Lolita Kill

Far from Home is a redirect to this article. For the 2019 superhero film, see Spider-Man: Far From Home .

Movie
German title	Lolita Kill
Original title	Far from Home
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1989
length	86 minutes
Age rating	FSK 18
Rod
Director	Meiert Avis
script	Tommy Lee Wallace
production	Donald P. Borchers
music	Jonathan Elias
camera	Paul Elliott
cut	Marc Grossman
occupation
Matt Frewer : Charlie Cox Drew Barrymore : Joleen Cox Richard Masur : Duckett Karen Austin : Louise Susan Tyrrell : Agnes Reed Andras Jones : Jimmy Reed Dick Miller : Sheriff Bill Childers Anthony Rapp : Pinky Sears Connie Sawyer : Viney Hunt Jennifer Tilly : Amy Stephanie Walski : Sissy Reed

Lolita Kill ( Far from Home ) is an American thriller directed by Meiert Avis from 1989 . The film is also known in Germany under the title Wilder Sand .

action

Charlie Cox is a divorced writer. He and his underage daughter Joleen live in Los Angeles . Charlie and Joleen go on a trip through the USA, about which the author is supposed to write an article. In Banco, Nevada, they discover that their car is out of gas. As there is no delivery to the local gas station, they cannot buy gasoline and spend the night at the local campsite in the middle of the desert run by Agnes Reed. Joleen discovers the owner's bloodied corpse in the local shop.

Joleen meets Jimmy Reed, the son of Agnes Reed, and finds him attractive. Jimmy and his sister argue with their mother, who has been abandoned by the fathers of both children. Jimmy praises his father's behavior, for which he is slapped. A little later, Agnes Reed is murdered when a person not shown in detail reaches out their hand through the bathroom window and throws an electrical device into the bathtub.

Some local boys find Joleen attractive and advertise her. Joleen is about to fall in love with Jimmy Reed, but he tries to rape her. Pinky Sears saves them. Meanwhile, Charlie meets his neighbors Louise and Amy. They find some gasoline and decide to leave with the women's car. An unknown perpetrator detonates the car, killing Amy.

The serial killer who is active in the village steals Joleen's diary. Jimmy Reed is arrested, but it turns out that it was Pinky Sears and not him who committed the murders. During the showdown, Sears follows Joleen onto a radio tower. There he injures Charlie, who rushes to his daughter's aid, with a knife. A local veteran shoots and injures Sears with a precision rifle. Sears says he's sorry and falls from the tower.

Reviews

Georg Seeßlen wrote in his book Drew Barrymore that the film was a " cheap production ", the script of which " finally fell apart " when it tried to offer a surprise and to be " ideologically correct " at the same time . The plot shows " platitudes " and " inconsistencies ". Drew Barrymore would lack " acting sovereignty ".

The lexicon of international films said: Pale and unmotivated thriller that tries in vain to create tension.

background

The film was shot in Gerlach ( Nevada ).

Web links

• Lolita Kill in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Lolita Kill at rotten tomatoes (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Plot Summary for Far from Home
2. ^ Georg Seeßlen: Drew Barrymore , Bertz Verlag, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-929470-34-9 , page 48
3. ↑ Lolita Kill. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .  
4. ↑ Filming locations for Far from Home