The Bad Batch (2017)

Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

Brilliant and touching

True to its essence, the characters remain on the same line and manage to entertain the viewer, each highlighting their own distinctive qualities or touches.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Pretty slow and the acting in this is a bit terrible.

"The Bad Batch" heavily borrows elements from "Mad Max" but without concluding to anything really, having a slow narrative with minimum dialogue.The film takes place in an post-apocalyptic desert wasteland and follows a young woman captured by cannibals who chop off her right arm and leg and plan to eat her piece by piece. She eventually escapes the cruelty of those creatures, led by Jason Momoa, and wander off into the desert. There really isn't any plot or main story, the protagonist treks the empty barren land until she meets various strangers, like a helpful but crazy hermit, played questionably by Jim Carrey, who's current real-life state of affair could probably be transposed into the character with ease. Keanu Reeves also plays a strange person called the Dream, the cult leader of a settlement. With more depth to the characters and back-story, I think this film could have turned out nicely, while adding maybe another side-story to it.The film's soundtrack was definitely odd, from Ace of Base to Die Antwoord to strange rave music. I was confused on what feelings to assess by connecting the scenes with the music."The Bad Batch" is definitely one of those bizarre and offbeat independent movies that fall under the radar. I wouldn't say it was a good or bad movie and it wouldn't be on the top of my head when recommending post-apocalyptic movies, but "The Bad Batch" had some interesting parts that I probably won't forget for some time.

To sum this movie up it's different. The main character Suzuki what's her face is pleasing to the eye. You have Kal Drogo being Kal Drogo I guess. Never understand why this guy plays characters with strange dialogue. Keanu Reeves, and I didn't even realize it was Jim Carrey. I mean the movie has all the elements but the story revolves around a little girl that I clearly could care less about. She's not even a likable character but the plot just circles around her and those "find the child" type of movies are always the worst. I mean name one movie about saving or finding a kid that's good. I mean I can only think of 1 and that's Terminator 2 and that's because that movie didn't suck. I give this movie 6 stars because I like the atmosphere, the cast, it was shot well but the plot... was it ever terrible. I mean stick to the basics of desert wasteland. Controlling the water or the fuel or whatever resource people need to survive throw in the bad guy in control of it all and then the heroine trying to stop them and free the people so they can have access to said resource without being slaves. I mean that's every futuristic desert wasteland story this one should of just stuck to that and it would of been a good movie. Instead we get a movie about a kid you don't care about and a dumb ending that makes no sense.

Arlen (Suki Waterhouse) is placed into a land of misfits behind a fence any Mexican could get through. The desert area is divided up and Arlen ends up in a city of cannibals which costs her an arm and a leg before she manages to escape on a dolly and picked up by a guy pushing a shopping cart through the sand with ease. She ends up in a town run by Keanu Reeves where everyone smokes pot and does acid.The film was not the Mad Max action film I was expecting. It was far more drama and I am still not sure of the whole point of the film or the ending. She found her dream? That's weak. Keanu Reeves had a small but important role. Suki Waterhouse was the star of the film. Jason Momoa grunted most of his lines. Guide: F-word. No sex or nudity.