UCLA college student Jonathan Moore (Anthony Edwards) is playing a game called "Gotcha" (popular on mid-1980s college campuses as "Assassin" or "Tag"), wherein the players are all assigned a mock "hit" on another player by use of a harmless paintball gun. Moore and his apartment roommate Manolo go on a vacation to Paris, France. After touring some of Paris, in a cafe Moore meets Sasha Banicek (Linda Fiorentino), a Czechoslovakian girl. Eventually, Jonathan has intercourse with Sasha, losing his virginity.
Jonathan decides to leave Manolo (who is heading to Spain) and go with Sasha to West Berlin to spend more time with her. Jonathan believes that he is in love with Sasha. There, Jonathan and Sasha continue to have sex and even go to an Oktoberfest beer gathering. One night, Sasha tells Jonathan that she has to go to East Berlin to pick up a package. One night after arriving in East Berlin, Sasha leaves their hotel room and walks to dark street corner. There, Sasha meets a German man who tells her the location of the pickup of her package. Meanwhile, Sasha was being monitored by a Soviet agent, who was sitting in a car at a distance. During the day, Sasha tells Jonathan that if she gives him a certain message, it means that he has to leave East Berlin immediately. At a cafe, Sasha gives Jonathan a package and says that a strudel is inside. A little later, Sasha tells Jonathan to meet her at the butcher shop near their hotel. All of a sudden, a Soviet agent begins to chase after Sasha. Sasha decides to use Jonathan (who is holding her package) to unknowingly get the package over to West Berlin. Meanwhile, Sasha is taken by the Soviet agent and East German secret police.
Jonathan goes to Checkpoint Charlie to cross the heavily fortified border into West Berlin. At the East German customs search, Jonathan is stripped of his clothes and given a cavity search. Meanwhile, Sasha is stripped and searched for possible espionage evidence. Vlad arrives at the border crossing to search for Jonathan, however Jonathan passes the border safely before he can be captured. Once in West Berlin, Jonathan feels liberated by the Westernized society. In the hotel, Jonathan receives a message from Sasha to meet him at a specified location. Jonathan finds out that his hotel room was broken into and robbed of his traveler's checks. Soviet agents eventually find Jonathan in West Berlin and chase him throughout a public park. Jonathan jumps into a water canal and manages to escape from the Soviets and stumbles upon a German rock group headed for Hamburg, who offer him a ride to the airport.
The rock group successfully get Jonathan to the airport (using full-face makeup to sneak him past a checkpoint) and Jonathan finally arrives in Los Angeles Tom Bradley International Airport and to his apartment. Soon, Vlad and a band of Soviet agents arrive too in Los Angeles. Once home, Jonathan stumbles upon a film canister, which was planted by Sasha. Jonathan visits his parents and tells them what happened in Germany but they cannot believe a word of it and think Jonathan is on drugs. Jonathan decides to call the FBI then the Central Intelligence Agency for help. Jonathan returns to find his apartment broken into and looted.
The CIA officer tells Jonathan to give them the photo film canister. At the Los Angeles headquarters of the CIA, Jonathan spots Sasha who looks like she was working there. Jonathan eventually meets up with Sasha. Sasha admits that she is Cheryl Brewster, a CIA agent, originally from Pittsburgh. Out of nowhere, Vlad and his gang begin to chase Jonathan and Cheryl on the UCLA campus. Jonathan eliminates all the Soviets with a tranquilizer gun which he gets from the campus veterinary sciences building. The Soviets are arrested, the CIA agents thank Jonathan for his (indirect) help in obtaining the film, and Sasha tells him she wants to continue their relationship.
After they part, Jonathan talks to a pretty student who rebuffs him coldly. As she walks away, he aims the tranquilizer pistol and shoots her in the rear.
不知道為什麼想到逆光那兩句歌詞。離開釋懷很短暫又重來。吾心安處是吾家，人生後半程孑然一身的在大山大海中找一個parking place，看似淒涼的context但不給予評價。如此嫻熟的調度與情緒克制的演出，好電影。
回忆在，人犹在。每一次分别不是诀别，我们路上见。献给那些不得不在路上的人。
只要人能呼吸眼不盲
很沉重，有关失去和破碎的一个故事，不是压抑，也不是黑色，就是很沉重，其中又似乎隐藏着某种希望。就像我们眼中的生活，少有起承转合，缺乏戏剧冲突，但如果跳出来看，都很沉重。看完之后作为观众的我如鲠在喉，不知该如何形容我的感受，如果一部电影用几个镜头就能表达出几百字几千字也形容不明白的情绪，那这一定是一部好电影，这也是电影这门艺术存在的意义，《无依之地》就是一部这样的电影。
年轻时是冇脚雀仔，年迈后入无依之地，所有的意义答案终究只在路上，足迹只可印在未来。
拍得太好了 不过想加一句 Empire NV其实离现代文明真的很近 开车一小时到Reno 而且每年火人节就在旁边 知道了之后略微影响观影体验 矫情化了“孤独”
星辰都是独行者
#影评拖延症又犯了
景觀、光線與視聽之美讓我流淚，文本與對白的虛假無力一再將沉浸的我硬生生拉扯出來。
电影四星，但因为导演之前的言语被连坐导致禁映撤档，那就打五星以表支持。
剧场版观影顺序：
想起了《美国甜心》，想起我们这一代人，这是我们的未来吗？
万事几时足，日月自西东。无穷宇宙，人是一粟太仓中。
在看的过程中，想起来之前看的美国的一些民生状态，有些人因为各种各样的原因会成为流浪者。其中某些人甚至是曾经的中产阶层。很敬佩女主遇到的那些流浪者，虽然是被生活逼到了角落，但是他们依然选择有腔调地活着。最明显的一点就是，善待自己。《活出生命的意义》的作者弗兰克尔说，“人类最终极的自由是什么呢，就是无论何时何地何种状况，你作为一个人永远都拥有选择的权利。”这种能力就是这些流浪者所拥有，但大部分人所缺少的。女主也具备这样的能力，所以最后她选择继续上路，这里也很切题。
BEAUTIFUL！剧本、表演、摄影、音乐👍几度看到大哭，莫名触景生情。
“这种生活最吸引我的一点，就是不会有诀别。”
谈不上喜欢。散、压抑。在路上是逃避，而其实人生最难的是面对，以及 放下。
想看这部现象级电影很久了，刚看完忽而发觉今天是妇女节。美丽的意外。
想起了《荒野生存》，没什么三段式，平铺直叙的节节生活，遇到人，被邀请，离开人，仿佛人的一生一样……总想到荒野生存中的那个小哥，如果他还活着，会不会也是无依之地的一员？
我觉得，敢选择这样生活，而不是屈服于某种平静的平庸的生活的人，真的很勇敢。我曾见到过这样的人，他们，勇敢而坦荡，追求着美或者艺术，也许是爱情，和爱和浪漫和美相关，完全不同于我见到的那些，你争我抢的，人类。
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