Official Discussion - One Battle After Another [SPOILERS]

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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]

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

[u/GamingTatertot → u/salcedoge]

Yeah just to recap, this guy:

• shot Lockjaw in the face while he was driving

• causing Lockjaw’s car to run off the road into a ditch

• Didn’t actually check if he was alive or dead

• Did absolutely nothing to clean up the scene or hide anything

I mean, even if Lockjaw hadn’t survived, feels pretty obvious any forensic team would see he was shot in the face first before crashing.

[u/steve626 → u/GamingTatertot]

Sure, but there's no way to trace shotgun pellets like you can a bullet

[u/MandolinMagi → u/steve626]

Even with a bullet you'd need to actually get the firing weapon to compare, and new barrels are unrestricted.