Review of The Bad Batch (2017) by Kholoured — 20 Jan 2019

I loved this film, It speaks of mercy, forgiveness, and the ability to look deeper into a person, to understand their perspective... Miami man and his group were ashamed that they must cannibalize to survive, hence the loud music and head phones when they took from their victims. But they did what they could to make things less painful, like the tourniquet and shot in arnels arm before amputation, probably numbing solution. Miami mans woman even said I'm sick of this **** sick of it. But in the desert, where I'm sure most wildlife/plant life has been killed off, what do you eat? How do you survive? You have to eat something, our life is a life of consumption in order for us to live something must die. Dogs eat rabbits, rabbits eat grass, grass lives off soil, soil is dead plant and animal matter. Everything comes full circle...

Miami man could have taken advantage sextually several times but didnt, infact he showed courage and killed someone to keep arnel safe, she didn't need her leg to find his daughter. Even showed compassion seen thru his art work and when he covered both of them in a sand storm. You can even see arnels confusion while they sat under the blanket he could have left her out there while he covered himself. She saw that yes he's done horrible things but morally he's more sound then the Dream, who was predatorizing young girls and feeding drugs to the rest of the villagers. All to keep them dependant under the guise that he loved them all for their strangeness, when he was using them all so he could live a soft life in comfort. Miami man showed her that life is not black or white it's grey. This film was about human nature at it's worst and at it's best seen thru Miami man.

I find this film beautiful in it's simplistic complexity and I think the reason most why people hate it is due to its simplicity. There is no plot, their is no love story, there is no guidance. As you get in every film they take your hand and lead down the path... this film is like the bible you see what you want to see and everyone sees it differently.