Does One Battle After Another Have a Post-Credits Scene? Ending Explained - Fuerza 94.3 Fm

One Battle After Another is full of action and thrill, with Leonardo DiCaprio and Sean Penn commanding attention as they duke it out on screen.

DiCaprio portrays Bob Ferguson, a.k.a. “Ghetto” Pat Calhoun, who was formerly a member of the French 75 revolutionary group, the organization responsible for bombing government institutions and liberating immigrants.

Warning: Spoilers below for One Battle After Another.

One robbery gone wrong exposes the French 75, causing an all-out manhunt for the group’s members, including Bob and the eventual mother of his child, Perfidia Beverly Hills (Teyana Taylor). She escapes from confinement to Mexico after a sexual encounter with Col. Steven J. Lockjaw (Penn), leaving Bob to care for their daughter. Lockjaw doesn’t let up on trying to find all members of the group when the film makes a time jump 16 years later.

Before you head to the theater to series the Paul Thomas Anderson film, scroll below to find out if you should stick around for a post-credits scene.

How Does ‘One Battle After Another’ End?

Lockjaw joins a group of white supremacists to hunt down Bob and his daughter, born Charlene Calhoun, but living under the guise of Willa Ferguson. Bob calls upon Sergio St. Carlos (Benicio del Toro) to keep him and his family out of harm’s way. However, while fleeing from Lockjaw’s troops, Bob trips and is captured and arrested. Willa finds safety at a convent after her father’s arrest.

Lockjaw, who once had sexual relations with Perfidia, is questioned by the supremacy group for such. A DNA test later proves he is Willa’s real father. Bob escapes from imprisonment and heads to the convent to find Willa. In the chaos, Lockjaw is shot in the face by supremacist Tim Smith due to his past interracial relations going against the group’s beliefs.

Willa and Bob are ultimately reunited, and Lockjaw is captured and gassed to death. At the end of the film, Bob shares a letter with Willa, which was written by her mother before going off to join a protest.

Does ‘One Battle After Another’ Have a Post-Credits Scene?

One Battle After Another does not have a post-credits scene, however, the film does feature a dedication to Adam Somner during the credits.

Who Was Adam Somner?

Somner was the London-born first assistant director on One Battle After Another, who died in November 2025 from anaplastic thyroid cancer. He was 57 years old.

Some of Somner’s other credits included Gladiator, Phantom Thread, The Wolf of Wall Street, West Side Story, Licorice Pizza and Killers of the Flower Moon.

Steven Spielberg, who worked with Somner on West Side Story, paid tribute to the late assistant director in a statement.

“The job title ‘assistant director’ is insufficient to describe what Adam Somner was to me and the contribution he made to my films — just as my left arm is more than just an assistant to my right,” Spielberg told Deadline. “He worked as AD, and producer and he performed both of those tasks with equal measures of devotion. He loved making movies. He loved being on the set. It was his gridiron. He was a cheerleader and ball carrier and at times I couldn’t tell if he was following my lead or I was following his.”

Spielberg continued, “He made everyone who joined the crew feel like they were part of the family. He was a uniter and when things weren’t going according to plan, his English working-class wit and humor, could smooth out the problem through his under-the-breath cursing, laughter and the backup plan he always seemed to have standing by. He was an icon in his field and an inspiration to anyone who wants a career in the mounting of productions — with the full recognition that it is as creative as it is organizational. Going back to work without Adam will never be the same.”

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