Co: Human Stew Factory
Rating: R (Some Drug Content|Language|Brief Nudity|Violence)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 23, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 22, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $180.9K
Runtime: 1h 58m

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