The Darkest Hour details
| Formats: | 12 DVD, Blu-ray |
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| Starring: | Joel Kinnaman, Rachael Taylor, Olivia Thirlby, Emile Hirsch, Max Minghella |
| Director: | Chris Gorak |
| Genres: | Action/Adventure - Thriller, Horror, Sci-Fi/Fantasy - Sci-fi - Alien, Sci-fi - General |
| Studio: | 20TH CENTURY FOX |
| Collections: | Captivating Horror |
| Name | Discs | |
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The Darkest Hour |
12 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 1 hour 29 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 18 Jun 2012 |
| Main languages: | English |
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Why all the hate? It’s not that bad!
By TheWatchman (491 reviews) from Suburbia , 30 Jun 2012[Highly rated reviewer]
There are some films (ala Snakes on a Place, Cowboys and Aliens etc) where you really should ask yourself whether you think you will enjoy them. Granted, the Darkest Hour’s titles isn’t as big a give away to the film’s content, but, judging by the amount of negativity surrounding the film, I would strongly advice anyone contemplating watching it to locate its trailer on the internet before viewing.
Basically, it’s an ‘alien invasion’ movie (albeit set in Russia, but don’t worry, everyone kindly speaks perfect English so there’s no need for subtitles). Some nasty ol’ mosters descend from the sky and start murdering the population. Our plucky American heroes must therefore run and fight back to survive.
Perhaps the closest film already out there like this is Skyline (also critically mauled), however I found its plot similar to 28 Days Later (although with aliens instead of the ‘infected’).
This movie is no masterpiece. There’s not an awful lot of scope with the script to allow the actors much in the way of anything other than filling their roles, let alone character development. The special effects are low-budget (by today’s standards), but acceptable for what’s required.
If you enjoy effectively a B-movie with a bit of chase and action thrown in, give it a shot, you might enjoy it (but my initial advice still stands: check out the trailer, if you think it might be for you, then it probably is).- Was this review helpful to you?
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(50)I'd watch again - Great movie . . .
By ZenZii (147 reviews) from Preston , 09 May 2013Got bad reviews, cant think why it was a pretty good movie. Great story the acting was good, all action and tense thriller. A different take on aliens which was refeshing. I'd watch again, x x x- Was this review helpful to you?
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The Darkest Hour Before dawn
By MelissaMarabamma (218 reviews) from South Coast UK , 26 Apr 2013This an excellent, surprising film. It feels short at 90 minutes and I hope there is a sequel planned. It is originally set in the former USSR. Very original script,well done!- Was this review helpful to you?
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load of rubbish
By a customer , 15 Apr 2013Very corny film!!! - story line wasn't bad but the acting was so cheesy it was un-believable!! miss this one!- Was this review helpful to you?
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Grey and Boring.
By xMovieManiac (17 reviews) , 10 Apr 2013On paper this seems a great film however its one those that could have been great. It just gets more sillier as the film goes on untill the point where you cant bear to watch i anymore.- Was this review helpful to you?
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It puts the lotion on its skin.
By Niflungr (10 reviews) , 20 Mar 2013[Highly rated reviewer]
This was quite funny, but I have very little recollection of what really happened in it. Something to do with aliens, but apart from that it might as well have been an instructional video about how to set up deck chairs. Yawn.- Was this review helpful to you?
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