Where the final chase was filmed, and more ‘One Battle After Another’ locations

California plays a starring role in One Battle After Another filmed in locations from one end of the state to the other Related Articles Why One Battle After Another is the talker of Humboldt County has been enjoying its rare moment in the Hollywood spotlight Sacramento and the Anza-Borrego Desert also have more than cameos in the Paul Thomas Anderson movie The descriptions below don t give away any major plot points but if you have zero tolerance for spoilers see the movie first The Anza-Borrego Desert The final chase puts three cars on a dizzying rollercoaster stretch of desert highway There s chosen movie magic involved in the perspective but the Texas Dip is a real place where Borrego Springs Road drops and rises as it crosses a seasonal wash The low wall where teenage Willa takes cover is also real a sign announcing Welcome to Anza-Borrego Desert State Park About miles to the northeast in Ocotillo Wells State Vehicular Recreation Area is the eerie canyon where Col Lockjaw Sean Penn meets up with bounty hunter Avanti Humboldt County Bob Leonardo DiCaprio makes a frantic phone call outside Murphy's Sphere in One Battle After Another Warner Bros TNS Eureka and Arcata play the part of Baktan Cross the fictional neighborhood where Willa Chase Infiniti and her father Bob live Among the locations Murphy s Region Walnut St Cutten In January one of the earliest photos from what was then known as The BC Project established Bob Leonardo DiCaprio in plaid bathrobe and wraparound sunglasses outside Murphy s The payphone in the scene is a prop it briefly replaced the store s water machine Across the street is Babe s Pizza Pasta which was dressed as a Mexican restaurant for the movie Eureka High J St Eureka Willa s school Raliberto s Taco Shop G St Arcata It s in the shadow of the overpass where Bob flees on foot along a highway Sequoia Park The escape tunnel from Bob and Willa s house emerges in the forested city park Sacramento Related Articles The Lady Bird big blue house It s a real place in Sacramento Scenes involving a bank robbery and the subsequent chase were shot in downtown Sacramento The Christmas Adventurers headquarters is Ronald Reagan s old house th St and Lockjaw s medal ceremony is inside the Sacramento County Superior Courthouse Lompoc The chapel where Willa meets Lockjaw is at La Pur sima Mission Shooting also took place at the historic mission in San Juan Bautista