Adapted from Thomas Pynchon’s wistful, ominous 1990 novel Vineland, it’s a film about terror and conspiracy, betrayal and redemption. She’s on the run for her life, with a series of maniacs, paranoids and assassins on her tail. As it is One Battle After Another is over two and half hours long, but roars by like a rollercoaster ride. It is sensational, dangerous and hysterical – the work of a director in his prime, rising to the challenge of his times. “It’s living without fear.” For all that it rolls off the rails and skids off the road, One Battle After Another is a fearless film.