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Southland Tales
Southland Tales

5.2

Southland Tales

R·2007·144m

Summary

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.

Cast

Dwayne Johnson

Dwayne Johnson

Boxer Santaros / Jericho Cane

Seann William Scott

Seann William Scott

Roland Taverner / Ronald Taverner

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Krysta Kapowski / Krysta Now

Mandy Moore

Mandy Moore

Madeline Frost-Santaros

Justin Timberlake

Justin Timberlake

Private Pilot Abilene

Miranda Richardson

Miranda Richardson

Nana Mae Frost

Wallace Shawn

Wallace Shawn

Baron Von Westphalen

Bai Ling

Bai Ling

Serpentine

Nora Dunn

Nora Dunn

Cyndi Pinziki

John Larroquette

John Larroquette

Vaughn Smallhouse

Kevin Smith

Kevin Smith

Simon Theory

Amy Poehler

Amy Poehler

Veronica Mung / Dream

Wood Harris

Wood Harris

Dion Element

Zelda Rubinstein

Zelda Rubinstein

Dr. Katarina Kuntzler

Beth Grant

Beth Grant

Dr. Inga Von Westphalen

Janeane Garofalo

Janeane Garofalo

General Teena MacArthur

Cheri Oteri

Cheri Oteri

Zora Charmichaels

Jon Lovitz

Jon Lovitz

Bart Bookman

Holmes Osborne

Holmes Osborne

Senator Bobby Frost

Will Sasso

Will Sasso

Fortunio Balducci

Christopher Lambert

Christopher Lambert

Walter Mung

Lou Taylor Pucci

Lou Taylor Pucci

Martin Kefauver

Michele Durrett

Starla Von Luft

Jill Ritchie

Jill Ritchie

Shoshana Kapowski

Lisa K. Wyatt

Lisa K. Wyatt

Teri Riley

Curtis Armstrong

Curtis Armstrong

Dr. Soberin Exx

Todd Berger

Todd Berger

Bing Zinneman

Rebekah Del Rio

Rebekah Del Rio

Vanessa Vera Cruz

Abbey DiGregorio

Abbey DiGregorio

Sheena Gee

Sab Shimono

Sab Shimono

Hideo Takehashi

Robert Benz

Tab Taverner

Joe Campana

Brandt Huntington

Chris Andrew Ciulla

UPU 4 Officer 3

Aaron Dillar

Jimmy Hermosa

Shari Dunn

USI Dent Reporter

Jon Falcone

Soldier Falcon

Jaret Gardiner

Shane Laverne

Shannon Lee Holmes

Shannon Lee Holmes

Todd Zinneman

Katherine Kendall

Katherine Kendall

Megazeppelin Waitress

Jinah Kim

Dr. Linda Lao

Gianna Luchini

Deena Storm

Mike Nielsen

Kenny Chan

Kevin Robertson

Seamus Storm

Philip Sternberg

Dennis Voogler

Sarah Christine Smith

Sarah Christine Smith

Dancer #1

Nicole Sciacca

Dancer #2

Aliane Baquerot

Dancer #3

Becca Sweitzer

Becca Sweitzer

Dancer #4

Chi Johnson

Dancer #5

Jenna Stewart

Dancer #6

Rachael Markarian

Rachael Markarian

Dancer #7

Marcy McCusker

Marcy McCusker

Dancer #8

Dave Carlin

News Reporter

Katarina Hyde

Katarina Hyde

Isabella / Interpreter

Sharon Jordan

Sharon Jordan

Secretary

Sean LoGrasso

US Ident Worker

Paulah May

Paulah May

Hysterical Passenger

Matt McColm

Matt McColm

Bar Bouncer

John T. O'Brien

SWAT Team Officer

Philip Roosevelt

Homeless Terrorist

Eli Roth

Eli Roth

Man Who Gets Shot on Toilet

Gary Sievers

Gary Sievers

Homeless Terrorist

Crew

Director, Writer

Richard Kelly

Reviews

JPV852

JPV852

March 29, 2021

3

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 solid films after The Sixth Sense to hang his hat on, Kelley's films following Donnie Darko (including his third film, The Box), were just nonsensical pretentious messes. **1.5/5**

Media

Status:

Released

Original Language:

English

Budget:

$17,000,000.00

Revenue:

$374,743.00

Keywords

suicide
marxism
amnesia
husband wife relationship
middle east
sibling relationship
smuggling (contraband)
undercover agent
parent child relationship
prophecy
kidnapping
spy
nevada
mass murder
blackmail
allegory
time travel
afghanistan
surrealism
twin brother
film in film
end of the world
interracial relationship
conspiracy
terrorism
split personality
big corporation
doppelgänger
government corruption
southern california
alternate timeline
environmental issue
world war iii
mysterious past
absurdism
fourth dimension