Based on true events (mostly), Freddie, a 15-year-old runaway becomes intimately acquainted with California’s “Murder City” after being released from jail, just shy of midnight. Absurdly self-reliant, completely broke and 120 miles away from her friends she has nothing to depend on but her wit and youthful charm.
Acting
Joey King carries this unhinged fever dream on her shoulders.
Writing
Dialogue that thinks it's smarter than it is—but almost pulls it off.
Director
Jena Serbu
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Joey King filmed this between Wish Upon and The Kissing Booth, apparently determined to prove she could do literally anything.
The real 'Murder City' nickname for Oxnard, California peaked in the 1990s gang violence epidemic that this film loosely depicts.
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