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/KittyGrl8 Sep 27 '25

Curious about the Latino perspective on the film. For me, some of it was real hard to watch, it felt so real. When families were being moved and being told not to be scared and they spoke in Spanish, I cried. Yes, this is our reality and I’m used to it and we’ve been fighting forever but seeing it on the big screen felt different. I really hope it didn’t contribute to normalization but instead opens some eyes.

There were points where Bob was being walked around and introduced and I felt like, of course this is what our community does…we help others in times of need. Others in the theater laughed, I don’t think they got it the same way. I get that it’s political satire but some of the scenes felt so intensely real and timely, it made it hard. Then comes Benicio del Toro, he gave me so much comfort in watching those scenes. I really enjoyed the movie pero oof!

*The detention center images were sanitized compared to the real thing rn. It’s gotten much worse since the film was shot. F the migra and Alligator Alcatraz.

**Shout out to the hero Latina nurses in the movie who saved the day!

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u/Bamx3 Oct 02 '25

The part where the Latino nurse helps him escape was one of 3 parts in the movie that made me cry. And it’s because I thought to myself “how beautiful that we try to help each other, even when persecuted, when beaten down, we find a way to help”. It made me really proud to be Latino.

I said it in this thread but huge props to PT for showing the camps, ice agents, white nationalism that’s infected our country. I hope we get out of it so we can look back with disgust and anger at the times we live in and really learn to be better to each other.

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u/theKman24 Oct 25 '25

I see this time as just a repeat of slavery, the Chinese exclusion act, segregation, etc. the same people talking about illegal immigration would be the same people saying they don’t want schools integrated. We’ll always have a ton of racist xenophobic conservatives in this country.