12 Most Underrated 2000s Sci-Fi Movies
1. Southland Tales
In 2005, the world waited with baited breath to see
what the indie auteur behind surprise smash Donnie Darko would do next. The
answer, we now all know, is this disastrous satire/ sort of dystopia/ sci fi
dramedy which brought together a sprawling ensemble cast including Sarah
Michelle Gellar, the Rock, and Justin Timberlake(!) in an incomprehensible
story involving the apocalypse, some sort of surveillance, and World War III.
Oh, and it was set in the far flung future of… 2008.
Time hasn’t been kind to the flop, since the subjects of its satire—America’s endless middle eastern wars, its shamelessly overzealous patriotism, its celebrity worship and mindless pop culture—are all now irrelevant, and so… wait a second.
Maybe this cluttered but often hilarious and surprisingly incisive satire is overdue a reconsideration after all…