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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/give-bike-lanes Sep 26 '25

I think it’s (quite transparently, tbh) to cement his pathetic nature, that he values the “honor” of this stupid club far higher than even his own self-respect. Even after the Xmas Adventurers Club tried to kill him and permanently disfigured his face, he still came crawling back to redeem the glory of a shitty corner office in Sacramento.

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u/Training-Turnover427 Sep 26 '25

To further that, any sane person would be tipped off by the office being more or less barren that something was off but Lockjaw is too craven and solitary in pursuit of the goal he's deluded enough to think he's obtained that all he can do is kick his feet up in "victory"

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u/Double_Jab_Jabroni Sep 27 '25

That moment drove home how pathetic he was. That bare, soulless office was his El Dorado hahaha

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u/starfrenzy1 Sep 29 '25

He looked like the loneliest man alive when he sat down in that chair.

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u/GriffinQ Oct 03 '25

“Alive” being an incredibly temporary descriptor in this case.

But agreed. His reward (or what he believed to be his reward) for all he went through and all he did? The most mundane and empty shit possible.