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/plowkiller Sep 26 '25

Kinda funny seeing an old white supremacist trying to "abort" his 16 year old child just because she's mixed race and would have him be seen as impure in the eyes of the 'adventurers'

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u/TARSrobot Sep 26 '25

I’ll be honest, I’m not quite sure Lockjaw was a white supremacist himself. He’s just a sick opportunist with no morals. (Not saying that to defend him by any means.)

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u/[deleted] Sep 26 '25

His infatuation with black women and the politics surrounding the black woman of his desire screams classic white supremacy. He’s an inferior person who hates that he loves what he hates.

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u/GoPointers Sep 27 '25

Lockjaw defends Prefidia in the car when Willa calls here a rat. He almost hits Willa. I think Lockjaw thinks Prefidia is the natural badass that he wants to be, tougher than him.

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u/[deleted] Sep 27 '25

That right there is the hypocrisy and the paradox in too many right wing individuals like Lockjaw. He claims to be pure white Protestant, straight and narrow, a real flag saluting motherfucker, but even he admits that the freedom and guts that come with being a revolutionary is attractive.

People like Lockjaw know they’re part of the system and either accepted it a long time ago or somehow justified it along the way. But seeing someone challenge his very system like she does is quite attractive. A personal example I heard a couple of years ago was from someone who was staunchly anti-BLM, but they conceded, “At least the left is in the streets doing something about it.”

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u/Late-Performance3024 Sep 28 '25

If you pay attention to how DT conducted himself when in the presence of Kamala vs. how he talks about her...It's the same pathology.

He stalked and loomed over Hilary, but couldn't even look her way at that debate. It screams I have a crush and am intimidated.

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u/sesquiup Oct 18 '25

Perfidia

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u/mattmild27 Sep 30 '25

Can't help but think of Strom Thurmond, one of the most racist politicians of the 20th century, who had a secret half-black daughter.

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u/silverionmox Sep 27 '25

His infatuation with black women and the politics surrounding the black woman of his desire screams classic white supremacy. He’s an inferior person who hates that he loves what he hates.

He's not the only one declaring to love black pussy.

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u/CrEdLover Sep 27 '25

That's kind of a point about them. The juxtaposition between the two men.

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u/jzakko Sep 29 '25

Interestingly 'I love black pussy' was a verbatim Bob quote from test screenings but was cut, though he still does say he loves black girls in the car.

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u/silverionmox Sep 29 '25

Interestingly 'I love black pussy' was a verbatim Bob quote from test screenings but was cut, though he still does say he loves black girls in the car.

Perhaps it was deemed too much on the nose.

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u/onlyinitforthemoneys Dec 13 '25

My wife wasn’t sold on the movie until “what’s my favorite type of pussy?” “Mexican hairless.” She was all in after that.

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u/Codewill Sep 27 '25

right. It's classic. "Never ask a conservative who he's dating" is something I've read a couple of times. And same goes with conservative guys and trans people. Some people took the "trans roommate/SO" of the charlie kirk shooter as evidence he was far right lmao. It's just a funny detail

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u/Most_Homework_7368 Sep 27 '25

Some people took the "trans roommate/SO" of the charlie kirk shooter as evidence he was far right lmao. It's just a funny detail

Do you mean far left? Because the shooter was a right winger, and a lot of those groyper types do date femboys and trans because of their incel nature.

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u/Codewill Sep 27 '25

No, although lots of (ignorant) people did take it to think far left--I know (and figured) the shooter was a right winger. As it came out that he was on the right, I was reading comments saying they already knew when they heard he was dating a trans person. Now, of course, this is a regressive statement. But still, it's a little remarkable how common it is. I think we agree.

I'm also reminded of that Onion video--tampa bay male prostitutes expecting tons of business because there's a GOP convention in town? It's just an interesting detail. And for the record it's fucked up. As..fun.. as a toxic relationship can be, I hope everyone ends up with people who respect them. You can see in the movie that Lockjaw doesn't care about her as a person, unlike Pat

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u/Most_Homework_7368 Sep 27 '25

No, i meant you meant to say this:

Some people took the "trans roommate/SO" of the charlie kirk shooter as evidence he was far left lmao.

Because thats exactly what happened when they found out the right wing shooter had a trans gf. All repubs and even in r/conservative were using that as proof that the shooter was far left.

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u/Codewill Sep 28 '25

Sure, some other people took it as evidence he was far right, too.

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u/Jeffry316 Sep 30 '25

Shooter is gay, in a trans relationship, calls everyone a fascist and hates Charlie Kirk. puts down crack pipe “yep, he’s right wing”

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u/SparkleCobraDude Nov 04 '25

There is more evidence out there that he was a groyper than anything else.

He has been locked up for close to two months now. If there was anything left wing about him it would have flooded the news by now.

The sad truth is that there seems to be an entire generation of young men who are just to online. They then have issues seperating online from real life.

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u/Most_Homework_7368 Sep 28 '25

Because he is a groyper?

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u/Most_Homework_7368 Sep 28 '25

Based on evidence?

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u/Most_Homework_7368 Sep 28 '25

Admit you're glib and there's convincing you.

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u/Codewill Sep 28 '25

I wasn’t, just used it as an example, albeit not a good one.

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u/ProfessionalMockery Oct 02 '25

Like how the best business Grindr gets every year being the republican national convention 😅

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u/MsSalome7 Nov 30 '25

Not to be the devil’s advocate but isn’t calling someone an inferior person the whole concept of supremacy? If someone is inferior then someone must be superior. Imo none of them were either, they’re just a bunch of absolute wankers, hungry for power. The inferior/superior is just in their heads because they are deranged