The Darkest Hour 3D
3D sci-fi thriller about a group of young Americans visiting Russia when aliens invade earth. Stars Olivia Thirlby (The Wackness), Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild) and Rachael Taylor (Grey's Anatomy).
Stranded in a desolate Moscow, the five yanks are forced into the seemingly impossible task of surviving and escaping the onslaught brought on by the energy-absorbing creatures. Produced by Russian filmmaker Timur Brekmambetov (Night Watch, Wanted), the film promises to differentiate itself from other alien invasion movies by showing the attacks and responses from a Russian perspective.
- Director:
- Chris Gorak ('Right at Your Door')
- Writer:
- Jon SpaihtsLeslie BohemM.T. Ahern
- Cast:
- Olivia ThirlbyEmile HirschRachael TaylorMax MinghellaJoel KinnamanDato Bakhtadze
Reviews & comments
Variety
pressSkirts perilously close to silliness on more than one occasion, but it's pulled back from the brink more often than not by the disarming sincerity of its performances. That helps a lot.
Entertainment Weekly
pressWhen the script switches genres, exchanging survival horror for resistance fighting, it loses whatever momentum it had.
Empire Magazine
pressOne 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.
The Darkest Hour It started with a his an a roar, ok, more like a 'Days of Our Lives' thud, but this was only due to the charater build up, I felt it paid dividends later on. I cant help but feel aliens attacking earth has been done before, like hmmm, 'Predator', 'Cloverfield', 'Battlefield LA', 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers', 'V', 'Independce Day',...
Variety
pressSkirts perilously close to silliness on more than one occasion, but it's pulled back from the brink more often than not by the disarming sincerity of its performances. That helps a lot.
Entertainment Weekly
pressWhen the script switches genres, exchanging survival horror for resistance fighting, it loses whatever momentum it had.
Empire Magazine
pressOne 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.
The Darkest Hour It started with a his an a roar, ok, more like a 'Days of Our Lives' thud, but this was only due to the charater build up, I felt it paid dividends later on. I cant help but feel aliens attacking earth has been done before, like hmmm, 'Predator', 'Cloverfield', 'Battlefield LA', 'Invasion of the Body Snatchers', 'V', 'Independce Day',...
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