Review of Southland Tales (2007) by Dann M — 11 Nov 2013

Richard Kelly's follow up to the excellent Donnie Darko is a huge disappointment. Set in Los Angeles following a nuclear war, it follows a vignette of stories and tries to come off as some kind of futuristic version of Short Cuts, involving politics, blackmail, sex and science fiction.

It doesn't work though because it's elongated, incomprehensible, pretentious nonsense. The actors just wander around with a look on their face as though they understood the story less than I did.

There's some good visuals but the movie as a whole is a failure.

Just a director's ego trip following the cult success of his debut.