India, Sept. 26 -- I had no pre-conceived notions going into One Battle After Another, Paul Thomas Anderson's latest film after Licorice Pizza. Except for the impression the title of the Leonardo DiCaprio, Teyana Taylor, Regina Hall, Benicio Del Toro and Chase Infiniti starrer makes. Turns out, that's exactly what you get. The film's cold open drops viewers right in the middle of an attack orchestrated by the revolutionary group known as the French 75. Details about the group, its members, their counterculture ideology and militant operations are thrown in the opening half-hour of the film. The rest of it, which brings the duration to a total of 2 hours and 50 minutes, is an exercise in consistency. The action literally never lets up from...