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Southland Tales

Dwayne Johnson (Actor), Seann Scott (Actor), Richard Kelly (Director) Rated:

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Genre	Action
Format	Multiple Formats, AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Contributor	Jon Lovitz, John Larroquette, Sean McKittrick, Sarah Gellar, Matthew Rhodes, Bo Hyde, Kendall Morgan, Mandy Moore, Seann Scott, Dwayne Johnson, Richard Kelly, Wallace Shawn, Cherry Road Films; Darko Entertainment; Inferno Distribution, LLC; MHF Zweite Academy Film GmbH & Co See more
Language	English
Runtime	2 hours and 24 minutes

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SOUTHLAND TALES is an ensemble piece set in the futuristic landscape of Los Angeles, as it stands on the brink of social, economic and environmental disaster. Boxer Santaros (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson) is an action star who's stricken with amnesia. His life intertwines with Krysta Now (Sarah Michelle Gellar), an adult film star developing her own reality television project, and Ronald Taverner (Seann William Scott), a Hermosa Beach police officer who holds the key to a vast conspiracy.

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Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 2.40:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.5 x 0.5 inches; 3.2 Ounces
Item model number ‏ : ‎ 3707723
Director ‏ : ‎ Richard Kelly
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, AC-3, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Subtitled, Widescreen
Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 24 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ March 18, 2008
Actors ‏ : ‎ Dwayne Johnson, Seann Scott, Sarah Gellar, Mandy Moore, Jon Lovitz
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, Spanish, French
Producers ‏ : ‎ Bo Hyde, Sean McKittrick, Kendall Morgan, Matthew Rhodes
Language ‏ : ‎ English (Dolby Digital 5.1), Unqualified (DTS ES 6.1)
Studio ‏ : ‎ Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0011VIO3W
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Benjamin P.

Rare Gem that I Keep Coming Back To

Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2023

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There's just something the movie that really drew me in. For one the soundtrack is just dead on. When this first came out direct to DVD and Dish I just happened to catch it late one night and this was right as the 2008 election was happening. And they nailed the problems we all felt then as well into the past and future, seeing as we keep doing the same thing and expecting a different outcome each time. And ever 4 years, it seems to fit right back into our problem of career politicians, regardless of who they are, taking advantage of their positions. It also boasts a great cast with a lot of people you wouldn't expect to see. Since when did the Highlander need to start selling guns and rockets out of an ice-cream truck LOL “that’s a heat seeking, ground to air missile, from Siberia bitch. You can’t afford it” I mean rock the sword at least!

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Mark Adam

Even a red-headed stepchild can be terrific

Reviewed in the United States on January 23, 2009

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Southland Tales is not your typical science fiction movie. It's not your typical thriller, or even your typical independent film (if there is such a thing). I don't know exactly what kind of film this is, and I don't think the creators of Southland Tales really know either. One thing for sure, this film is hysterical, as long as you don't take it too seriously.

Richard Kelly follows his dark cult film Donnie Darko with this portrait of an alternate version of America where darker events and imaginative technological developments have led to a more extreme version of the present day. Terrorist acts on American soil beyond 9/11 have led to more US military incursions around the globe and greater governmental control over civil liberties. It is mid-2008, and people connected to the Iraq war and the upcoming Presidential election are involved in a mysterious technological/mystical/religious/drug -addled conspiracy. The film centers on Boxer Santaros, a movie star married to the candidate for vice presidency's daughter, who suffers from amnesia. He finds himself in the company of Krystal Now, a porn star branching into the reality show/music/energy drink business, who tells him he's directing and producing a thriller about the end of the world based on his own screenplay, which she has actually written herself. And the storyline gets much more convoluted from there.

The best way to make sense of this movie is to read Southland Tales: The Prequel Saga, a graphic novel written by Richard Kelly, which covers the events prior to the movie. No wait, it still won't make much sense. Well, it will at least explain some of the loose ends in more detail, such as how the characters got into the situations they're in at the beginning of the film: how Pilot Abilene (Justin Timberlake) and Roland Taverner (Seann William Scott) ended up in a friendly-fire incident that scarred them both; how the body in the box ended up in Simon Theory (Kevin Smith)'s possession; and what the heck Santaros mumbles when he gets overwhelmed. Reading the graphic novel will lessen (not eliminate) the number of times you say "Huh?" while watching, but nothing will stop the ever increasing times, as the movie continues, you'll say "What?" in greater frequency and volume.

And therein lies the charm of this crazy, patch-work quilt of a movie. As you watch, you'll find yourself moving from willing disbelief to confusion to frustration and then to utter hysteria as the farcical nature of the labyrinthine story line overwhelms you. This will be easier for some to accept than others, for Richard Kelly didn't really intend for Southland Tales to so absurd, but unfortunately that's what it ends up being. The antics of the characters, and the depictions by the actors, are more and more hilarious as the film goes on.

There are too many uniquely memorable scenes and lines to encapsulate here, but some of the best are: Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's depiction of Santaro's nervous fidgeting; Cheri Oteri as a psychotic henchman, accompanied by a deadpan Jon Lovitz channeling Rutger Hauer channeling Hannibal Lecter; Amy Proehler (from Saturday Night Live - theres's a lot of Saturday Night Live alumni here) and Wood Harris (from "The Wire") pretending to be a bride and groom in a domestic disturbance; Chris Lambert dealing arms out of a ice cream truck; Seann William Scott playing twin brothers who are both constantly injected with designer drugs causing them to interrupt their deadpan deliveries with cross-eyed collapse (over and over again); Wallace Shawn as a mad scientist wearing mascara and his thinning hair moussed into a curlicue on his forehead; Bai Ling revealing a hideous mole (apparently real) in her plunging (no, more like missing) neckline; and one of my favorite actresses, Sarah Michelle Gellar, as Santoro's scheming porn-star love interest, delivering her lines with a waifish tone and "come hither" look. Gellar, and all the actors, do the best they can with the script, better suited for the world of comic books, but they can't keep the film from devolving into an unintentionally ridiculous commentary on the policies of Bush administration, and the director's view of the world Bush and his people tried to create.

Watching the film as a serious attempt as political commentary melded with futuristic science fiction will lead to frustrated disappointment, but the viewer who is looking for a wacky, comic-book-style ensemble performance will find the 2 and ½ hour film (that's 2 ½ hours, be prepared for that) a enjoyable release from reality, even worthy of repeated viewing. If you're in the right frame of mind, you'll find tons of moments to talk about after the film is finished, like whether Gellar meant to sway on her high heels as she walks away in one scene, or Johnson's personal belief about suicide, or Justin Timberlake's singing and dancing interlude (yes, that's right). If you come to this film knowing what it's like, then, like the red-headed stepchild of the family or the runt dog of the litter, it may soften your heart and become a favorite of yours.

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Kristin

On having a happy apocalypse

Reviewed in the United States on November 18, 2007

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"Southland Tales" is a sublimely, spectacularly awful movie. Really, really, REALLY awful. So awful, in fact, that it goes through awful and come out the other side, like Dante's "Divine Comedy" meets "Plan 9 From Outer Space."

I'm not ever going to try to recap the plot...it involves SoCal and the apocalypse. Any deeper understanding and your brain will begin to melt. It does help, though, to read the Prequel Saga (the graphic novel, available on Amazon but not in any bookstore I've gone into). The Prequel Saga at least gives you a better picture of the world you're entering...a near future even more futuristic then we ever anticipated.

This movie works best when you simply consider it as a series of moments. Think of it as several dozen very short films that are being presented together for your viewing pleasure. Only then can you appreciate Krysta Now (Sarah Michelle Gellar, who uses a wide-eyed earnestness here that is so un-Buffylike that at first you hardly believe it's her) and her porn-star posse debating the ethics of abortion and quantum mechanics on a reality show on the beach. Or Dion (Wood Harris) and Dream's (Amy Poehler with the fakest fake nose I've ever seen) hysterical "domestic dispute." Or even the commercial where two SUVs get it on. Yes, two cars f***. I can't make this stuff up.

This movie has a great cast...I mean, Zelda Rubinstein! Christopher Lambert! Kevin Smith! Granted, you barely get to see any of those people, because there are SO MANY PEOPLE in the cast that it's hard to keep track of them all. (Watch for the looks on each actor's face. They all have a sort-of stunned, "what is this movie? How did I get here? What have I done?" look on their faces. Poor Sean William Scott looks like someone must have kidnapped his grandmother and forced him to do this movie as ransom.) A few stand outs, though, were Justin Timberlake as Pilot Abilene--Timberlake drunkenly lip-sychs to The Killers "All These Things That I've Done" with a s***-eating smirk on his face that tells me that HE gets the joke that is this movie. Also Cheri Oteri, who usually annoys the heck out of me but here plays a really annoying character who happens to be a sociopath. Like I said, through awful and out the other side.

Music in this movie is fabulous...the aforementioned lip-synching might have been my favorite part of the movie (if god wanted to speak to ME, he'd probably do it through Killers lyrics, too). Rebekah Del Rio (as herself) sings "The Star-Spangled" banner, and I felt the first stirrings of traditional patriotism that I've felt since 2004. Moby provides an atmospheric score, which sounds basically like every other Moby song I've ever heard, but fits this movie very well. And Kelley takes us to the credits with Blur's "Tender," which was a great finish considering that the last 20-some minutes are the oddest bit in the whole film.

If this review hasn't scared you off, check it out at whatever indie-theater happens to be within 200 miles of you. Definitely read the graphic novel FIRST or you'll be even more lost.

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Flex Kavana

Still fantasticly stupid

Reviewed in Germany on March 23, 2022

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Enrico Pantalone

Un film singolare

Reviewed in Italy on January 30, 2020

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Sarah Michelle Gellar interpreta un'attrice porno che scrive una sceneggiatura basata su una vita alternativa in un mondo alternativo che poi è la realtà in cui vive realmente. Maritato il premio a Cannes. Film non certo leggero, ma educativo.

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Kouz1 UB

1 SATIRE DE L'AMERIQUE QUI N'EST PAS AU GOUTS DE TOUS !

Reviewed in France on September 4, 2016

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Et bien pour moi ce film est génial, une caricature qui frôlent a la fois la réalité au burlesque c'est génial ! Une pléiades d'acteurs dans des rôles a contre emplois, dont J.Timberlake ou C.Lambert par exemple, pour n'en cité que 2 parmies tant d'autres.
Un scénarios de Ouf pour un film de fous, réunissant la crème de la société américaine, pour une critique a l'humour noir d'un temps de 2h30.
Parlé de l'histoire ne servirait a rien, car elle est trop complexe, et plusieurs visionnages ne sont pas inutiles pour apprécier ce film tirée d'une BD écrite par le réalisateur en personne. Mais dont le film ne commence qu'au 4ème Chapitre !
Une histoire temporelle qui est tirée de l'esprit tordue mais génial de Richard Kelly, a qui l'on devait le très culte Donnie Darko (2002).
Pour ce film, c'est carrément le festival de Cannes, qui hélas comprend les délires d'un Lars Von Triers (Mélancholia) mais pas de Kelly qui juste avant ce film avait écrit le scénarios du lui-aussi contesté "Domino".
Heureusement avec "The Box" il écrasera tout critiques superficielle de son génie, mais qui reste son derniers film depuis 7ans maintenant.

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Albatross

Probably would have made a better TV serial

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 9, 2013

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For those of you that don't know, `Southland Tales' is the second film from (Donnie Darko-acclaimed) writer/director Richard Kelly. After the success of Darko, he was given a much bigger budget to play with for his next feature and the stars queued up to be in it. How could it possibly fail?

It did.

And I was quite saddened by the reaction from viewers and critics alike (because I really loved it!). Yes, if you're thinking of watching Southland Tales, know that most people absolutely loathed it. They described it as unwatchable, too complicated and not making any sense.

And they're probably right. But I still love it anyway. For a start, it's set in the same `Darko' universe and, like its predecessor, is a mixture of genres. Ultimately, it's an `end-of-the-world' film, but it encompasses comedy, romance, action, musical, thriller, science fiction and even political satire on the constant `war' on terrorism.

It has numerous characters, all of which are playing their part in the overall story. However, this is where the `haters' start to build their argument. There are so many characters that none of them (bar Dwayne Johnson possibly) are really afforded the screen time they deserve. Hence we never really know an awful lot about them and then suddenly they're killed off and we're left none the wiser to what they were really about.

Then you have the narration. There's an old saying in the writing world: `Show, don't tell.' Here, Southland Tales simply tells half of the important plot points through a narrator and various fictional shots from the internet. Again, this does give off the feeling of being a bit rushed.

But, if you can get over the many minus points, you'll find that Southland Tales is actually quite a novel story, told in a very slick and stylish way. Some of the scenes are almost visually hypnotic and the soundtrack (courtesy of Moby) certainly adds to the mood.

If you've seen Donnie Darko, you may know what to expect. Don't think you're going to get any quick answers to what's going on. You may find you're looking up answers on the internet as to what Southland Tales is all about. That prospect may not appeal to everyone, so, if you're one of them, don't bother watching this. However, I'll just sit back and enjoy the experience. I don't claim to understand everything and I'll never say it's a perfect film. However, I found it perfect for me.

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alejo82

Inedito en españa con subtitulos latinos

Reviewed in Spain on June 13, 2012

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Pelicula inedita en españa por lo que es imposible encontrarla doblada al castellano. Esta edicion ofrece subtitulos para la pelicula en español usa.

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