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The Bad Batch

2017 · 119 min

A hypnotic, sun-bleached drift through a lawless desert, beautiful and grotesque, dreamlike and unsettling, with long stretches of strange silence.

Directed by
Ana Lily Amirpour
Genres
Action, Horror, Science fiction
Starring
Suki Waterhouse, Jason Momoa, Yolonda Ross
Tagline
Don’t play with your food.
Overview
After being exiled to a fenced-off wasteland, Arlen is kidnapped by a group of cannibals and goes on a journey to reunite a missing girl with her father.

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  • Netflix
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Directed by
Ana Lily Amirpour
Genres
Action, Horror, Science fiction
Starring
Suki Waterhouse, Jason Momoa, Yolonda Ross
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Tone
  • eeriestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • absurdstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • isolation
  • family
  • violence
  • identity
Places
  • wilderness
  • small town
Era
near-future
Audience
adult
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror6
Humour3
Realism3
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness8
Complexity6
Emotional weight6

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action, horror, science fiction, thriller, romance, mystery
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Starring
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Runtime
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Country
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