Review of The Bad Batch (2017) by Ladyviper_23 — 19 Jun 2020
A dystopic future with a cannibal tribe, a girl that have to escape from them, all set in the Texas desert. When I read this plot on Netflix I honestly think that The Bad Batch would be all I was looking for in a thriller/cannibal/dystopic movie.
I couldn't be more wrong. In 115 minute of film almost nothing happens. There are two supposly "violent" scene, all off screen and the rest of the movie is just this girl making bad decisions and walks in the desert.
It was bad, and not in a good way. Not so bad that you can laught about it, just bad and really annoying to watch. I have nothing against "slow" movies or "no dialogues" ones and I could really enjoy them but this is not the case.
The biggest problem is that it's really pretentious. This movie is a wanna be George Miller meets Quentin Tarantino, you can feel it, but it is neither of them. It takes more that some violent themes (cannibals in this case) and an apocalyptic scenario to make a movie like Mad Max or Kill Bill.
Only mention a masterpiece like Fury Road in the same sentence of this movie is an insult. It wants to be courageous and innovative but it's not. A waste of time. Next time I'll definitely check out the director before see anything, I would have spare 115 minutes.
This review of The Bad Batch (2017) was written by Ladyviper_23 on 19 June 2020.
The Bad Batch has generally received mixed reviews.
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