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Desert Son

  • 20102010
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  • 1h 30m
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5.0/10
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Desert Son (2010)
Seventeen year old Phillip is left stranded on the side of a dirt road by his Step Dad. But when he tries to walk back towards civilization, a series of wrong turns and bad decisions lead him deep into the heart of a vas desert.

After days spent wandering Phillip is found unconscious by Lucy and Jack, two orphans living in an abandoned mining town in the middle of nowhere. 

They bring Phillip back to health and quickly initiate him into their oddly unconventional way of life.  The strange dystopia grows on Phillip. But three is always a crowd. And as a bond develops between Lucy and Phillip, Jack grows spiteful and increasingly dangerous.

When his anger boils over, Jack leads Lucy and Phillip across the desert and back into civilization. Jack breaks into one of the houses and forces Lucy and Phillip inside. They begin to steal things. But when a housekeeper appears the scene turns to violence. 

Jack ties up the housekeeper and uses an axe from the garage to cut off her head. 

Jack, Lucy and Phillip ride across the desert covered in blood.

By the morning, Jack has worked himself into a paranoid frenzy. Convinced that people are looking for them and suddenly waving a gun around, he bullies Lucy and Phillip into abandoning their house.

They spend a few days on the run, but as their exhaustion grows absolute the group unravels towards a disastrous and bloody conclusion.
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A boy is abandoned in the heart of the desert by his step father. He takes refuge with two orphans who live in an abandoned mining town. The three kids struggle to survive through series of ... Read allA boy is abandoned in the heart of the desert by his step father. He takes refuge with two orphans who live in an abandoned mining town. The three kids struggle to survive through series of increasingly desperate and serious crimes. They meet their downfall after a murder weighs ... Read allA boy is abandoned in the heart of the desert by his step father. He takes refuge with two orphans who live in an abandoned mining town. The three kids struggle to survive through series of increasingly desperate and serious crimes. They meet their downfall after a murder weighs too heavy upon their conscience.
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    • James Mann
    • Brandon Nicholas
    • James Mann
  • Stars
    • John Bain
    • Erica Curtis
    • Nathan Halliday
    • James Mann
    • Brandon Nicholas
    • James Mann
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    • John Bain
    • Erica Curtis
    • Nathan Halliday
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    John Bain, Erica Curtis, Elvis Winterbottom, Bill Oberst Jr., Nathan Halliday, and Chauna Wertlow in Desert Son (2010)
    John Bain and Erica Curtis in Desert Son (2010)
    John Bain, Erica Curtis, Elvis Winterbottom, Bill Oberst Jr., Nathan Halliday, and Chauna Wertlow in Desert Son (2010)
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    John Bain and Erica Curtis in Desert Son (2010)
    Best Actress Nomination for "Desert Son" 2010 Method Fest Film Festival

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    John Bain
    John Bain
    • Phillip
    Erica Curtis
    Erica Curtis
    • Lucy
    Nathan Halliday
    • Jack
    Bill Oberst Jr.
    Bill Oberst Jr.
    • Step Dad
    Chauna Wertlow
    • The Housekeeper
    Elvis Winterbottom
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      • James Mann
      • Brandon Nicholas
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    3/10
    Cold to lukewarm....
    Have you ever you felt cheated at the end of film because you were hoping to get some form of entertainment out of it? This is one of those films. This story has potential. But it annoys me that all the good scenes in this film have no relevance. When I sit down to watch a film I want to be entertained. I don't want to take excessive time out to try and comprehend what is happening and why. I won't deny there are some very strong and compelling scenes in this film, but I feel the director is trying to be too abstract in getting their message across to the audience. To me this seems like the easy way out. I don't need a director's ego(or laziness) getting in the way of a good story.
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      • March 2010 (United States)
      • United States
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      • Inyo County, California, USA
    • Production companies
      • Camera Experiment
      • Aurora Features
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    • 1 hour 30 minutes
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