Set in some kind of low-budget dystopian future, THE BAD BATCH opens with a pretty chick with a killer body, Arlen (Suki Waterhouse), being locked behind a huge fence in the desert. She turns and wanders off into the wasteland. Within a day, she's kidnapped by cannibals and sections of her right arm and right leg eaten. Soon, the real horror starts when the cannibals start listening to Ace of Base! Arlen can't take it anymore and escapes. She eventually shows up in a town full of tweakers and dorks called Comfort. From there on, more things happen, but honestly...I didn't give a shit. The story was dumb as fuck, slow-moving and illogical.
The only thing I knew about TBB going into it was it was about cannibals and it starred Keanu Reeves. That sounds awesome! In my handsome brain, I was visualizing BILL & TED'S EXCELLENT ADVENTURE versus CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST. That didn't happen.
Style over substance storytelling, very little dialogue, lots of music video-style photography, Jim Carrey showing up from some unknown reason, snail's pace, multiple things that brought to mind EL TOPO, zero nudity, very little violence, promising opening act, weak middle act and a lame as fuck ending.
If you need me, I'll be in my room playing Borderlands.
