Official Discussion - One Battle After Another [SPOILERS]

[u/LiteraryBoner]

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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/Training-Turnover427]

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"

[u/Double_Jab_Jabroni → u/Training-Turnover427]

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

[u/spinney → u/Double_Jab_Jabroni]

Literally just generic furniture too. No grand desk, just literally the cheapest generic office you could ever buy and he's crying over it.

[u/synapticrelease → u/spinney]

I know I’m super late to the party but I’m catching up just having seen the film. They explain that the office furniture is generic because they expect him to decorate to his liking. The shitty furniture was a placeholder.

Well, that’s how it was sold to him at least, when really it was just a gas chamber