Movie Cosmos - Southland Tales

Description:

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 Cast >

Dwayne Johnson

As Boxer Santaros / Jericho Cane

Seann William Scott

As Roland Taverner / Ronald Taverner

Sarah Michelle Gellar

As Krysta Kapowski / Krysta Now

Mandy Moore

As Madeline Frost-Santaros

Justin Timberlake

As Private Pilot Abilene

Miranda Richardson

As Nana Mae Frost

Wallace Shawn

As Baron Von Westphalen

Bai Ling

As Serpentine

Nora Dunn

As Cyndi Pinziki

John Larroquette

As Vaughn Smallhouse

Kevin Smith

As Simon Theory

Amy Poehler

As Veronica Mung / Dream

Wood Harris

As Dion Element

Zelda Rubinstein

As Dr. Katarina Kuntzler

Beth Grant

As Dr. Inga Von Westphalen

Janeane Garofalo

As General Teena MacArthur

Cheri Oteri

As Zora Charmichaels

Jon Lovitz

As Bart Bookman

Holmes Osborne

As Senator Bobby Frost

Will Sasso

As Fortunio Balducci

Christopher Lambert

As Walter Mung

Lou Taylor Pucci

As Martin Kefauver

Michele Durrett

As Starla Von Luft

Jill Ritchie

As Shoshana Kapowski

Lisa K. Wyatt

As Teri Riley

Curtis Armstrong

As Dr. Soberin Exx

Todd Berger

As Bing Zinneman

Rebekah Del Rio

As Vanessa Vera Cruz

Abbey DiGregorio

As Sheena Gee

Sab Shimono

As Hideo Takehashi

Robert Benz

As Tab Taverner

Joe Campana

As Brandt Huntington

Chris Andrew Ciulla

As UPU 4 Officer 3

Aaron Dillar

As Jimmy Hermosa

Shari Dunn

As USI Dent Reporter

Jon Falcone

As Soldier Falcon

Jaret Gardiner

As Shane Laverne

Shannon Lee Holmes

As Todd Zinneman

Katherine Kendall

As Megazeppelin Waitress

Jinah Kim

As Dr. Linda Lao

Gianna Luchini

As Deena Storm

Mike Nielsen

As Kenny Chan

Kevin Robertson

As Seamus Storm

Philip Sternberg

As Dennis Voogler

Sarah Christine Smith

As Dancer #1

Nicole Sciacca

As Dancer #2

Aliane Baquerot

As Dancer #3

Becca Sweitzer

As Dancer #4

Chi Johnson

As Dancer #5

Jenna Stewart

As Dancer #6

Rachael Markarian

As Dancer #7

Marcy McCusker

As Dancer #8

Dave Carlin

As News Reporter

Katarina Hyde

As Isabella / Interpreter

Sharon Jordan

As Secretary

Sean LoGrasso

As US Ident Worker

Paulah May

As Hysterical Passenger

Matt McColm

As Bar Bouncer

John T. O'Brien

As SWAT Team Officer

Philip Roosevelt

As Homeless Terrorist

Eli Roth

As Man Who Gets Shot on Toilet

Gary Sievers

As Homeless Terrorist

Top Crew >

Richard Kelly

Director

Reviews:

JPV852 (3/10)

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

2021-03-29