'The Bad Batch' review: Are you hungry? You won't be after this flick!

8/10

The Bad Batch is a somewhat experimental dystopian movie that deals with cannibalism, among other mature topics, so you can expect plenty of violence, including cutting arms and legs clean off, guns and shooting, dead bodies, blood spatters, beating, fighting, and stabbing.

Though definitely not for mainstream tastes, Ana Lily Amirpour's crazy, beautiful film feels like an arthouse movie from an earlier time (and that is not a bad thing), more of a dare than a comfort, more active than passive. The Bad Batch takes a few pointers from defiant, creepy movies like the Mad Max series, and The Hills Have Eyes, but it's different in its own unique way.

Amirpour's compositions are extraordinary, using such powerful depth of space as well as odd, striking contrasts in nearly every shot. She favors silence over dialogue, though music is important and she definitely loves weird. The Bad Batch is funny, horrifying, magical, awful, and beautiful, with so many great moments. Many will find the 118-minute running time a bit daunting for an "experimental" movie, but a few brave souls will be totally swept away.

The hole cast was amazing from Suki Waterhouse who was great as the one-legged wanderer Arlen, Jason Mamoa who was "bloody" brilliant as the cannibal Miami Man and even Keanu Reeves, Giovani Ribisi and Jim Carrey who all only made small appearances, where great. All in all it was a good film worth the watch best thing is just how beautiful all the compositions are therefor I rate it a solid 8/10.