S.Darko.

Ok so i took the plunge and spent just over an hour and forty minutes of my life engrossed in the sequel to 2001's cult classic Donnie Darko; this decision was mostly brought on by seeing Donnie Darko on BBC2 last night and remembering just how enamored i was with it when i first saw it.

Some films are just ripe for sequels Donnie Darko was not one of them; and this horrible clunky botch job proves the point explicitly. 

S.Darko follows Donnie's sister (Daveigh Chase reprises her role) who has left home distraught at her brothers death; she goes on a road trip (I think?) with her friend. This is all i could fathom from the plot because as soon as the pair end up in small town America the film spews off into a weird student film inspired territory from which it never returns. 

The script is utterly appalling; and the acting is abhorrent, its not often you have to turn away from the screen in horror at the sheer ineptitude of the performers.  Ed Westwick is without doubt the worst culprit (he's that guy from Gossip Girl) He plays the same character in this; he's that good looking guy with stubble who takes 3 second pauses between words "so.... you wanna.... have a good.... time." It's horrible. 

There are small nuances from Donnie Darko like the rabbit head and the word "Darko." That's about it. 

And when you think it couldn't get any worse Nathan Scott from One Tree Hill turns up and throws in the worst performance by an actor i've ever seen, it was like he was taken out of a hospital 10 minutes after a serious brain operation and told to read lines. He looks like he has no idea what the film is called let alone his characters motivation. IT IS HORRIBLE. 

I can't even begin to stress how bad this film is, its apocalyptically bad; its Scream 3 bad; its got Elizabeth Berkley in it bad. 

Donnie Darko certainly challenged with its intelligence; this is so down right stupid it challenged my will to live. 

Please please don't watch this. 

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