Writer/Director Ana Lily Amirpour’s The Bad Batch is a
dystopian horror story in which society’s miscreants are branded and put into a
desert zone where their stronger confreres use their body parts for food.
The main character, Arlen, (Suki Waterhouse) losses her
right arm and lower right leg in the opening minutes and shows a lot of spirit
in making it to an area called Comfort where she could have had a reasonable
existence under the ruler played by Keanu Reeves. However, she opts to go back
to the dark side with the head cannibal (Jason Momoa). They take along young Honey (Jayda Fink),
presumably in case they’ll eventually need a snack.
Seriously, the only thing of value in this nonsense is
the work of Cinematographer Lyle Vincent, who had to work under the harshest
conditions of heat, wind and sand possible.
Unless you’re into human barbecue, this is one to
skip. I give it a 2 out of 5.
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