While riding in Lonnie's car Mikey causes Lonnie to swerve across traffic at a highway off-ramp, creating a multiple-vehicle collision which results in several injuries. Mikey berates her and brags about the $3,000 he made selling drugs for Leondria. When he disappears for a weekend with Strawberry, Lexi grows suspicious and they get into an argument. She and Mikey grow closer, causing him to grow more distant from Lexi. Mikey repeatedly tries to persuade Strawberry to travel with him to Los Angeles to pursue a career in pornography. Nash and his parents confront Mikey in the donut shop parking lot and beat him. Mikey causes Strawberry to break up with Nash, her high-school boyfriend. They visit a strip club and spend time together, but Mikey becomes upset when he discovers Lonnie pretending to be an Army veteran at a local mall. Mikey befriends Lexi's neighbor Lonnie, who is intrigued by Mikey's stories about his porn career and sexual encounters. Strawberry and Mikey soon start a sexual relationship. He returns and persuades her to let him sell marijuana to the construction workers who frequent the shop. He becomes smitten with Strawberry, a 17-year-old girl who works at the counter. Mikey gives Lexi and Lil a month's rent in advance and takes them to a donut shop to celebrate. Eventually, she invites him to share her bedroom. Leondria and her daughter June suspect that Mikey will smoke it himself, but after he returns with his earnings, their business arrangement continues.Īfter sleeping on the couch for several nights, Mikey starts having sex with Lexi. Desperate, Mikey persuades Leondria, a marijuana dealer, to give him his old job back selling marijuana. After Mikey admits to potential employers that he spent those years working as a porn star in Los Angeles, they refuse to hire him. Mikey tries to find work at a diner and a Dollar General store, but is hindered by a long gap in his résumé. They reluctantly agree but insist that he get a job and perform household chores. Mikey begs Lexi and Lil to let him stay at their house. Badly bruised and destitute, Mikey arrives at the modest home shared by Lexi, his estranged wife, and her mother Lil. Rex also won Best Actor awards from the Los Angeles Film Critics Association and the Independent Spirit Awards.Īfter a 17-year absence, Mikey Saber returns to Texas City, his Gulf Coast hometown. The National Board of Review listed it among the top ten films of the year. It received praise for its direction and Rex's performance and received a variety of awards and nominations. It was released in limited theaters on December 10, 2021, by A24. The film premiered at the 74th Cannes Film Festival in competition for the Palme d'Or on July 14, 2021. The plot follows a porn star (Rex) who returns to his hometown and begins a relationship with an adolescent girl (Son). It stars Simon Rex, Bree Elrod, and Suzanna Son. Red Rocket is a 2021 American black comedy drama film directed by Sean Baker from a screenplay co-written with Chris Bergoch.
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