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As Frank says near the beginning of the film, the world will end in 28 days, 6 hours, 42 mins, 12 seconds. So the "26 days remain" etc. that comes up on the screen is counting down to the supposed end of the world.

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Basically about a boy, Donnie Darko, who has a six sense, he knows the future. But this creates a paradox which would cause time itself to collapse, as you'd be able to make a choice, effectively changing a future that was pre-destined.Therefore, Donnie sees his visions in a really confusing way: He has all the images already in his head, but he just can't see them all. Or at least in the way that they happen; he only sees glimpses here and there.His visions are of a giant bunny rabbit named Frank. You see the boy Frank, when he runs of Gretchen and at the the end when all the characters are shown. It makes sense that this is what he sees because throughout his life, the absolute pinnacle of Donnie's emotional state is when his girl-friend Gretchen dies. 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He begins to accept it midway in the movie- thinking that Frank is a form of appeasing God for telling him to do things that could save people's lives. (Ex: Flood the school, burn the house down.) It isn't until his emotional breakdown when he's under hypnosis, that he learns Frank's true identity.The movie from then on spirals out of control, and the one's that he love begin to die. By this point Donnie realizes to save these people's lives he needs to undo what he had done, so he kills Frank by shooting him in the eye. (Ultimatley, some say Frank knew this was going to happen, but that he was hoping that Donnie would do the opposed with his free will) But before he does that Donnie says something in Latin like "The lord is my savior."After that Donnie is given the chance to relive his death, and this time, instead of taking the easy way out- he dies with a smile, cause he knows how many people he's saved in the process.And at the very end of the movie, everyone begins to wake up. 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