Southland Tales

Director Richard Kelly's follow-up to 2001s surprisingly popular DONNIE DARKO is a sprawling dystopian satire featuring an all-star cast and a storyline that splinters off into strange and unexpected places. The film begins with a nuclear explosion in Texas, which sparks a full-scale war between the U.S., the Middle East, and North Korea. Kelly's central character is action-movie star Boxer Santaros (Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson), who is suffering from a bout of amnesia upon returning from the desert. His reasons for being in the desert are hazy, but he's hooked up with porn star Krysta Now (Sarah Michelle Gellar), and together they have written a screenplay about the end of the world. Santaros tries to prepare for the film by taking a ride with a cop named Taverner (Sean William Scott). Director Richard Kelly Star Rock, Seann William Scott, Sarah Michelle Gella Cheri Oteri, John Larroquette, Jon Lovitz, Special Features: Anamorphic Widescreen - 2.40 Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - English Subtitles - English, French, Spanish - Optional Subtitles - English - Closed Captioned Additional Release Materials: Featurettes - 1. "Usident TV: Surveilling the Southland" Short Film - "This is the Way the World Ends" (animated) Special Features: 144 minutes Year of Release: 2007.