So there's this kid called Donnie Darko, he's a schizophrenic teen And this aeroplane engine falls through his roof and lands where he's just been But it's cool cos he's out sleepwalking – as is his habit Engaged in apocalyptic discourse with this freaky six-foot rabbit
You see our Donnie on reality doesn't have a firm hold The rabbit teaches him about time travel and wormholes He burns down Patrick Swayze's house cos the rabbit tells him to He shags a chick called Gretchen and the rabbit shows him what to do They throw a wicked Halloween party, with 80's tunes and beer Then they hop on their bikes and ride through the night and that's when things get weird
The rabbit's drunk behind the wheel, and Gretchen cops a car-full So Donnie takes out his gun and shoots the rabbit through the eyeball Then he carries his girlfriend's body up the hill above his town And watches as the parallel universe he's been living in tumbles down
Then using telekinesis he rips an engine off this plane And is sucked back through the wormhole and he's back at the beginning again So when the jet comes through the ceiling, he's tucked up in his bed And life is back to normal, except that Donnie Darko's dead
This film's an examination of time and space and psychosis And a very good example of why they developed myxomatosis