A Major Disappointment

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Close shines in drama with strong language, adult themes.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Only Jim Carrey is worth watching and that's not a lot. The rest of the film is a meaningless crap loaded with some trippy music. I guess the director had some nasty drug trip on burning man and decided to make a film abt it. Seriously stay away.

Ok, I'll be honest, the main reason I watched this movie is because I saw Keanu Reeves was in it. However, Reeves has plays a very small role and only occupies about 10 minutes of this movie. I'm also a big fan of post-apocalyptic films, but this is no mad max. The movie starts off well with an intensely engaging introduction, however, the first ten minutes is the only excitement you'll enjoy for the rest of this snooze fest. I really didn't see the point to this movie. It was grossly under developed and only left you with wanting so much more.

"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.

...or you're gonna not understand it." So sayeth co-star Jason "Game of Thrones" Momoa in the making-of feature appended to this dire sophomore effort from auteur Ana Lily "A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night" Amirpour. Count me in the latter camp. Replete with vapid, slumming appearances by the likes of Keanu "John Wick" Reeves, Giovanni "Saving Private Ryan" Ribisi, and Jim "The Mask" Carrey, this "A Boy and His Dog" wannabe fails to engage on almost any level. Ms. Amirpour obviously had a very personal apocalyptic fairy tale to disgorge from her inner self, but it simply doesn't connect to the wider zietgeist of human behavior. Doesn't help that her lead, Suki "Insurgent" Waterhouse, who for some odd reason appears to be a high-demand talent judging from the slew of films she's done recently that are all due out this year, nonetheless appears to have the acting chops (pardon the pun) of a mannequin. Meanwhile, Amirpour's meandering, sketchy script doesn't help. Insomniac viewing only, and I'd be willing to bet that very few people can get through "The Bad Batch" without hitting fast-forward more than once. It gets its points from me strictly for some nice DP work from Lyle "The Woman in Black" Vincent.