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Daveigh Chase reprises her role as Samantha Darko in this sequel set seven years after the events of director Richard Kelly's acclaimed cult hit. The day Donnie Darko died, his family died too. Almost... read more read more... a decade later, eighteen year old Sam still feels the loss every day. She longs to become a professional dancer, and decides to take a road trip to California with her best friend Corey (Briana Evigan). When their car breaks down just outside the dusty small town of Conejo Springs, carefree Corey bides her time waiting for a new water pump to arrive by striking up a friendship with local bad boy Randy Holt (Ed Westwick). The following morning, a meteor crashes to the ground nearby, destroying a local farmer's windmill and leaving a gaping crater in the ground. In the aftermath of that unsettling incident, Sam's disturbing prophetic dreams seem to start spilling over into the real world. Could the people around her prove the key to unlocking this unearthly mystery? Unfortunately for Sam, religious fanatics Trudy Potter (Elizabeth Berkley) and Pastor John Mellit (Matthew Davis) seem more interested in spouting religious clichés that pondering the end of the world, and Randy and the locals are too busy partying to notice that events are coming to a head. When the locals begin to gossip, Sam and Corey's friendship starts to suffer, and the pair have a bitter falling out. Unaware of the fact that they have become inexorably bound by fate to a missing child, an unstable Gulf War veteran, and a mysterious rift in the time-space continuum, the former friends discover that the world will soon perish unless a substantial sacrifice is made. ~ Jason Buchanan, Rovi

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R, 1 hr. 43 min.

Directed by: Chris Fisher

Release Date: May 12, 2009

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  • ythelastman89
    July 1, 2010
    ythelastman89
    Really not as bad as I was expecting. Clearly the director and writer worship the original, there's so many similar plots and meticulous homages to it. Daveigh Chase isn't all that great, neither is the character of Sam. However, this movie's just so interesting for some reason. ... read moreMaybe it was the cool 90s soundtrack that had me transfixed, but I honestly wasn't expecting anything more than a sci-fi channel original movie when I put it in. It's a nice surprise.
  • purplemegan
    February 6, 2010
    purplemegan
    I loved the first movie but I had to watch it a few times to really appreciate it. I'm not giving this one another chance. I thought that changing the past would make everything in the future right but it didnt seem that the boys were going to be discovered in the "new" future. A... read morend someone else was going to get the crazy rash from the radioactive meteor. There were so many alternate realities instead of just one like in the original.
  • MissMorganLeee
    December 27, 2009
    MissMorganLeee
    Loved the Original...but, WHAT WAS UP WITH THE MOVIE!! omg I had no Idea there could be soooo many sub-plots in one movie!! I mean I understood it having had seen Donnie Darko many times previous. but DD focus' on a single character and only one person dies!!! This was...I cant e... read moreven describe it....Hot Ed Westwick, Geeky Alien Rash Boy, Creepy Pastor, Drunk Friend, Cute Dresses, Murdering Housewives, and Iraq Jack...ooo and of course FRANK!!!! Yep, that about sums up this movie! ;P
  • ScoopOnline
    December 15, 2009
    ScoopOnline
    Christ I thought I was the only one who didnt like the sequel
  • YosemiteSamFan
    July 3, 2009
    YosemiteSamFan
    S. Darko has the look and feel of Donnie Darko. I liked how the story was both a logical followup, plus a fresh reversal of Donnie Darko's personal time travel predicament. Woefully, the execution could've been much better. None of the characters and ideas were fleshed out well e... read morenough. I didn't care enough about the characters to grieve their sacrifice; I wasn't moved to tears like I was at the end of Donnie Darko. Some characters were downright annoying and some unbelievable. What was with the geeky meteorite-boy; was he influenced by the space rock or was he always a creep? (BTW - nice Jeff Goldblum impression!) Recklessly, there were too many characters and storylines tossed around - and not enough connective plotting to tie everything together like the masterpiece original. I liked some of the subtle references to the first Darko, but others were curiously forced; like the metallic rabbit mask and the Time Travel book. Worst thing of all was the setting was no longer in the magical 80's, so they played 1995 tunes; which took me out of the serious moments.
  • superclerk25
    June 4, 2009
    superclerk25
    This movie is a waste of time. Horrible acting and a script that is pieced together from scenes of the original movie. There is a scene in a movie theater, a scene at a party edited together to look like the high school hallway scene from the first, a big bunny, and even a pers... read moreon of high standing in the community that has a thing for kids.
    There was so much unoriginal thinking in this movie it was ridiculous. It's obvious the makers of the film had no clue as to what happened in the original film and decided it best to play it safe and try and copy the film as best they could. Of course they say in the commentary that they understood it perfectly and if you don't get their movie then you weren't paying enough attention...
    Two ridiculous parts of the movie come from the ending. A child is left to die chained up in a cave while all the other people of the flick are smiling and thinking about how good it is to be alive. The other part that just had me rolling my eyes is the fact that the world comes to end by infectious space rocks that rain hell fire down upon the earth. I am not kidding.
  • MovieGeek13
    May 27, 2009
    MovieGeek13
    It's not as bad as you may think. It's just utterly pointless. Essentially what the filmmakers have done is tell almost an identical story to Donnie Darko, just with Donnie's sister as the main character. If you understand Richard Kelly's time travel talk, then the big twist i... read moren this movie is that Samantha is not the Living Receiver, like Donnie was. She plays the role of the Manipulated Dead, or the role of Frank the bunny from the first film.
    It's a well made film. And Ed Westwick pretty much plays his Gossip Girl character here, which is always entertaining. But the film takes no risks. The filmmakers seem too concerned with making their film feel like Donnie Darko, that they don't explore the mythology in any way. The film is too safe, and as a result, is as forgettable as a bad meal.
  • CrookedlittleB33
    May 24, 2009
    CrookedlittleB33
    It's no Donnie Darko...but it's really not a bad addition to the story at all in my opinion. You either love it or hate it, exactly how it was with the first. It's not really a sequel, it's just a so what happens next kind of story. It definitely had the feel and essence of the f... read moreirst one, granted the acting wasn't always top notch...but these characters were built quite well...not enough Iraq Jack, but we'll get to that later.

    Review...TBC.
  • thefog1331
    May 18, 2009
    thefog1331
    Well...um...I thought the score was great and they used a Cocteau Twins song so that was a plus but otherwise....
    Let me put it this way, I'm the first to admit that I didn't understand everything about Donnie Darko but the makers of this didnt know ANYthing about it.
    It's like... read more they cobbled together the most memorable moments and ideas from the first and then threw in half-assed storylines about meteors with weird side effects, a bitchy friend and disappearing children (which is never even resolved!)
    Now just in case this all sounds like disappointment it's not because I went into this with an open mind but lower than low expectations and it still didnt come close to matching.
  • kiriyamakazou
    May 4, 2009
    kiriyamakazou
    7 years ago we were left with one of the biggest cliffhangers of all time. For years fans demanded a sequel and here it is. Well, OK, nobody wanted this and yet here it is. One of the most pointless and unwanted films to ever be made. In a way I feel kind of sorry for it. The fil... read morem plays it too safe, simply imitating it's older brother. The idea of showing the film from the point of view of the manipulated dead as opposed to the living receiver is a good one. But apparenlt no matter what you are it's all a load of bollocks. The film is painfully dull and far too serious. Donnie Darko had an expert and hilarious sense of humour. There's no Sparkle Motion or "Suck a fuck"'s here. Donnie remained intriguing, due to expertly crafted websites and supplementary material, as well as a complex, but focused screenplay. S.Darko just misses the point, but doesn't even have the decency to be so bad, that's it's disgusting.

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Critic Reviews

Rossiter Drake
January 30, 2010
Rossiter Drake, San Francisco Examiner

This 'Donnie Darko Tale' is all style, no substance - a superficial imitation that retraces the original's twists and turns but offers none of its own. Full Review

Kevin Carr
January 9, 2010
Kevin Carr, 7M Pictures

It's been reported that Richard Kelly has completely disowned this movie, and for good reason Full Review

Jordan Hoffman
August 11, 2009
Jordan Hoffman, UGO

I love Donnie Darko. It is ominous, funny, replete with ... well-observed moments. S. Darko is a callous attempt to cash in on its well-earned appreciation. Full Review

Brian Holcomb
June 20, 2009
Brian Holcomb, CinemaBlend.com

The entire project seems to sweat from the exertion of its writer Nathan Atkins and director Chris Fisher to do something-anything-to make the film worthwhile. Full Review

David Cornelius
June 2, 2009
David Cornelius, eFilmCritic.com

It wants to echo the original but can't figure out the rhythms. Full Review

Bill Gibron
May 10, 2009
Bill Gibron, Filmcritic.com

a thick, viscous sludge of clichés, stereotypes, and poorly written dialogue Full Review

Brian Orndorf
May 7, 2009
Brian Orndorf, BrianOrndorf.com

It's a spineless, careless, bizarrely unadventurous number two that would rather saddle up and rehash Kelly's original screenplay over any clear-cut attempt to cook up some juicy oddities of its own. Full Review

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