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The Bad Batch

R

Released Jun 23, 2017

1 hr. 58 min.

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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2,500+ Ratings

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Arlen is abandoned in a Texas wasteland that is fenced off from civilization. While trying to navigate the unforgiving landscape, Arlen is captured by a savage band of cannibals led by the mysterious Miami Man. With her life on the line, she makes her way to The Dream. As she adjusts to life in the bad batch, Arlen discovers that being good or bad mostly depends on who's standing next to you.

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Critics Consensus

The Bad Batch has its moments, but it's too thinly written and self-indulgent to justify its length or compensate for its slow narrative drift.

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Gero C

The truth is I wasn't expecting something like this. Many consider it bad, but I believe the opposite. An incredible cast, violence, a more or less interesting story and measured performances. I would love to continue seeing Jim Carrey in roles like this. It's tremendous. Recommendable.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/10/24

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Daniel B

Un viaje Psicodélico y bizarro único. El cine de Ana Lily Amirpour es extraño, siendo un gran ejemplo de ello "The Bad Batch" de 2016. Una película siniestra que siembra la desesperanza humana de una forma tan ambigua a la ves que poética que por muchos momentos asusta cómo esta extrañeza toma rasgos distintivos para nosotros cómo sociedad. Una película que sin pelos en la lengua habla de forma tajante de la disparidad social. Con un gran reparto encabezado por Suki Waterhouse, "The Bad Batch" sigue a Arien, una chica que después de ser despojada al infierno en la tierra, es secuestrada por un grupo de caníbales que le amputan un brazo y una pierna antes de lograr escapar. Siendo encontrada y enviada a una comunidad autónoma regida por un patriarca que mueve a sus ciudadanos a través de la esperanza y la autoaceptación propia. Adaptándose, hasta que después de un impulso de ira ante una de las chicas del grupo caníbal, se verá involucrada con uno de los hombres de dicha comunidad para llevarlo a "Confort" para volverlo a reunir con su hija que ella había llevado ahí. La narrativa principal de la trama es muy ambigua, dejando metáforas al aire que muchas veces quedan como vestigios narrativos que en momentos sustanciales para encaminar una trama concisa. Me gusta la ambigüedad narrativa que se unifica con la belleza de la puesta en escena y con un soudtrack potente, pero la trama no cuenta nada, buscando más abrazar ese lado bizarro que en profundizar a los personajes, en los cuáles nos tenemos que dar una idea de su trasfondo ya que la trama no se detiene en presentarlos, que bien podría haber sido un recurso narrativo interesante, pero el exponer tantas ideas en una trama tan lenta a la vez que tan vacía y lineal en una historia simplista de punto A a punto B hace que solo veamos vestigios de una sociedad que podría haber dado para mucho más. La película en secuencias puntuales es increíble, tiene momentos tan oscuros a la vez que psicodélicos que son increíbles, expuestos con una fotografía desesperanzadora y protagonizada por estrambóticos y abyectos personajes, envueltos en un mundo desolado y en demasía peligroso más por los propios humanos que por las carencias naturales del ambiente. The Bad Batch, busca indagar por la psique del personaje principal en su búsqueda de su nueva definición cómo persona en una nueva realidad y con un nuevo cuerpo en un decadente mundo que por muchos momentos se asemeja al abismo social tan marcado que vivimos diariamente. Las circunstancias en primera instancia definen nuestro desarrollo cómo personas, pero no determinarán lo que nos identifica cómo individuos.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

02/07/24

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Cera G

The Bad Batch is one of the most striking, intentionally shot, unique and potentially misunderstood films I've seen in years. The cinematography, and creative direction are undeniably brilliant. Where there is something left to be desired in a few of the accents, the emotional performances of the lead cast are on point. The film says so much while the leads say hardly anything at all. Dark, grim and at times brutal, The Bad Batch is primarily a story about human connection, and the fact that love is just as much in our nature as brutality. It grabbed me from beginning to end. It's a film you have to feel.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

12/09/23

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TriggerHappyTree u

Some absolute stunning visuals, with just enough horror and gore. Dialogue leaves a bit to be desired but ultimately fantastically dark.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/10/23

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Courtney K

super interesting concept, but it's a pretty slow ride - everything is really one-note & not much happens to begin with, so it got a little boring. but it's not terrible.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

09/29/23

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MrSamantha24nc

One of my favorites. This movie is awesome and unlike anything you will ever see! Watch it.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

09/06/23

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The Bad Batch never organizes itself around a coherent idea or works up the urgency to pay off its premise.

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The Bad Batch has enough flashy, fashionably grim accessories and accoutrements to fill a Hot Topic.

Jun 30, 2017

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Alissa Wilkinson

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The Bad Batch squanders its strong start and rich setting on a too-thin plot.

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Jason Adams

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Sad, without such a limp noodle in the lead I really could've gone places with The Bad Batch - there's whole lots to love stuffed and sauteed at its margins

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With a powerful soundtrack accompanied by a strong visual proposal, The Bad Batch reminds us more of a good video clip than a film. [Full review in Spanish]

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

Starts strong with startling images but every time it works up a head of steam it veers off track. Its languid pace and stretched-out story makes the two-hour running time feel much longer.

Rated: 1.5/5

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Synopsis

Arlen is abandoned in a Texas wasteland that is fenced off from civilization. While trying to navigate the unforgiving landscape, Arlen is captured by a savage band of cannibals led by the mysterious Miami Man. With her life on the line, she makes her way to The Dream. As she adjusts to life in the bad batch, Arlen discovers that being good or bad mostly depends on who's standing next to you.

Director: Ana Lily Amirpour
Executive Producer: Megan Ellison, Eddy Moretti, Shane Smith
Screenwriter: Ana Lily Amirpour
Distributor: Neon
Production Co: Human Stew Factory
Rating: R (Some Drug Content|Language|Brief Nudity|Violence)
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 23, 2017, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 22, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $180.9K

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