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Southland Tales

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With the United States under the threat of nuclear attack, the lives of several people converge in a dystopian Los Angeles. Movie star Boxer Santaros (Dwayne Johnson) plans his next film with the help of ambitious porn actress Krysta Now (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and troubled policeman Roland Taverner (Seann William Scott). Meanwhile, Marxist revolutionaries, greedy corporations and secretive government agencies pursue their separate agendas among a paranoid populace.
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Southland Tales, while offering an intriguing vision of the future, remains frustratingly incoherent and unpolished.

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Philippa Snow New Statesman 06/03/2020
Southland Tales is dizzyingly maximalist, never happy with one set-piece if it can introduce five. It is unhinged, and occasionally exhilarating, and quite often funny. Go to Full Review Mark Olsen Film Comment Magazine 11/19/2013
As the follow-up to his debut feature, the unexpectedly enduring teen-movie/sci-fi hybrid Donnie Darko, writer-director Richard Kelly has crafted an even more ambitious and far-reaching story Go to Full Review Anthony Quinn Independent (UK) 12/07/2007
1/5
They've left it late, but writer-director Richard Kelly (Donnie Darko) and his team have gone and scooped The Independent's Worst Film of 2007 award - against stiff competition, too. Go to Full Review Justin Micallef Vague Visages 02/06/2024
To catch the eye of Southland Tales is to look back on our past and future simultaneously, on the limitations of our technology and the humanity that screeches through it. Go to Full Review Tim Brayton Alternate Ending 03/26/2022
4/5
A radical, swirling hallucination of ideas that all feel grabbed at random. Go to Full Review Jason Shawhan Nashville Scene 09/10/2021
Sprawling, chaotic, stuffed to the gills with unexpected character actors and filled with apocalyptic mayhem, 2006's Southland Tales had a vision of where America was headed. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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thiago s @Thiagostone Nov 14 Filme mais ou menos, o roteiro é fraco, as cenas são mais ou menos, a história é fraca, o elenco é fraco, e ninguém ajuda a melhorar o filme, os personagens são fracos, e o filme deveria ter cenas bem melhores e relevantes, para fazer o filme ser bom See more Jeffrey P Sep 21 Been awhile since I've seen this, I've always held it in high regard as a top tier dystopian sci-fi feature and now, upon further viewing, I see that it is also very well written, a lot better than it gets credit for. I am honestly surprised that it is still not regarded higher, or even considered a cult classic. See more Oliver A Jun 2 Hands down one of the best movies of all time. Yes it is totally bananas. No chance there will ever be another movie like it. See more Lukas S 02/01/2025 Just don't go into this film as you would any film with Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and expect a "The Rock" film because you will be disappointed, just go into it to be entertained, it can get complicated but sometime complicated is a good thing. See more Haddon L 10/09/2024 The film should have been made in 2024 with everything that is going on today. See more Pete Y 09/18/2024 It feels like Richard Kelly borrowed themes from his first film Donnie Darko - right down to a character taking a bullet to the left eye - and attempted to make an absurd comedy from it and if there was ever a more unnecessary scene in a film than 2 animated SUV's fornicating, I don't want to know See more Read all reviews
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Richard Kelly

Director

Dwayne Johnson

Boxer Santaros

Seann William Scott

Roland Taverner

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Krysta Kapowski

Curtis Armstrong

Dr. Soberin Exx

Joe Campana

Brandt Huntington

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Synopsis With the United States under the threat of nuclear attack, the lives of several people converge in a dystopian Los Angeles. Movie star Boxer Santaros (Dwayne Johnson) plans his next film with the help of ambitious porn actress Krysta Now (Sarah Michelle Gellar) and troubled policeman Roland Taverner (Seann William Scott). Meanwhile, Marxist revolutionaries, greedy corporations and secretive government agencies pursue their separate agendas among a paranoid populace.
Director
Richard Kelly
Producer
Sean McKittrick, Kendall Morgan, Bo Hyde, Matthew Rhodes
Screenwriter
Richard Kelly
Distributor
Destination Films, Samuel Goldwyn Company
Production Co
Cherry Road Films LLC
Rating
R (Sexual Material|Language|Some Drug Content|Violence)
Genre
Comedy, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Nov 14, 2007, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Jan 27, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA)
$273.4K
Runtime
2h 24m
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