Genre:
Thriller
Directed
by: Ana Lily Amirpour
Cast:
Suki Waterhouse, Jason Momoa, Jim Carrey, Giovanni Ribisi, Keanu Reeves
Time:
115 minutes
In an undetermined Dystopian future, the
undesirables of society, referred to as The Bad Batch, are labelled and dropped
off in a fenced-in area outside of Texas to fend for themselves. Arlen is a new
member of that bad batch. Soon after being processed and cast away, she is
captured by a group of cannibals, who go on to cut off one of her arms and one
of her legs. She finally escapes and is brought by a hermit to Comfort, an
improvised town in the desert, where she is nursed back to health. As she
ventures back to where she was captured, to seek revenge, she finds a little
girl that will follow her back to Comfort. This will bring the child’s father
on a mission to get her back.
This movie has a lot of things going for it.
I love the use of music, be it in its presence or in its absence. When it is used,
it is cool; but, the silence also helps creating a mood at the right times. It
was also a nice treat to see Jim Carrey in a different role, where he did not
have to rely on words to convey emotions. The acting in general was pretty good
and the main premise was interesting.
Unfortunately, in spite of all of its merits,
The Bad Batch kind of fell apart at some point. It was an overstretched piece
that got way too thin down the line and became less and less interesting.
Rating:
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