Review Of : The Darkest Hour

Just watched "THE DARKEST HOUR" yesterday. (:

Directed by Chris Gorak

Acted by  Emile Hirsch, Max Minghella, Olivia Thirlby and Rachael Taylor

Storyline : 

The film circles around a group of survivals after the whole of Moscow was almost deserted during an alien invasion that came to earth for our minerals & power source. They try to find other survivals while trying to figure out how to defeat the invisible aliens.

Interesting movie. 


Yes, from the looks of this film; it looks like another cliche "a-group-of-survivors-trying-to-escape-from-aliens" movie. Yes, it is, BUT it is slightly different from the rest of those alien invasion movies. I will compare it to these two other movies I've lately watched. 


While Skyline,mostly played on graphics & visual fx. 
Battle :LA is more of a "army-try-to-save-people-from-aliens" with FPS style.
But both have the aliens revealed to the audience. 
The Darkest Hour is slightly different  because the aliens are unknown to the survivals & to the audience, since they're invisible in the quiet abandoned Moscow. Because of that, it keeps the viewers in a state of suspense & uncertainty.


Besides that, this film also gives the audience a better looks of Moscow (when it's abandoned & deserted) 


Plot & storyline, as explained above is a typical alien invasion film with a slight change.
It brings the viewers in suspense as a few individuals get disintegrated by the aliens.
Acting is quite good.Even though more introduction to a few other characters might be better.  
Visual effects are really good. e.g. Crumbling buildings & the disintegration of people. The first scene (first image from top) does remind me of Skyline a little. I did not watch it in 3D eventhough it looks quite good if it's in 3D. 


If you want to watch it, you should give it a go. In my opinion, It's quite good though. (: 

My Rating?

Plot : 3.75/5

Storyline : 3/5

Acting**:3.5/5 

Effects** : 4.5/5

OVERALL : 7.5/10.

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