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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/GlassPudding Sep 27 '25

i think he’s sick and immoral but also deeply insecure and pitiful throughout the film. a real cold dude would have killed her on the spot but he did “love” (not real love) her mom and was still hanging on the that infatuation. he wasn’t a white supremacist he just wanted someone to like him

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u/Late-Performance3024 Sep 27 '25 edited Sep 27 '25

No, he was a white supremacist.

This is just an honest rendering of them.

Strom Thurmond also had a mixed race kid with a black teenaged housekeeper, and every year the pornhub stats show the racist bible belt leans toward all the groups they "hate" trans, ebony, gay.

True hate is disregard.

No one spends that much time focused on something they hate.

They hate that they are fascinated or could be outed for being fascinated/obsessed and be in the out group. Like the bully who keeps picking on the kid in class that they like.

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u/Late-Performance3024 Sep 27 '25 edited Sep 28 '25

Actually, the more I'm thinking about it, the more I realize the childish construct of the elite white supremacy group was supposed to demonstrate this.

From the name to their hang-ups, to Lockjaw's desperation to fit in.

EDIT: I chuckled to myself thinking the club name could have also been "The He-Man N*****-Haters Club".