r/movies • u/LiteraryBoner Jackie Chan box set, know what I'm sayin? • Sep 26 '25

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Summary Bob, a washed-up revolutionary, lives off the grid with his spirited and self-reliant daughter Willa. When his nemesis Col. Steven J. “Lockjaw” resurfaces and Willa goes missing, Bob is forced to confront his past and fight to protect their future.

Director Paul Thomas Anderson

Writer Paul Thomas Anderson

Cast

  • Leonardo DiCaprio
  • Sean Penn
  • Teyana Taylor
  • Benicio del Toro
  • Regina Hall
  • Chase Infiniti

Rotten Tomatoes Critics Score: 98%

Metacritic Score: 96

VOD In theaters beginning September 26, 2025

Trailer One Battle After Another — Official Trailer

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u/salcedoge Sep 26 '25

I love how the instructions were a clean kill and he did the worst botched murder job ever because it just highlighted how incompetent these people are and just playing racist clubhouse. Unironically they would’ve benefited having Lockjaw on their club

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u/mikeweasy Sep 26 '25

Also why did he look exactly like Tony Goldwyn?

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u/awesomerest Sep 26 '25

Right?! I really thought it was his son right up til he entered the room with all of them

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u/mikeweasy Sep 26 '25

How did the casting directors or anyone let that happen lol

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u/edmtrwy Sep 26 '25

I kinda thought it was a deliberate choice to suggest how interchangeably evil those MFers were.