The Bad Batch fingerprintHigh energy, striking style, emotionally cool.
Brutally violent and tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
Melancholic and moving
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
The mind and society
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Solid, not remarkable
Standout cinematography and sound design
Brutally violent and tense
Builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
The Bad Batch is brutally violent and tense. The story builds slowly, so the intensity comes in waves.
A little humor
Not a comedy at heart.
Expect a little humor.
The mind and society
Lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Its world is built around the mind and society. The setting feels lived-in and easy to get lost in.
Solid, not remarkable
The craft is serviceable rather than remarkable.
Standout cinematography and sound design
Look and sound: the cinematography and sound design stand out.
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The Bad Batch is included with a subscription to Netflix in the United States. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Opinions are mixed, with a GoodWatch score of 50/100 (IMDb 5.2, Rotten Tomatoes 45%, and Metacritic 62). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated R in the United States. Content advisories: violence, nudity, sexual content, drug use, and disturbing imagery.
1 h 59 min
The Bad Batch runs 1 h 59 min.
Not quite. Critics rate The Bad Batch higher (54) than audiences (46). It may be more rewarding than it is crowd-pleasing.
No. It cost about $6 million to make and earned $180,851 worldwide, 3% of its budget.
It was made in English, with some Spanish. Produced in United States.
+76GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for The Bad Batch in 90 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 15 storytelling tropes for The Bad Batch, including Does This Remind You of Anything?, Handicapped Badass, Penal Colony.
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