Southland Tales (2007)

14/11/2007 (DE)•Science Fiction, Thriller, Comedy•2h 24m

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Have a nice apocalypse.

Overview

Set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles on July 4, 2008, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now, an adult film star developing her own reality television project, and Ronald Taverner, a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy.

Top Billed Cast

Dwayne Johnson
Boxer Santaros / Jericho Cane
Seann William Scott
Roland Taverner / Ronald Taverner
Sarah Michelle Gellar
Krysta Kapowski / Krysta Now
Mandy Moore
Madeline Frost-Santaros
Justin Timberlake
Private Pilot Abilene
Miranda Richardson
Nana Mae Frost
Wallace Shawn
Baron Von Westphalen
Bai Ling
Serpentine
Nora Dunn
Cyndi Pinziki

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A review by JPV852

3.0

Written by JPV852 on Mar 29, 2021

Saw this one many years ago and really didn't care much for it. Watching it again, now the 'Cannes Cut', I absolutely... hated it. A bit of a shame since I love Donnie Darko (the director's cut especially) and where that one managed to blend social commentary with end-of-the world science fiction pretty well, this one did not. In fact, it was a real mess. However the biggest issue, beyond being downright boring at times, where I liked the characters in Donnie Darko, here I really couldn't care less. I would compare Richard Kelly to someone like M. Night Shyamalan, but least he had a couple ...