The Bad Batch (2016)

In a desert dystopia, a young woman is kidnapped by cannibals.

Director:

Ana Lily Amirpour

Writer:

Ana Lily Amirpour

Stars:

Suki Waterhouse, Jason Momoa, Jayda Fink

1 win & 3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Suki Waterhouse	...	Arlen
Jason Momoa	...	Miami Man
Jayda Fink	...	Honey
Keanu Reeves	...	The Dream
Jim Carrey	...	The Hermit
Yolonda Ross	...	Maria
Aye Hasegawa	...	Mousey
Giovanni Ribisi	...	The Screamer
Louie Lopez Jr.	...	Chuy (as Louie Lopez)
E.R. Ruiz	...	Lone Man
Cory Roberts	...	Big Black Bridge Man
Joni Podesta	...	Muscle Woman #1
Almayvonne	...	Muscle Woman #2 (as Almayvonne Dixon)
Danielle Orner	...	One Legged Dancing Girl
Mandy Pursley	...	Junkyard Amputee Woman

Storyline

THE BAD BATCH follows Arlen (Waterhouse) after she's left in a Texas wasteland 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 (Momoa). With her life on the line, she makes her way to The Dream (Reeves). 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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Plot Keywords:

cannibal | dystopia | amputation | exile | bodybuilder | 

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Genres:

Drama | Horror | Romance | Sci-Fi

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for violence, language, some drug content and brief nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

23 June 2017 (USA)

Also Known As:

Amor carnal

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$6,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend USA:

$89,111, 23 June 2017, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$177,680, 14 July 2017

Company Credits

Production Co:

Human Stew Factory,Annapurna Pictures,Vice Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

118 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Most of the extras hired were from Slab City, the same California community Chris McCandless visits in Into The Wild (2007). Most of the "Slabbers" came as is, not needing costumes or make-up.

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Goofs

Towards the beginning of the film, Miami Man's chest tattoo is written to resemble one word. As the film progresses, the words are shown to be more separated.

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Quotes

The Dream: Do you know what this is?
Arlen: A tomato.
The Dream: First... It was a seed. You take care of a garden, and takes care back. You feed it, it feeds you. Few things in this World operate like that. Fair and square. Just needs a place to grow. Grows, grows... and it comes out. And it's part of the World. Because it knows what the Dream really is. It's life. Life it's the Dream. The only Dream.

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Connections

Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Keanu Reeves/Cat Deeley/Ali Kolbert (2017)

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Soundtracks

Party On
Written and Performed by Leroy Sibbles
Courtesy of Opus 1 Music

User Reviews

Walking around, more walking, oh and did I mention walking?

I was excited to see this movie after reading the synopsis a couple of days before the screening. As the title of this summary suggests, there is a lot of walking in this movie. The story starts out semi promising with you wondering what happened to the earth but ends up being the walkiest and least talkiest movie I've ever seen. I know those aren't words but goddammit they get my point across.

The main actress is forgettable, Jason Momoa, Jim Carrey, and Keanu Reeves were miscast or maybe it was just the bad script? Possibly both? Back to the walking part, with minimal dialogue and no action whatsoever, this movie becomes a student film really quick. What I mean is that they don't cut out all the walking around and other useless scenes that should have obviously been taken out.

There isn't really a story, it's sort of tried to take elements from Mad Max and other post apocalyptic films that are much better than it and hope the audience notices and doesn't care or doesn't notice at all.

My suggestion: don't see it unless you want to be bored to death.

Seen at TIFF 2016.