4.5 Score

2007 • 2h 25min • R • Science Fiction, Thriller, Comedy

Southland Tales

"Have a nice apocalypse."

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.

IMDb 5.3

RT 41%

MC 44

Director

Richard Kelly

Composer

Moby

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Dwayne Johnson

Boxer Santaros / Jericho Cane

Seann William Scott

Roland Taverner / Ronald Taverner

Sarah Michelle Gellar

Krysta Kapowski / Krysta Now

Mandy Moore

Madeline Frost-Santaros

Justin Timberlake

Private Pilot Abilene

Miranda Richardson

Nana Mae Frost

Wallace Shawn

Baron Von Westphalen

Bai Ling

Serpentine

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