A kid who can't tie a knot becomes the only hope when kidnappers crash the camping trip.
Joey Cooper is a small boy who wants more than anything to be a member of the "Wilderness Club." But he has failed over and over again to pass the test and was not allowed to join. But when Joey gets home after his latest failure, he finds his mother has bought him all new camping equipment for his trip. Joey can't bring himself to tell her he didn't make the club so he takes the gear and leaves for the trip anyway, hiding on the bus. When a couple of kidnappers grab the kids, Joey is still in hiding and it's left for Joey to save them all.
Acting
Nathan Kiley's earnest underdog energy carries every scene.
Practical Effects
Kid-sized survival stunts with real camping gear chaos.
Writing
Bumbling kidnappers who'd lose to the Wet Bandits.
Director
Jennifer Marchese
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Jennifer Marchese made this her sole feature before pivoting to documentary work—this is her one chaotic fiction legacy.
This arrived in the dying days of the 'kid outsmarts incompetent adult criminals' boom that Home Alone started; by 1999, the genre was running on fumes and camping equipment.
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