Southland Tales (2007)
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.
- Richard Kelly
- Tim Trella
- Maxine Bergen
- Mark Cotone
- Richard Kelly
Rating: 5.2/10 by 539 users
Alternative Title:
Las horas perdidas - AR
Country:
Germany
United States of America
France
Language:
English
Runtime: 02 hour 24 minutes
Budget: $17,000,000
Revenue: $374,743
Plot Keyword: 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
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**
