This isn't really a documentary. It's a train wreck made by people with zero experience making movies. My research tells me the "director" has never directed a thing in his life. And it shows. He's a photographer.
The buzz over the internet is that the "producer" is incompetent. Considering this took six or seven years to be finished answers that question.
The movie is really a bore. There is no insight whatsoever. They gloss over Eddie's role in the band -- oh wait, they don't even mention him!
And they don't touch on how Frankie got fired -- you have to read his book to find out about that one.
Instead, the film uses really old clips of the band (which you can tell by the various ancient hair and mustache styles of Justin) chopped together in a haphazard way to try to hide the fact that little if anything new is added to the story after SIX years in the making.
Did I learn something? No, but the only telling thing for me is the acknowledgment that the band is there to make money so they can maintain the lifestyle they are used to, hence the meet and greets at each concert.
Thanks guys. Always knew Justin was all about the money. He's obsessed with it. And always has been. Only his voice is getting increasingly bad with every follicle he loses and soon he won't be able to perform.
It's really too bad. I've been a huge fan of the band. But these days they are more interested in making money than good music.
Oh, and no where that I could see did the makers of this travesty tell us this was a crowd funded movie. It was started when the Darkness was touring with Lady Gaga, but she's no where in this movie. Instead, the makers taking the phony line that the band is now trying to get back into arenas! They were playing arenas with Lady Gaga seven years ago!
But every movie needs a Hollywood ending and this one takes the ridiculous notion that the band is back to playing arenas! They always did but they aren't headlining anything except small venues.
Rabid fans of the group (most are from the UK and Italy) will likely dislike my review, but it's all true!
You can see better Darkness docs on Youtube! Don't waste your money.