Southland Tales

I love when movies about the future take place in the not so distance future.
From the same writer and director as Donnie Darko, Richard Kelly, had come out with 6 part graphic novel that went along with the release of Southland Tales in 2007 limited release. He also designed the most interactive and extensive website for a film ever.

The apocolyspe is about to happen over Southern California also referred to as Southland by natives. Featuring an ensemble cast, which I LOVE! this movie really takes a look at the near future in a different history but closely resembling current events of our present day. This future includes porking cars, guerrilla underground gangs in Venice Beach, Zeppelin travel, and time travel, Richard Kelly loves themes of time travel, the fourth dimension, and one soul to save the world idea. This certain someone happens to be The Rock. Saving the world by sacrificing himself.
Another Kelly theme that came up was the antagonist with one eye shot out,(played by Sean William Scott whos twin from the future a UPU2 agent must die) who like in Donnie Darko did something in the past to change the events of future and must erase his mistake to fix the past/present.

Narrated by Justin Timberlake an ex-military survivor or Iraq where experiments were done on soldiers as part of an operation called Liquid Karma by a mad scientist who assistant is Bai Ling.

Watch close for Kevin Smith and Janeane Garofalo and Donnie Darko cast members all over the place. Including a homage to the Sparkle Motion dance troop recital.

Its dark and gloomy and shiny and bright.



Moby also does the whole sound track, its very epic.