So, how to follow up Donnie Darko? How's about putting all your cards down and letting the world see that you can spin up a 'big concept' and not actually have a clue as to how to resolve it...Kelly meets his end in a big way by attempting too much, with new-age, computer games, musicals and low-brow comedy all somehow forced to serve an apocalyptic Christ-parable. It's one of those rare films that you watch like a slow-motion car crash; the horrors just keep on getting worse and worse. And when you think you've had the last of it, Christopher Lambert turns up.
As it happens, having The Rock playing a neurotic geek as the main lead in a mess that probably imagines it's an eclectic ensemble piece a la Altman is one of the few things that'll get you through this. He would be well advised to do another proper actioner pronto; The Mummy 5 or somesuch could not be as embarrassing. As for Kelly, as least M. Night Shyamalan managed to rattle off two whole good films before he was found out.
3/10
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