2019 · western · survival
Badland
Directed by Justin Lee1h 57m2019
Detective Matthias Breecher, hired to track down the worst of the Confederate war criminals, roams the Old West seeking justice. His resolve is tested when he meets a determined pioneer woman who is far more than she seems.
Our read: Badland (2019) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded western · survival entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured western / survival, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- cold
Watching Badland tonight? Spin for your lens.
Everyone on the couch spins once and gets one craft to watch for. After the credits, compare what you caught.
Your lens for tonight
?
Everyone on the couch gets one craft to watch for. Spin the wheel to get yours. Sound on: the narrator reads your mission.
More info & search links
How Badland feels to watch.
Each axis is scored by hand, not from votes or genre averages. The bar uses the film's own colours.
What watching it is actually like.
“You want a thoughtful post-Civil War western about justice and unexpected bonds.”
Skip it tonight — You want fast gunfights or classic heroic western myths.
Eight films that feel like this one.
Closest in the twelve-axis space, not “people also liked”. All films like Badland, with why →
Discussion
Make it a movie night.
Pick a mood, get a film the whole couch will enjoy, and give everyone something to watch for.
Pick tonight's film →