"But Battle pairs well with Anderson's style, and turns Pynchon's Vineland into a jacked-up and unruly ride through a rugged, gone-bonkers America of the here and now and of the not-so free and home to anarchists and fascists who roam and collide. It's not a perfect film, but set aside some of its problems and just surrender to cluster after cluster of technically inspired, seamlessly executed sequences that will take your breath away and give you goosebumps. They're that good."
"These include: A tense, hypnotic car chase that plays out over an undulating wave-like road it's destined to become an iconic American movie moment and a rooftop bit of parkour-like derring-do, with skateboarders, no less, that echoes elements of shadow puppetry and even Dick Van Dyke jumping about amongst chimney stacks in Mary Poppins. They are just a couple of the marvels to behold in a film that should become part of the national lexicon and discussed in cinema history classes for ages."
A hyper-relevant, absurdist film unfolds as a jacked-up, unruly ride through a rugged, gone-bonkers America populated by anarchists and fascists whose paths collide. The narrative centers on a zonked-out ex-revolutionist named Bob, pursued in a Wile E. Coyote/Road Runner chase by psycho military goon Col. Steven J. Lockjaw, while Bob's far-more-with-it sixteen-year-old daughter Willa carries a target because of her parents' violent past. The film delivers cluster after cluster of technically inspired, seamlessly executed sequences, including a tense hypnotic car chase over an undulating road and rooftop parkour with skateboarders, supported by striking cinematography and a perfect soundtrack.
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