Last Resort (1986)

George Lollar takes his family on vacation with "Club Sand", a shoddy and untrustworthy company. On their tropical island, they find soldiers everywhere, an unhelpful staff, inhospitable ... See full summary »

Director:

Zane Buzby

Writers:

Jeff Buhai, Steve Zacharias

Stars:

Charles Grodin, Ian Abercrombie, Christopher Ames

Cast

Credited cast:
Charles Grodin	...	George Lollar
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Ian Abercrombie	...	maitre d'
Christopher Ames	...	Brad Lollar
John Ashton	...	Phil Cocoran
Brenda Bakke	...	Veroneeka
Twinkle Bayoud	...	Herself
Ellen Blake	...	Dorothy Cocoran
William Bumiller	...	Etienne
Zane Buzby	...	Martine
Brett Baxter Clark	...	Manuello (as Brett Clark)
Morgan Douglas	...	Pilot
Gerrit Graham	...	Curt
Phil Hartman	...	Jean-Michel
Sandy Ignon	...	Guerrilla #3
Chip Johannessen	...	Firebreather

Storyline

George Lollar takes his family on vacation with "Club Sand", a shoddy and untrustworthy company. On their tropical island, they find soldiers everywhere, an unhelpful staff, inhospitable accomodation and undesirable holiday makers, but everyone except for George manages to have fun in the sun.

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Plot Keywords:

vacation | beach | homosexual | drugs | gay slur | 

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Taglines:

The travel agency promised George Lollar a peaceful island getaway. They lied.

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

April 1986 (USA)

Also Known As:

She Knew No Other Way

Company Credits

Production Co:

Concorde Pictures, Trinity Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

84 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

Referenced in Video Nasties: Moral Panic, Censorship & Videotape (2010)

User Reviews

Silly, weird and fun, with a great cast.

In "Last Resort," Charles Grodin is in the angst-ridden top form that made his turn in "Midnight Run" so wonderful. The film stars Grodin as a burned out Chicago furniture salesman named George Lollar, who, needing to get away from it all, books his family for a week at "Club Sand," a tropical resort.

Club Sand however, is nothing like the brochures, and everything from rude help, horrible accommodations, terrible food (when it can be found), over-sexed guests and even a burgeoning rebellion on the resort island conspire to make the Lollars' vacation anything but an escape. George ends up abused on just about every level, and Grodin's portrayal is spot-on hysterical.

"Last Resort" also features Phil Hartman, Jon Lovitz, John Ashton ("Beverly Hills Cop" and "Midnight Run"), Megan Mullally ("Will and Grace") and Mario van Peebles, and picking them out in these early roles is an added bonus.

Some reviewers have complained that the film is filled with stereotypes and is at times, raunchy. The answer is yes on both counts; but the clichéd characters are lovingly over-the-top, the blue humor is never gratuitous, and the whole thing just works. "Last Resort" is a buried treasure for fans of oddball comedy, and worth the 80 minutes you'll spend watching it.