7.5
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
One Battle After Another (2025)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Strong Left
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.5
Overview
Washed-up revolutionary Bob exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa. When his evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years and she goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find her, father and daughter both battling the consequences of his past.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Strong Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Negative
Female Combat: Yes
Overview
Washed-up revolutionary Bob exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa. When his evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years and she goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find her, father and daughter both battling the consequences of his past.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Strong Left
Primary
The film explicitly promotes a left-wing, anti-fascist ideology by portraying a militant revolutionary group fighting against entrenched white supremacist and authoritarian power structures, making its core conflict and championed solution decisively left-leaning.
The film incorporates significant diversity through its casting, featuring a racially diverse ensemble with prominent roles for Black actresses, including a central Black female revolutionary leader. Its narrative explicitly addresses contemporary social justice issues such as systemic oppression, immigration rights, and racial justice, critiquing established power structures.
Secondary
The film portrays LGBTQ+ characters and themes with a mix of complexity and problematic elements. It includes mockery of a trans-coded character and an antagonist who embodies negative stereotypes about the LGBTQ community. The overall tone is ambivalent and satirical, resulting in a portrayal that is not deeply respectful or empowering.
The film features multiple female characters, including Willa, Deandra, and Avanti Q, who engage in and win close-quarters physical confrontations against male opponents. Their victories involve hand-to-hand combat, martial arts, and tactical engagements.
Based on available information, no characters in 'One Battle After Another' are portrayed with a gender differing from their established canonical gender in the source novel, *Vineland*.
The casting for major characters like Bob Ferguson, Col. Steven J. Lockjaw, and Sergio St. Carlos aligns with their established or implied ethnicities in the source novel. For characters whose race was not explicitly defined in the source material, the casting of diverse actors does not constitute a race swap.
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