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The Bad Batch

Play trailer 1:53 Poster for The Bad Batch R Released Jun 23, 2017 1h 58m Horror Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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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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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 Full Review Adam Nayman Reverse Shot The Bad Batch has enough flashy, fashionably grim accessories and accoutrements to fill a Hot Topic. Jun 30, 2017 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Rainier A Really just a boring movie. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 09/15/24 Full Review 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 Full Review Gero C The truth is I wasn't expecting something like this. Many consider it bad, but I believe the opposite. An incredible cast, violence, a more or less interesting story and measured performances. I would love to continue seeing Jim Carrey in roles like this. It's tremendous. Recommendable. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/10/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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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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