‘Masterpiece’ with 94% rating that is ‘useless cert for an Oscar’ on Amazon | Films | Entertainment | EUROtoday

A “masterpiece” movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio that followers say is certain to win an Oscar is on the market to hire or purchase. One Battle After Another (2025) is a surreal, genre-bending drama that focuses on a gang of far-Left revolutionaries referred to as the French 75, who perform assaults in opposition to a strong and repressive fictional US regime.

A tragedy sends the group into hiding, and Bob, also called “Ghetto” Pat Calhoun, (performed by Leonardo DiCaprio) all however retires from his actions to boost his daughter. But when sinister navy officer Col. Steven J. Lockjaw (Sean Penn) begins to pursue her Bob is pulled again in a world he swore he’d left behind.

The movie was produced, written, and directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, and impressed by Thomas Pynchon 1990 novel Vineland. It options an all-star solid, together with Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, and Teyana Taylor.

Chase Infiniti stars as Bob’s daughter Willa in her movie debut. Fans have flocked to IMDb to heap reward upon the movie, with one calling it “astonishing”.

“This is not an ‘ordinary’ movie. It is at times baffling yet enthralling, and I am left feeling like I have watched a masterpiece unfold before my eyes without realising it until it neared its end,” they wrote.

Another hailed as a “masterpiece” including: “This movie is probably the best movie I have seen in theatres possibly ever. The cinematography and acting of this movie are off the charts.

“It tackles some robust concepts extremely properly and simply retains you guessing the entire time. An absolute blast. Not a second of dullness, best 10 of my total life.”

One suggested the film is all but certain to get the nod at the next Academy Awards. “I’ll positively see it once more. Leo and Sean Penn had been nice as at all times, however everybody’s efficiency was glorious”.

“This one is a should watch and Oscar is secured,” they added. The film has received 13 nominations and is widely considered a front-runner for the top gongs.

Some weren’t taken with the film, and struggled to understand what the film was trying to say. However, even some of those left baffled were blown away.

A fan on Rotten Tomatoes, where the movie has a 94% Tomatometer score, said for “a majority of the movie I used to be saying, WTF, but it surely nonetheless grabs you and would not allow you to go”.

Another said it’s “verything a darkish comedy satire must be”. They added: “Imaginative and properly executed with stellar actors. Will turn out to be a cult traditional for many years to come back.”

The movie has a 15 certificates and accommodates sturdy language, intercourse references, violence, and references to sexual violence – so viewer discretion is suggested.

One Battle After Another is on the market to hire or purchase on Amazon Prime, Apple TV, and Sky Store.