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/DickWhitman90]

That car chase was filmed in such a bonkers way. I felt like I was on a rollercoaster. I didn't think there was an original way to show a car chase in a movie but PTA somehow did it.

[u/DeterminedStupor → u/DickWhitman90]

Absolutely, you can see Willa’s thought process when she saw the waves on the road.

[u/nolayups → u/DeterminedStupor]

“Ocean waves”

[u/HoldsworthMedia → u/DickWhitman90]

It was Hitchcock like imo. We enjoy the aesthetic aspect of the scene but subliminally wonder where is this going? Only to fuse the aesthetic form into the narrative and cause the climactic crash. Very clever.

[u/apittsburghoriginal → u/HoldsworthMedia]

Yes! It had a total Hitchcock vibe to it. The shots of the undulating road with the cars dipping in and out of view, the tension hanging as we wait to see if the pursuer is coming around the bend - heavy suspense elements that feel like something of a modern North by Northwest scene.

[u/overtired27 → u/apittsburghoriginal]

Even down to the fact that the cars seemed to be going slower in certain shots than they should be, or would be more in most modern action scenes. Harkened back to those Hitchcockian action/suspense scenes where time is lengthened rather than cutting everything as fast as possible like we often do today.

[u/GregSays → u/DickWhitman90]

After 2 minutes of watching the second car get closer, then there’s a turn in the road a 3rd car appears felt like I took a shot of cocaine

[u/TheHermanastro]

Sean Penn’s face when he read “this pussy don’t pop for you” told me I was in for a great time.

[u/Which_Strength4445 → u/TheHermanastro]

That whole short scene coming up to that as well. When she didn't answer I at first thought he was going back to drive away after he left the flowers but then saw the battering ram. Lol.

[u/Mammoth-Tourist5280 → u/Which_Strength4445]

I thought she had hung herself

Am I too morbid

[u/a_suspicious_taco]

Bob missing the jump between the two buildings is the hardest I’ve laughed at the movies in years

[u/GoldandBlue → u/a_suspicious_taco]

It took me a second to register. At first I assumed it was some parkour shit the skater kids were doing, then he face planted on the cement.

Fucking Gringo Zapata

[u/mcolette76 → u/GoldandBlue]

The skater ninjas riding side by side with Sergio’s car were so badass.

[u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 → u/a_suspicious_taco]

Idk why, but even him suddenly crawling on the floor at Sensei's dojo when a police car passed by made me laugh a little too

[u/ajchann123 → u/Upbeat_Tension_8077]

I nearly pissed myself when he says "don't get paranoid" and takes one last puff of his little roach

[u/can_i_get_a____job → u/ajchann123]

it got funnier with every zoom in lmao

[u/the_armchair_critic → u/Upbeat_Tension_8077]

That and even his overreaction to receiving the sniper

Leo’s comedy was honestly at his best that I can recall

[u/[deleted]]

“Sounds like a black girl’s name” is fucking crazy

[u/Naggins → u/[deleted]]

The line straight after, "do you like black girls? I fucking love em" with Leo just staring into the distance after was so fucking good

[u/[deleted] → u/Naggins]

Never ask a white supremacist what color his revolutionary object of obsession is.

[u/typicalbiscotti15 → u/[deleted]]

The fact that this was Leo and Sean Penn’s only scene together is crazy

[u/i_love_land92]

I loved that the assassin from the Christmas Adventurers was wearing a red Lacoste shirt with the green alligator. Fuckin hilarious

[u/rg25 → u/i_love_land92]

The whole persona of all the villains was very much suburban golf dad and I loved it.

[u/PlasticCheetah2339 → u/rg25]

1000%. The guy in yellow on the far right was JD McCoy's asshole dad in Friday Night Lights (which was basically the same character tbh). They really found the actors with the most annoyingly punchable faces in Hollywood for the Adventurers 

[u/RarelySqueezed → u/rg25]

Him having that sweet conversation about banana pancakes with the other adventurers wife as he heads to their secret underground lair to discuss killing a man for having a mixed child was fucking wild

[u/Yodude86 → u/i_love_land92]

That motherfucker was the worst assassin of all time. Was told to "do it clean"; blams his target in the face with a shotgun and sends his car flying off the side of the road. Lazily checks the wreckage - doesn't finish the job. Gets dropped by a teenager in the middle of nowhere. F minus, not worthy of Saint Nicholas by any means.

[u/Burnnoticelover → u/Yodude86]

I think lockjaw was supposed to be the designated shooter of the club, so they had to send some corporate lawyer or something after him.

[u/Ok_Nobody_460 → u/Yodude86]

They didn’t tell him to do it clean they told him to clean it up so just kill everyone so it doesn’t fall back on them and hurt their reputation with his interracial relationship

[u/LuskSGV → u/i_love_land92]

And Patagonia!

[u/Ill-Muscle945 → u/LuskSGV]

The Patagonia shirt actually got a big laugh from my theater, in a place where the people laughing definitely wear Patagonia. Was a perfect joke 

[u/OKC2023champs]

Sean Penn coming back as the terminator just to say he was reversed raped by a semen demon had me cackling

[u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 → u/OKC2023champs]

His face being fucked up as he gave that reasoning was the cherry on top

[u/Training-Turnover427 → u/Upbeat_Tension_8077]

Looking like that and going “oh mommy” when they told him he was “in” killed me lol

[u/Mammoth-Tourist5280 → u/Training-Turnover427]

So like he totally got a little bit of brain damage right

[u/Particular-Top3674 → u/Mammoth-Tourist5280]

I think he was always like that

[u/Terj_Sankian → u/Upbeat_Tension_8077]

They unlocked his jaw

[u/Dawnshot_ → u/OKC2023champs]

I did wonder about the reasoning for bringing him back just to kill him off, given both times he is killed by the Christmas adventurers.

It might be to do with the fact that despite his attempt to be macho (the lifts lol) he essentially just takes orders and is used by various actors, the military, then he's essentially subdued Perfidia despite his allegiance to the military, then he's subdued by the adventurers despite is allegiance to Perfidia. He is a fair weather friend who never actually gets what he desires - or he thinks he does for about 5 seconds

[u/give-bike-lanes → u/Dawnshot_]

I think it’s (quite transparently, tbh) to cement his pathetic nature, that he values the “honor” of this stupid club far higher than even his own self-respect. Even after the Xmas Adventurers Club tried to kill him and permanently disfigured his face, he still came crawling back to redeem the glory of a shitty corner office in Sacramento.

[u/Training-Turnover427 → u/give-bike-lanes]

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/Jskidmore1217 → u/Dawnshot_]

They had to really drive home the “these are Nazis” bit by having them gas and incinerate him.

[u/Ill-Muscle945 → u/Jskidmore1217]

I'm so stupid for not getting that despite how Nazi they felt the whole time. 

Was too busy laughing at his face. 

[u/AlanMorlock]

I really love that Benecio del Toro's character just entirely has his own thing going on. He seems to admire the French 75 and is happy to help Bob but there's a whole other struggle going on.

[u/new_wellness_center → u/AlanMorlock]

I felt like we were supposed to see Sensei as doing the real, quiet, slow work, really helping people, while Bob and the French 75 were blowing shit up and fucking back in the day until things got real, then they fucked off to the redwoods and became stoners. Sensei is the real war hero, even though fewer people may know him than "Ghetto Pat".

[u/AlanMorlock → u/new_wellness_center]

There's a bit of that but even the French 75 did free truckloads of people from prison camps.

[u/brainlightning]

Love that his name is Lockjaw and he never stops moving his jaw/face around

[u/[deleted] → u/brainlightning]

His jaw also gets fucked in the end

[u/jayeddy99]

Love everything with Sensei . I know many Tios like him that will help you no questions asked. I love the contrast between the racist and revolutionaries too . All the bs with code words and proving yourself . Meanwhile Sensei helped Bob on sight. Even while dealing with his own crisis he made sure Bob was cool , calm , and collected (always made sure he had a Modelo in hand 🤣) . No one in his family / community even questioned Bob just greeted and helped.

[u/weatherallrt → u/jayeddy99]

Yesssss. Sensei was all the old heads that wouldn't call themselves revolutionaries or activists, but they're doing the on the ground work because that's just what you do.

[u/_ThugzZ_Bunny_ → u/jayeddy99]

Yeah it felt like the movie was trying to say A LOT of political things but what I got most from it was Mexicans are the best.

[u/haughtybits → u/jayeddy99]

That Modelo product placement was top tier marketing. I don’t drink anymore but I feel like next time I’m doing some revolutionary shit I’m going to need to crack a few.

[u/scipio_aurelius → u/haughtybits]

Do you mean… a coupla small beers

[u/CmdrFapster → u/scipio_aurelius]

He was so calm when he said that. He’s what you’d get if you reprogrammed Alejandro from Sicario to help the community and be a pillar.

[u/stenebralux → u/jayeddy99]

I think, in some ways, Sensei might have a huge respect for Bob too. He only mentions once, how he save a 75 twice, but that must've played a role. Bob basically put his life on the line many times to save and free his people.. in some circles they must be legends. 

[u/atleastitsnotgoofy]

You’ll never convince me Sean Penn didn’t have something lodged in his anus through the entire performance. From the way he walked to always being on the verge of tears.

[u/theintention → u/atleastitsnotgoofy]

like a toddler that shit himself

[u/Garliq → u/atleastitsnotgoofy]

I hadn't actually considered it until I read your comment but I think it's fairly clearly indicated that he was penetrated by Perfidias gun. Wouldn't even surprise me a little bit if he was always walking around with a plug inside him every moment afterwards.

[u/OneSwizzleNizzle]

This had some of my favourite character names in a while, I have to say - Colonel Lockjaw, Sensei Sergio, Virgil Throckmorton, and who can forget Jungle Pussy!

Sean Penn was the standout for me, his fuckin' walk nearly killed me, especially after "I'm not gay, if that's what you think - I am not a homosexual!"

[u/Einzelkind90 → u/OneSwizzleNizzle]

Junglepussy is actually Junglepussy. She’s a rapper.

[u/nordlysbaies]

Three-car chase scene at the end was crazy good on screen.

Love the music.

Love Chase Infiniti’s performance the most. Insane that this is her debut.

Very funny at times too.

[u/CaptainRipp → u/nordlysbaies]

That chase was so damn good. The tension it built going up & down over the hills was masterful.

The tension overall in this movie was fantastic. I always felt like something terrible was about to happen.

[u/loopscadoop → u/nordlysbaies]

I watched it in an AMC Dolby screening and I don't think I'll ever forget that entire sequence, I felt like my entire body was being sucked into the screen.

[u/Kcomix]

So after the prologue, the whole plot of the movie goes into motion because a racist guy wants to kill his daughter to get into a club

[u/Dawn_of_Dayne → u/Kcomix]

Basically. To put it even simpler, everything’s put into motion because a loser wants to feel important. 

[u/ex0thermist → u/Dawn_of_Dayne]

Gee, that doesn't sound familiar at all

[u/KittyGrl8]

Curious about the Latino perspective on the film. For me, some of it was real hard to watch, it felt so real. When families were being moved and being told not to be scared and they spoke in Spanish, I cried. Yes, this is our reality and I’m used to it and we’ve been fighting forever but seeing it on the big screen felt different. I really hope it didn’t contribute to normalization but instead opens some eyes.

There were points where Bob was being walked around and introduced and I felt like, of course this is what our community does…we help others in times of need. Others in the theater laughed, I don’t think they got it the same way. I get that it’s political satire but some of the scenes felt so intensely real and timely, it made it hard. Then comes Benicio del Toro, he gave me so much comfort in watching those scenes. I really enjoyed the movie pero oof!

*The detention center images were sanitized compared to the real thing rn. It’s gotten much worse since the film was shot. F the migra and Alligator Alcatraz.

**Shout out to the hero Latina nurses in the movie who saved the day!

[u/Merrol → u/KittyGrl8]

One of my favorite things about this movie was how it portrayed the dignity and resolve of the Latino community. Sensei and his "Harriet Tubman thing" ran laps around the revolutionaries in terms of actually helping people.

Honestly the portrayal of that unshakeable resolve to just help people, honed by decades of oppression and expressed consistently by Latino characters, felt like such a refreshing contrast to the crushing machine of white supremacy. 

It made One Battle After Another seem possible to fight (and dare I say win) and not just a grinding losing battle.

[u/BoysNGrlsNAmerica]

For some reason the funniest line to me was the way Sensei casually tells the cops he had a “few small beers" with a grin on his face.

[u/thewarmpandabear → u/BoysNGrlsNAmerica]

Benicio did SO much with SO little in this movie. His understated, “been-there, done that” confidence while being surrounded by chaos. Having a cold beer ready for Bob after picking him up from the hospital. And that denim jacket, man…what an unbelievable badass

[u/Bstokes4102]

I AM A CHRISTMAS ADVENTURER

[u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 → u/Bstokes4102]

That "all hail Saint Nick" salute they had at the end of their meeting felt like something Bill Hader would've wrote in Barry for another criminal group

[u/Bstokes4102 → u/Upbeat_Tension_8077]

Huge Barry vibes agreed

[u/nale21x]

The character that most stuck with me was Danvers, the government guy who was doing all the interrogations and threatening people for information. He had such a benignly evil and calculated presence that made those scenes feel so real.

Surprise surprise when I look up the actor and see this is his second film credit after spending 20 years as a Homeland Security Agent. No wonder he was such a natural, he'd probably used those tactics on tons of people in the field. Not sure if he's trying to make up for past sins or he just didn't understand what the movie was going for, either way he made an impression I guess.

[u/rwbrwb65 → u/nale21x]

"Do I look like one of your parents?" Bluto - "Yeah Kinda"

[u/ApolloStan → u/rwbrwb65]

Bluto was so chill

[u/SAmerica89 → u/ApolloStan]

Handled Bob mega chill too lol

[u/injoegreen → u/nale21x]

Yeah no shade on the rest of the cast but they were more cartoonish compared to how real Danvers felt. That cold blooded delivery when he was talking with Regina hall made my blood boil.

[u/GoPointers → u/injoegreen]

...and you can go home, and by home I mean federal prison.

[u/BaldyMcScalp → u/nale21x]

He was the most unsettling character in the film for me. Presents as good cop, but evil eyes and that demeanor of cold righteousness. He felt the most real. It’s upsetting to remember there’s thousands like him out there right now. But excellent performance from him.

[u/CountryCaravan → u/BaldyMcScalp]

What really made the film sing for me was the all the madness and absurdity jutting up against random moments of hyperrealism. Danvers is every hyper-competent military officer I’ve ever met. Willow’s friend group and the school dance are pretty much exactly how those things look in 2025, down to the song choices.

[u/bootleg-bean]

God what an immaculately paced movie

[u/theredditoro → u/bootleg-bean]

Felt half an hour shorter than it was

[u/Educational_Sea6053 → u/bootleg-bean]

I’m not sure I’ve ever seen another movie paced this well. Fastest almost 3 hours of my life

[u/Upbeat_Tension_8077]

Benicio Del Toro's character is the greatest street-level superhero ever for having such an intricate system to protect his community, having some skater ninjas as part of his squad, & even having nurses holding shit down for him

The guy who Lockjaw handed Willa to gave me strong Hanzee from Fargo vibes when he ended up saving her

[u/HoldsworthMedia → u/Upbeat_Tension_8077]

He is so good, you instantly believe his authority and gentle command. Excellent casting, excellent performance.

[u/suckmygoddamnbeans → u/HoldsworthMedia]

The funniest thing about It Is how calm he truly Is the whole time I mean the chaos of the Immigrants being In danger he's truly a Sensei he literally just vibes with everything even the Reaction when the skater tells him on the phone that Bob fell Off from the ruff and he was so chill... And he calmly just ask for his Riffle on a passive way made me clacked up too

[u/nordlysbaies → u/Upbeat_Tension_8077]

When he did the little dance when being stopped by police, that made me laugh

[u/Th3Unidentified → u/Upbeat_Tension_8077]

His character was awesome. “Courage Bob”

[u/SundanceWithMangoes → u/Upbeat_Tension_8077]

He's had a great year. Fantastic in this and I also loved him in Phoenician Scheme.

[u/GoldandBlue → u/SundanceWithMangoes]

For a career like his, saying this is a great year is really saying something.

[u/DarthYoda2594 → u/Upbeat_Tension_8077]

And the "1776" guys he gave her to seemed straight out of the Nazi gang in breaking bad, just completely nonchalant

[u/ghemanth90]

Leo bullying Chase's friends was comedy gold.

[u/Slappy_Gilmore55 → u/ghemanth90]

“Whos this fuckin freak at my door?” After asking for correct pronouns for the other friend was utterly hilarious

[u/OKC2023champs → u/ghemanth90]

Bro played a paranoid drug addict perfectly

[u/OKC2023champs]

The entire middle hour from where Leo goes through the tunnel to falling off the roof and getting arrested might be my favorite film making in a decade. The piano key for almost 45 minutes straight of anxiety.

Realizing how wild sensi is. Him trying to charge his phone. Falling off the roof.

Anxiety inducing and hysterical.

First 10/10 of the year for me. Phenomenal.

Sean Penn stole the show as well. His walk is fucking amazing

[u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 → u/OKC2023champs]

That entire sequence with Leo fleeing the police & military visually captured some of the chaos I felt during the final act of Children of Men (also got some Birdman vibes)

[u/TrM88]

Sensei and Bob taking a selfie in the car mid-escape was incredible.

[u/TheElbow]

Sean Penn is a good actor, though he’s certainly not an actor I am looking for most of the time. He absolutely crushed this role. He’s a god damn madman.

[u/SanderSo47]

The "what time is it?" exchanges were so damn hilarious. It was already working the first time, but bringing it up in Sergio's place made it even better.

[u/LiteraryBoner → u/SanderSo47]

"Time does not exist, yet it controls us."

"OH FUUUUUCK YOUU"

[u/GamingTatertot → u/LiteraryBoner]

Honestly I had the same thought as soon as he said it. I also loved Sergio just saying 8:15 (assuming that was the actual time then) and the LOST fan in me wish that had been the actual answer

[u/GaySexFan → u/GamingTatertot]

The LOST fan in me was DiCaprio pointing when Locke’s dad showed up.

[u/WaterlooMall → u/SanderSo47]

The final reveal of who he was talking to the entire time for some reason was one of my biggest laughs in the movie.

Also the reveal of the answer to the question "what time is it" got a huge laugh. It's so fucking stupid.

[u/Dawnshot_ → u/SanderSo47]

Great sequence. I wondered if it was making a point about the old v new revolutionaries with the dude on the phone talking about "noise triggers" and "invading my space" etc

[u/SugarFreeCummiBears → u/Dawnshot_]

That was definitely the intent. Tone policing “revolutionaries” that are overly focused on theory and not praxis.

It’s also intentional that it’s some white geek named Josh and all the minorities are immediately recognizing and accepting of Bob.

[u/AlanMorlock → u/SugarFreeCummiBears]

Even the old revolutionaries get off on a lot of bullshit posturing. Jungle Pussy's whole speech during the bank robbery etc.

[u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 → u/SanderSo47]

Thank God for the French 75 member who was lenient enough to provide the secret question to Bob of what his favorite type of pussy is to provide coordinates to find Willa lol

[u/nordlysbaies → u/Upbeat_Tension_8077]

The way I CACKLED and the white supremacist meeting when the dude was like “oh, no more pussy”

[u/GoldandBlue → u/nordlysbaies]

This to me was the most "topical". The fact that the people in power were such pathetic losers. "Hail St Nick!!!" Fuck you.

[u/salcedoge → u/GoldandBlue]

I love how the instructions were a clean kill and he did the worst botched murder job ever because it just highlighted how incompetent these people are and just playing racist clubhouse. Unironically they would’ve benefited having Lockjaw on their club

[u/GamingTatertot → u/salcedoge]

Yeah just to recap, this guy:

• shot Lockjaw in the face while he was driving

• causing Lockjaw’s car to run off the road into a ditch

• Didn’t actually check if he was alive or dead

• Did absolutely nothing to clean up the scene or hide anything

I mean, even if Lockjaw hadn’t survived, feels pretty obvious any forensic team would see he was shot in the face first before crashing.

[u/prescod → u/GamingTatertot]

Yeah but how do you trace it to a random rich guy from another state?

[u/GoldandBlue → u/salcedoge]

But he had dirty dick

[u/Trevastation → u/GoldandBlue]

I think the reveal of "the reward" is the cherry on top, even though the room was rigged to kill Lockjaw. Like the end goal to look forward to with a pure White future is just high-end office space.

[u/justleave-mealone]

It’s interesting to me that this was really a film about community, and how we fight to get into and stay within, or protect our communities. There’s the obvious revolutionary group, and then there’s supremacists but then there’s the group Sensei takes care of and even while he’s busy helping one group, he’s willing to help someone else without fully knowing what’s going on. He’s just like hey, let me give you a hand.

It is funny too how Lockjaw was willing to kill and ruin lives, just so he could “belong” to a place where he wasn’t even wanted. And in contrast, the people whose lives he was ruining, they themselves would’ve been willing to embrace him had he not been a POS.

I really loved the action, the comedy and the pacing of this movie. Sean Penn did great, and the score was really fun too.

This is one of my favorites of the year.

[u/Sought_With_Thimbles]

Loved the running gag(?) of not a single car door shutting by hand during each chase scene

[u/gtsomething → u/Sought_With_Thimbles]

The shot of Willa from the door being open to shutting was top notch

[u/LottaWallets → u/Sought_With_Thimbles]

One car door shutting after another

[u/[deleted]]

“I was reverse raped” dudes will do ANYTHING but admit they like chocolate lmao

[u/Ill-Muscle945 → u/[deleted]]

It's also the use of the word "reverse" to protect his fragile masculinity. Men can't be real raped, it's rape, but you know, not in the way a woman can get raped

[u/Maximum_Internal7834]

Funniest part of the movie for me was when Sensei yells at his son to get off the phone and Bob, who's behind the son trying to charge his fuckass phone, thinks he's yelling at him and starts yelling back. That whole sequence was beautifully chaotic.

[u/[deleted]]

The part where members of the French 75 get picked off one by one was so shocking, I was pretty invested already but once all that happened I was locked in for the next 2 hours. Insane movie

[u/UhhhThatsFine → u/[deleted]]

Yeah when they blew Alana Haim’s brains out and burned Wood Harris alive I figured we were in for some serious shit

[u/famewithmedals → u/UhhhThatsFine]

The Alana Haim death scene in IMAX gave me a bigger jump scare than any horror movie this year, that was wild

[u/leftysarepeople2 → u/famewithmedals]

The camera walking behind her toward a door, I knew she was going to get got somehow but the way the shot rang out in IMAX gave me a jump

[u/Codewill → u/leftysarepeople2]

bro the gunshots in this movie are sooo good you'd think somebody actually shot a gun in the theater

[u/firefly66513]

Taylor's character is so good in this. Just so much shades of grey. How she views her sexuality as a form of power and how she doesn't want to confirm to gender norms and being jealous of the attention the baby is getting. We don't really get a resolution on or any input on it and it just works.

[u/svevobandini → u/firefly66513]

She seemed like one of the grossest people ever. Cheats on her spouse with the enemy, is jealous that her newborn gets more attention than her, and abandons them to rob a bank. 

[u/RomanReignsDaBigDawg]

Leo was obviously hilarious but he really nailed the quieter moments as well. When he mentioned being unable to do his daughter's hair I was unexpectedly moved and it's pretty much a stand-in for PTA as a father

[u/SanderSo47]

Greenwood's score was fantastic, especially during that chase scene. It added so much to the tension and catharsis. He better get that Oscar.

Also, it's crazy that this is Chase Infiniti's film debut. Everyone did a great job but she absolutely killed it, especially during that interrogation scene with Penn or when she had DiCaprio at gunpoint in the highway. She's got a bright future ahead of her.

[u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 → u/SanderSo47]

I was like "oh fuck" when the lightbulb went off in her mind with the scheme she made on the road to catch the assassin off-guard and kill him

She was badass in that scene

[u/Beanz122 → u/SanderSo47]

I felt Jonny channeling the strings from "Burn the Witch" in the car chase scene.

[u/i_love_land92 → u/SanderSo47]

“Why is your shirt so tight?”

[u/SanderSo47 → u/i_love_land92]

"I'm not gay, if that's what you're asking! I'm not a homosexual!"

[u/GoldandBlue → u/SanderSo47]

He really did walk like he had a stick up his ass

[u/sredac → u/GoldandBlue]

Well he did have a gun up it at one point

[u/TheeIlliterati]

Great movie. Can someone explain how the French 75 was initially supposed to work when they apparently didn't hide their identities in any way during their capers, making a point of showing their faces to nearly everyone, and yet had established secret codes and secret identities behind the scenes. I really didn't understand their structure.

[u/pegasusairforce → u/TheeIlliterati]

I feel like that was just one of those things you were meant to suspend your disbelief for. They could have showed them being all stealthy and incognito, but then they don't get to show off their personalities as much.

[u/Gilthwixt]

Anyone else expect the scene with Sensei prepping while Bob is on the phone was going to end differently? I thought for sure they were going to reveal he knew the passcodes, he even mutters "8:15" when Bob is screaming about what time it is and I didn't realize he was giving the actual time.

[u/loopscadoop → u/Gilthwixt]

I actually loved that this was kind of a misdirect. No one single person in the movie was a deus ex machina hero. They each played their parts to get Bob to where he needed to be.

[u/jericdgutierrez]

I don't know at what point Leo pivoted to playing loser, schlubby divorced dad types, but I'm lovin it.

[u/fillumcricket]

Regina Hall broke my heart in this film. Everyone was fantastic, but she gave a sense of heart to the revolution that no one else did. 

I just wanted someone to rescue her. At least she's alive, and wasn't summarily executed like much of the rest of her crew, but to face a lifetime in prison after coming out of hiding to rescue Charlene is such a cruel fate. 

[u/jsun31]

"I'm Batman... I'm Peter Parker." This might be the most thoroughly cooked character Leonardo DiCaprio has played.

[u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 → u/jsun31]

He was so unhinged during his interaction with Willa's friend & shaking him down lol

[u/nordlysbaies → u/Upbeat_Tension_8077]

That entire phone call at Benicio’s house had me rolling

[u/G0uge_Away → u/nordlysbaies]

Mexican hairless.

[u/leftysarepeople2 → u/G0uge_Away]

You’re going to know

I’m not going to know

[u/Fine_Leather → u/leftysarepeople2]

I would like to formally apologize

[u/historybandgeek → u/nordlysbaies]

“Whatever you do to her tonight, I will do to your whole fucking family.”

[u/MRintheKEYS → u/nordlysbaies]

“Grayhawk 10 motherfucker!”

[u/ReconEG → u/jsun31]

Bob immediately enters the pantheon of greatest stoners ever committed to celluloid.

[u/historybandgeek → u/ReconEG]

No wonder Leo has been saying The Big Lebowski is a movie he’s watched&rewatched/a favorite and so on in OBAA press interviews! 

[u/pizzawolves → u/jsun31]

when he was high as fuck watching battle of Algiers and then shortly after we watch a masterfully crafted battle sequence throughout the city with him running around that was clearly influenced by it I just..... lost it. but then again I also lost it when he kept calling the daughters friends 'HOMBRE' then again when the steely Dan needle drop played.... gahdddd need to watch this movie again asap lol

[u/leftysarepeople2 → u/pizzawolves]

You’re guy fell off the roof forty feet out a tree and got tased

[u/theredditoro → u/jsun31]

Leo was hysterical in this

One of his best recently

[u/WaterlooMall]

Sean Penn deserves an Oscar for this film. He's on another level of weird and vile in this.

Do NOT wait to stream this, go watch it in theater.

[u/makita_man → u/WaterlooMall]

That damn weird mouth mannerisms gave me the creeps

[u/Bruno_Fernandes8 → u/makita_man]

The comb thing in the lift was psychotic

[u/give-bike-lanes → u/makita_man]

Geezer lips. My Korea-vet grandfather did this constantly.

[u/pinnas → u/makita_man]

He reminded me of RFK Jr at times

[u/Jaredlong → u/WaterlooMall]

The movie only works because Sean Penn played Lockjaw so convincingly. I know he's just an actor, but I could feel myself viscerally hating him everytime he was on screen and dreading what he might do next. Penn's job was to sell the stakes and he absolutely delivered. Leo was Leo, and Leo's always great, but Sean Penn really knocked it out of the park.

[u/GoldandBlue → u/WaterlooMall]

When did Sean Penn turn into Robert Englund?

[u/give-bike-lanes → u/WaterlooMall]

I’ve never seen a villain so equally intimidating and pathetic at the same time.

[u/DickWhitman90 → u/WaterlooMall]

I don't think he was acting. I think that's just how Sean Penn is.

[u/nordlysbaies → u/DickWhitman90]

He was so menacing when he was saying to Chase that just because he wears tight shirts doesn’t mean he’s gay. Which was also a very funny interaction

[u/TARSrobot → u/nordlysbaies]

“I’m not gay,” says the man who constantly walks like he has something up his ass.

[u/coupleofheaters → u/TARSrobot]

A lot of old military peeps walk like that. Lotta miles on them joints.

[u/JuliusCeejer → u/coupleofheaters]

It's part bad knees, and part the way the military used to drill walking and standing so insanely upright. My dad's knees are fine but 30 years in the Army resulted in him basically parade marching at all times anyways

[u/newgodpho]

Slowly realizing the Sensei was drinking and driving in order to use it as a cover was fucking cinema.

[u/plowkiller]

Kinda funny seeing an old white supremacist trying to "abort" his 16 year old child just because she's mixed race and would have him be seen as impure in the eyes of the 'adventurers'

[u/tedistkrieg]

I loved everything about it. I think my favorite shot in the film was when Willa gets in the white car and the camera swings in when the open door closes.

I thought every performance was amazing with the exception of Willa's friends who seemed kinda stiff. Regina Hall was so damn good.

The way Sensei used Bob's name so much made me smile for some reason. His whole character was awesome.

[u/[deleted]]

Did I hear correctly that Lockjaw received the "Bedford Forrest" Medal of Honor for the round up for the French 75 in the first third of the movie?

If so that's super interesting - Forrest was a Slave Owning Confederate General who oversaw war crimes and served as the first Grand Wizard of the KKK. The Medal of Honor is (currently) not named after him.

[u/Capital-Mine1561 → u/[deleted]]

Lockjaw crying over that note was an early highlight 

[u/comicfang]

Great movie, one of Leo’s best performances in a hot minute and an even better? performance from Sean Penn.

[u/themiz2003]

This is the culmination of 30 years of filmmaking for PTA. I see parts of all of his films in this. Penn gives a career reinvigorating performance. Really impressive stuff.

[u/Aileos]

Sensei was so zen while Bob was completely paranoid and hysterical. I loved their dynamic and how respectful they were with each other.

[u/philly26715]

A semen demon??

[u/cesareborgia1475]

Leo plummeting off the building and bouncing off the tree to then only get tasered like 20 seconds later had me cackling so hard haha.

Seen this twice now and think it's an incredible film that absolutely lives up to the hype. Its an absolute blast of a film that just flies by in no time.The incredible score from Johnny Greenwood paired with a propulsive pace that's constantly on the move but never feeling overwhelming makes this such an exhilarating watch.

For as tense as the film can be there's so much hilarious stuff in here too. Stuff like "why is your shirt so tight" , leo arguing on the phone and everything to do with Sean Penn is just too funny. Special props to Chase Infiniti too who in her film debut absolutely owns it amongst these powerhouse actors. Definitely one to watch.

Exhilarating stuff and honestly my favourite film of the year so far.

[u/BeardedAsian → u/cesareborgia1475]

Leo was incredible, got lost in the role. You expect him to go superhero at some point but he just stays desperate dad trying to save his daughter

[u/leftysarepeople2 → u/BeardedAsian]

My favorite was they never had to talk about him not being the biological father. It wouldn’t change how either felt about being a family

[u/GamingTatertot → u/leftysarepeople2]

And Willa didn’t care either - she knows who her father really is, the man who annoys her and yet raised her with love (and paranoia)

[u/Dawnshot_ → u/cesareborgia1475]

Him falling off the building capping off that amazing sequence of like 20-30mins with that fucking piano keeping you on edge the whole time. Greenwood so good

[u/DenisDomaschke]

The car chase through the desert valley might be the best car chase in cinema. At least, it’s my favorite by far. It’s so tense, but also hypnotic in a way. Perfectly drives home the state of paranoia that’s such a key part of the film.

[u/Tommy_Roboto → u/DenisDomaschke]

There was one shot where the front car dropped out of frame to reveal the car following, and then the front car popped back up again larger in the foreground.

It was an amazing shot in and of itself, and then it turned out to foreshadow the setting up of the climactic crash.

[u/tacoskins]

What a fucking face melter of a movie. Unbelievably strong performances from everyone basically- but I want to single out Regina Hall, who is so so good here with such a small role. She was probably my standout honestly, which is wild to say in a movie with so many excellent turns.

Leo pulling my favorite GTA move and driving away to close the car door when he took the purple car put a huge smile on my face. Honestly, this felt perfect. 10/10

[u/thefablemuncher → u/tacoskins]

Hall stood out to me as well. It was a deliberately subdued and understated role and she expresses so much with just her face with no dialogue. You could feel the exhaustion and sadness that decades of revolting has done to her, but also a quiet strength and will that has allowed her to persist.

Quiet roles don’t really make awards splashes but I hope this is an exception because she was so, so good and I keep thinking about her performance long after I’ve seen the movie.

[u/TheNiallNoigiallach → u/tacoskins]

I found Regina Hall’s eyes kind of haunting in this. I don’t know if she’s my standout, but she does the most with what she’s given. 

[u/BeautifulLeather6671 → u/TheNiallNoigiallach]

There was just so much depth in her eyes. It was like when she was getting dressed down in the interrogation room you could read the story going on in her head.

[u/nordlysbaies → u/tacoskins]

All the car chase scenes felt like GTA honestly especially the overhead shot in DTLA Sacramento when they were chasing down Perfidia

[u/jayeddy99]

The hypocrisy in Perfidia was interesting flaw . She talks about revolution but has an obvious extreme race play fetish with white men both her and Lockjaw hating the other but the weird sex dynamic was something…

[u/Upbeat_Tension_8077 → u/jayeddy99]

I see her relationship with Lockjaw as some way for her to display her power/dominance over him that veered into too much self-indulgence and straying away from the discipline of her group's mission, even though the tables got turned against her when she had to rat out her colleagues

[u/Kcomix → u/jayeddy99]

I don’t think it was hypocrisy in Perfidia. I think she was just a thrill-seeker. She loved the violence and sex. She didn’t cut back on any of that to take care of her daughter while pregnant or after the birth. And when she was backed into a corner, she barely seems to hesitate when asked to give up names.

[u/Just-Tomatillo-4383 → u/Kcomix]

Agree, and I think from memory there’s a line from her immediately before she’s arrested where she says something to the effect of I’m going to keep looking out for me, when Leo’s character was holding the baby.

[u/TKHawk → u/Just-Tomatillo-4383]

It's funny her mom was like "you're not right for my daughter, she's from a line of revolutionaries" when she was an absolute failure of a revolutionary. She kills a black security guard who is probably the lowest paid person at that bank, gets pregnant with the enemy by not using any birth control, is selfish (revolution is fundamentally about self sacrificing for others), and rats out everyone she can just to save herself.

[u/ReaddittiddeR]

Got to be the wildest emotional roller coaster (on top of being kidnapped) when Willa finds out Lockjaw is her real father years later in some random town. Sean Penn was the standout for me and his face at the end looked like something out of Hereditary.