One Battle After Another

Sixteen years of uneasy quiet shatter when an old nemesis resurfaces, forcing a scattered band of former revolutionaries to reunite for one urgent mission: rescuing the kidnapped daughter of one of their own. Paul Thomas Anderson directs a stacked ensemble led by Leonardo DiCaprio, with Benicio Del Toro, Sean Penn and Regina Hall fleshing out a story that blends action, crime and a streak of pitch-black comedy. It's a reunion drama wrapped around a rescue, charged with the baggage of a shared radical past.

Wild, unpredictable and shot through with mordant humor, the film mixes high stakes with the messy human comedy of aging idealists pulled back into the fray. Viewers who love ambitious, genre-blurring filmmaking and crackling ensemble work will find it a feast. Expect bold tonal swings, sharp characters and a pace that careens from tension to absurdity, in a film made for adventurous moviegoers.