S. Darko (2009)

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  TheMovieDiorama

  1 / 10

  S. Darko was an absolute waste of time. Not just because the film is an atrocious sequel to a film that really did not need a continuation. But the main reason being that the story literally, by the end, restarts itself. The entire film technically didn't happen. Sure, 'Donnie Darko' used the same method, but for justifiable causes. It was a meditative thought-provoking narrative that philosophised the use of time travel. This on the other hand is just pointless. So incomprehensibly dumb, that nothing could quantify this sequel's existence. Years later after the events of the first film, Donnie's youngest sister travels to California with a friend when their car breaks down. They wander around town for a few days, experiencing hallucinations taunting that the world will end in 4 days, 17 hours, 30-something minutes and oh my lord no one cares. Someone tell me what the point of this was? Seriously. I've got nothing. Is it supposed to indicate that bad things happen to people who treat others inappropriately? Does it question the meaning of fate? Or even religion? For the life of me I cannot find a single positive outcome from this straight-to-DVD experience. The acting was wooden. No characters had any personable qualities or even remotely relatable. The script thinks it's a dissertation on fate, and yet still includes the line "until farts taste like cherry". Whilst boasting a similar budget to the original, the visual effects were somehow worse. The story doesn't even make sense, as it purposefully confuses in an attempt to come across as intellectually stimulating. Music so obtrusive that it was as if I was listening to "Now That's What I Call Music! 54". The "somewhat attractive actor playing an unattractive nerd" cliché. "That rash is gnarly!". I can't. I'm done. It just clings onto 'Donnie Darko' because it's the only thing it can do. I literally just watched it five minutes ago and have already forgotten about the whole thing. S. Darko may have just improved my rating for the original. This is irrefutably terrible. Sleepy Darko. Snoozefest Darko. Someone-Pass-Me-The-Gun Darko.

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