One Battle After Another
Also known as BC Project, The Battle of Baktan Cross, Desert Highway, Baktan Cross
One Battle After Another is a 2025 American action-comedy-thriller film written, directed, and produced by Paul Thomas Anderson. It is inspired by the 1990 novel Vineland by Thomas Pynchon. The film's ensemble cast is led by Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, and Chase Infiniti. It follows a washed-up former revolutionary who is brought back into conflict when his enemy resurfaces after sixteen years.
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7.4Washed-up revolutionary Bob exists in a state of stoned paranoia, surviving off-grid with his spirited, self-reliant daughter, Willa. When his evil nemesis resurfaces after 16 years and she goes missing, the former radical scrambles to find her, father and daughter both battling the consequences of his past.
Released: 2025-09-23162 minDir: Paul Thomas AndersonThriller, Crime, ComedyBudget: $175MBox office: $209M
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Cast
- Leonardo DiCaprio as Bob
- Sean Penn as Col. Steven J. Lockjaw
- Chase Infiniti as Willa
- Benicio del Toro as Sensei Sergio St. Carlos
- Regina Hall as Deandra
- Teyana Taylor as Perfidia
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One Battle After Another is a 2025 American action-comedy-thriller film written, directed, and produced by Paul Thomas Anderson. It is inspired by the 1990 novel Vineland by Thomas Pynchon. The film's ensemble cast is led by Leonardo DiCaprio, Sean Penn, Benicio del Toro, Regina Hall, Teyana Taylor, and Chase Infiniti (in her film debut). It follows a washed-up former revolutionary who is brought back into conflict when his enemy resurfaces after sixteen years.
Anderson had wanted to adapt Vineland since the early 2000s and eventually incorporated his own stories into the narrative while writing the screenplay. Principal photography took place in California from January to June 2024 using VistaVision, becoming one of the first films to use the format since the 1960s. Following its premiere on September 8, 2025, One Battle After Another was released in the United States by Warner Bros. Pictures on September 26. With a budget of $130–175 million, it is the most expensive film of Anderson's career and the highest-grossing at $213 million worldwide.