SOUTHLAND TALES (2006):
El Paso and Abilene, Texas have fallen victim to twin nuclear attacks on July 4, 2005 – a catastrophe of unimaginable proportions which sent America into war. The Patriot Act has been upgraded to a new agency known as US-IDENT, which keeps constant tabs on citizens – even to the extent of censoring the Internet and using fingerprints in order to access computers and bank accounts. In order to be able to respond to a new-found fuel shortage, the German company Treer designs a generator of inexhaustible energy which is propelled by ocean currents, entitled “Fluid Karma.” Unbeknown to them, the generators alter the currents and cause the Earth to spiral out of control through space, ripping holes in the fabric of space and time.
In Los Angeles, a city on the brink of chaos, we follow the criss-crossed destinies of Boxer Santaros (Dwayne Johnson), an action film actor stricken with amnesia; Krysta Now (Sarah Michelle Gellar), ex-porn star in the midst of reconverting; and twin brothers Roland and Ronald Taverner (both played by Seann William Scott), whose destinies – on one evening – become intertwined with that of all mankind.
Dwayne Johnson as Boxer Santaros
Seann William Scott as Roland Taverner / Ronald Taverner
Sarah Michelle Gellar as Krysta Now
Miranda Richardson as Nana Mae Frost
Justin Timberlake as Pilot Abilene
Wallace Shawn as Baron Von Westphalen
John Larroquette as Vaughn Smallhouse
Mandy Moore as Madeline Frost Santaros
Jon Lovitz as Bart Bookman
Kevin Smith as Simon Theory
Will Sasso as Fortunio Balducci
The film premiered May 21, 2006 at the Cannes Film Festival, where it received a negative reception. After significant edits, the final version premiered at Fantastic Fest on September 22, 2007. It opened in wide release in California on November 14, 2007 and in Canada as well as nationwide in United States, in just 63 theaters, on November 16, 2007. The film opened in the United Kingdom on December 7, 2007.
This will be out on DVD this Tuesday 3/18 !
