Adding insult to any injury.
Over the last few years the Darwin Awards have built up a dedicated worldwide following. Named after evolutionary theorist Charles Darwin the awards are bestowed annually upon those individuals who instigate the most idiotic accidents of the year - thereby doing the human race a favour by removing themselves from the gene-pool!
Michael Burrows (Joseph Fiennes), a forensic detective in the SFPD has become increasingly fascinated by the number of Darwin deaths being reported. Brilliant but overly cautious he is fired from the force for allowing a serial killer to escape in the line of duty. Determined to prove a common theme in these cases Burrows joins forces with Siri (Winona Ryder) - a clinical, no-nonsense insurance investigator specializing in the more bizarre claims received. With sparks flying in the best Hepburn-Tracy tradition this unlikely duo attempt to uncover the mystery of these ‘Darwin' casualties.
Along the way our heroes come across a parade of unforgettable characters: the speed freak who strapped a rocket launcher to his Chevy Impala in his quest to set a land speed record. The two guys who decide that dynamite is the fastest way to break through a patch of ice to go fishing. The teenagers who will do anything to break into a Metallica concert, and the ad executive who is so confident in the strength of his shatter-proof window that he throws himself at it despite being on the 25th floor...
Darwin Awards - A dead funny comedy you'd be stupid to miss.
Special Agent Matti
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M (Moderate violence and themes, moderate sex scenes, moderate drug use, moderate coarse language)
* minutes (* hours)
Film: Undated 2006
