S. Darko (2009)

The story picks up seven years after the first film when little sister Samantha Darko and her best friend Corey are now 18 and on a roadtrip to Los Angeles when they are plagued by bizarre visions.

Director:

Chris Fisher

Writers:

Nathan Atkins (screenplay), Richard Kelly (characters)

Stars:

Daveigh Chase, Briana Evigan, James Lafferty

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Daveigh Chase	...	Samantha
Briana Evigan	...	Corey
James Lafferty	...	Iraq Jack
Ed Westwick	...	Randy
Walter Platz	...	Frank
John Hawkes	...	Phil
Bret Roberts	...	Officer O'Dell
Jackson Rathbone	...	Jeremy
Elizabeth Berkley	...	Trudy
Barbara Tarbuck	...	Agatha
Matthew Davis	...	Pastor John
Nathan Stevens	...	Jeff
Ryan Templeman	...	Mike
Zulay Henao	...	Baelyn
JJ Neward	...	Co-Worker (as J.J. Neward)

Storyline

July, 1995, the time is out of joint. Two teen girls, Sam and Corey, have left Virginia for L.A. to start over. Sam's brother has died and her family's shattered; Corey's too wild. They have car trouble in a small desert town, where Corey immediately starts her partying ways, where a meteorite strikes a windmill, and where a burned-out Desert Storm vet predicts the end of the world in four days. Sam hallucinates while sleepwalking, young men have disappeared from town, and cars come out of nowhere to cause accidents. Time travel may be possible, but it takes courage and resolve. Is the addled war veteran right? If he is, can Corey or Sam make things right?

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Plot Keywords:

time travel | sequel | second part | period in title | direct to video sequel to theatrical movie | 

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Taglines:

It's Time To Travel Forward

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Genres:

Crime | Mystery | Sci-Fi | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for language, some violent content and brief drug use

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

21 August 2009 (Italy)

Also Known As:

Donnie Darko 2

Filming Locations:

Delle, Utah, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$4,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Silver Nitrate, Newmarket Capital Group, Adam Fields Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

103 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital (Dolby 5.1)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The "100 Monkeys" displayed on the theater marquee refers to Jackson Rathbone's band of the same name.

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Goofs

The movie is set in Summer 1995, but we see movie announcements, car models, and currency units which didn't exist at that date. This is in keeping with the movie's themes of time travel and altered reality.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Corey: Only two more good mornings.
Sam: Only one more day.
Corey: We're so perfect.
Sam: Immaculate.

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Connections

References Easy Rider (1969)

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Soundtracks

"Heaven or Las Vegas"
Written by Elizabeth Fraser (as Elizabeth Davidson Fraser), Robin Guthrie (as Robin Andrew Guthrie),
Simon Raymonde (as Simon Philip Raymonde)
Performed by Cocteau Twins
Published by Universal-Polygram Int. Publ., Inc. on behalf of Universal/Momentum Music 3 Ltd.
Licensed courtesy of 4AD Ltd.

User Reviews

Arrrrrgggggg

well where do i begin. i never expected much from this film but i hoped for so much more than i got. the plot is randomly all over the place with hints of donnie darko crow bared in to make it relevant to the original(and probably the idea was to interest fans of the original). the acting is very wooden, the story is totally rambling and the end is stupid in so many ways. it seems very much like the makers have gone way out of the way to appeal to fans of the original, well i am very much one of those fans and i hated it with more than a passion, i only found out about this movie about an hour before i sat down to watch it, i wish i never found out about it.its obvious why it went straight to DVD. so if you are a fan of the original stay away from this one and just keep on loving donnie darko.