By Special to El Paso Matters, El Paso Matters By Kevin M. Anzzolin The city of El Paso takes center stage in director Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another.”
The film follows the fanatical, even surrealistic journey of washed-up revolutionary Bob Ferguson (Leonardo DiCaprio), who lives in hiding with his teenage daughter Willa (Chase Infiniti) some 15 years after his militant group French 75 went underground. When their nemesis Colonel Lockjaw (Sean Penn) resurfaces, Bob and Willa again find themselves running from the law. When Willa goes AWOL, her karate teacher, Sensei Sergio St. Carlos (Benicio del Toro), is enlisted to help Bob find his daughter.
Kevin Anzzolin Although ambitious, edgy and fun, the political message of the hit film is generally muddled. The immensely ta