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Information
- Year
- 2016
- Runtime
- 118 min.
- Director
- Ana Lily Amirpour
- Genres
- Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Horror
- Rating *
- 5.3
- Votes *
- 18,379
- Checks
- 913
- Favs
- 39
- Dislikes
- 46
- Favs/checks
- 4.3% (1:23)
- Favs/dislikes
- 1:1
Top comments
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Siskoid
Like most everyone else, I thought Ana Lily Amirpour's A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night was a triumph, and though her second film, The Bad Batch, is also a genre-bending slow burn set in a modern wasteland, it just doesn't achieve the same heights. As the indie version of Fury Road, it manages powerful cinematography and intriguing world-building, but Arlen, its Furiosa, is made inscrutable by Amirpour's now-trademark love of silence. She tells this story visually, but at the cost of understanding. I always felt like there was something just out of my grasp, whether it was the social commentary/shit metaphor and what point it was making, or the code-names most of the actors were billed as (Jason Momoa as Miami Man, Keanu Reeves as The Dream, etc.), or why the town is called Comfort, etc. Maybe it's all just color or maybe it's an allegory, but it keeps hinting it's the latter, if one could only figure out the decoder key. Of course, some audience members will tap out very early on at the gory cannibalism. This one is hard to digest, but at times it's also hard to digest. Looks good and has a fun soundtrack, but you're left scratching your head wondering what the point was. 4 years ago -
KarlHungus
Quite boring. Pretty images don't make the characters or story interesting. Obvious symbolism and metaphors tend to be lame when you don't make an ENTERTAINING/INTERESTING movie.
This felt like someone with a small budget trying to emulate Nicolas Winding Refn (to no avail). 6 years 5 months ago -
Cynicus Rex
This movie will appreciate over time. Simple, titillating, great music. 5 years 8 months ago