Donnie Darko was a movie that had a limited release some time in 2001/2. I don't think it did very well at the box-office, 'cause I never heard of it until I stumbled across it while rifling through my brother's DVD collection. It didn't look like the kind of thing that my brother usually buys, so I guess he must have bought it on the recommendation of the shop-owner ("Boss!! Ini punya cerita baik punye!!").

I put it aside at first, but then I came across a few references to it on the Internet, saying how awesome, cool, mind-blowing etc. this movie was, so I decided to watch it. It's about this high-school dude Donnie Darko (played by Jake Gyllenhaal, pre-"Day After Tomorrow") who's kind of a weirdo, doesn't get along with the other kids, but he's actually quite smart. He starts having these weird dreams/visions and strange things start happening around him. Then an airplane engine (I kid you not) falls on his bedroom, but Donnie survives cause at the time, he was chasing after this giant rabbit called Frank. Are you confused yet? Wait 'til you get to the part about black holes and time travel. .

The film is quite surreal, and very trippy. It's great to watch when you're high . But the ending is a killer, and I'm sure you'll go "What? No way! But...". In fact, they're still debating it in Internet chatrooms all over the world!

Personally, I thought it was all right, but I don't see how it deserves the 8.3 it gets on IMDB. But it sure does have a cult following. In fact, a Director's Cut was released this year, with 20 mins of additional "never-before-seen" footage. But I wonder if it's the same as the extra footage they had on the DVD.. Well, hope that the Director's Cut makes it here to Malaysia.