Southalnd Tales – April 2008
Review originally published in SBU’s The Statesman
(Updated and additional notes are further below.)
"In the time I have taken off to concentrate on class projects, my friends and I have discovered a movie that is not like any other recent release. Southland Tales is the latest film from Donnie Darko director Richard Kelly. The film is a doomsday sci-fi narrative that takes place in Los Angeles, and stars a collective of actors and actresses who would not otherwise be working together if not for its bizarre and amusing script. The cinematography alone is worth a second screening.
Boxer Santaros, played by Dwayne Johnson, is a famous actor married to the California senator's daughter, played by Mandy Moore. But because of amnesia he is staying with porn star actress and "social commentator" show host, Krysta Now (Sarah Michelle Gellar). Krysta and Boxer have written a screenplay of how the world ends and soon enough their film becomes reality.
