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The Darkest Hour

2011

Chris Gorak

Emile Hirsch, Olivia Thirlby, Max Minghella, Rachael Taylor ...

4.0

7,071

Sci-Fi. Horror The DARKEST HOUR is the story of five young people who find themselves stranded in Moscow, fighting to survive in the wake of a devastating alien attack. The 3D thriller highlights the classic beauty of Moscow alongside mind-blowing special effects. American web designers Sean and Ben fly to Moscow to sell their idea of a social networking site for global travellers, only to find that their Swedish colleague Skyler has stolen their ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		Joe Leydon Variety	"The Darkest Hour turns out to be a modestly inventive and involving variation on a standard-issue sci-fi doomsday scenario"
		Boston Globe	"'Darkest Hour' doesn't have even as much character as those Discover commercials."
		Nathan Rabin AV Club	"Not since Mark Wahlberg trembled in fear beside a menacing houseplant in 'The Happening' has a film tried to provoke terror with such an unlikely object of menace."
		Marc Savlov Austin Chronicle	"This is exactly the sort of film I wasn't expecting from either Gorak or his producers. In many too-obvious ways this is just a formulaic riff on Spielberg's 'War of the Worlds'"
		John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"An alien invasion flick that evidently expects dramatic shots of a depopulated Red Square to make up for a flatlining screenplay and the absence of even a single compelling character."
		Olly Richards Empire	"One day this will turn up on a cheap TV channel late at night and you will be drunk/over-tired and it will be a blast. It’s that stupid. (...) Rating: ★ (out of five)"
		Alonso Duralde The Wrap	"If these dimwits represent the hope of humanity, bring on the alien overlords"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Very cheap and silly-looking. (...) Rating: ★ (out of 5)"

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