Burning Palms

Unsettling anthology offers up a dark satire of life in L.A. through five vignettes featuring an ensemble cast including Dylan McDermott, Zoe Saldana, Shannen Doherty, Nick Stahl, and Jamie Chung. A young woman questions the relationship between her betrothed and his teenage daughter; a girl has a problem after dealing with her boyfriend's bedroom request; a gay male couple adopts a black child as an accessory; unsupervised kids torture their maid; and a rape victim begs her attacker to be her beau. 112 min. Widescreen (Enhanced); Soundtrack: English DTS HD 5.1 Master Audio; theatrical trailer.