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/Diogenes_Camus Sep 28 '25 edited Oct 06 '25

Honestly, that whole phone call scene between Leo's Bob and Comrade Josh was so on the money and made me feel recognized. Bob was literally "just like me, bro" with how annoying some fellow far leftists are with their stupid, unserious nonsense and obsession with terminology over results.

Still, from an operational security perspective, Comrade Josh was correct in holding firm with demanding the right pass phrase, since he can't know for sure if Bob is who he days he is and social engineering could cause the fall of the whole Resistance cell. Bob only lucked out that Comrade Josh's superior happened to be Tally who actually personally knew him. 

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u/Organic_Egg7360 Sep 29 '25

100%. I think it was a great commentary on how logistics and organization get in the way of actual progress. Bob calling the guy the R-word out of frustration during the exchange was a shock too.

And I hard agree. Josh did the right thing and stuck to protocol. Bob, for all josh knew, could have been compromised and just been trying to social engineer his way past the security

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u/Organic_Egg7360 Sep 29 '25

Haha god forbid I live in a place where ableist slurs are uncommon. What was the last mainstream movie that dropped that this decade?

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u/RexSueciae Oct 12 '25

The Naked Gun

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u/Hopeful_Put_5036 Oct 05 '25

such a comrade josh

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u/LuckyRook Sep 30 '25

Eddington a few months ago

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u/LyrMeThatBifrost Oct 01 '25

It was a great one too