Donnie Darko Prequel

Rating: 7/10 (13 January 2006)

I just saw the Donnie Darko prequel, released in 1981. It details the events that led to Donnie's mental breakdown seven years prior to the events in DD. Apparently, this is not the first time a time portal has opened in his bedroom, leading to threatening visitors and a confrontation with the nature of god and the corruption of time. In this movie we also learn that his real parents were killed as a result of the 1981 time portal, and the parents in DD are, in fact, adoptive. Also, his born name isn't Donnie, it is Kevin.
Apparently, the universe was made in seven days, and was a "Rush job" according to one of god's mysterious servants. As a result, time is riddled with holes that threaten the very existence of space-time. God has assigned several agents to tracking down and repairing these corruptions to preserve the universe's integrity. Unfortunately for Donnie, and the universe, these agents occasionally become dissatisfied with Gods plan, as they are agents with free will, and stop their very important jobs of time repair and take up the indefensible practice of Time Banditry!! The choices made by Kevin/Donnie in both cases saved the universe from destruction. In DD we see how god's servants operate in secret when they are doing their assigned jobs.