Monday, October 15, 2012

The Darkest Hour 2011




The Darkest Hour (2011)     Sean and Ben are software designers, they travel to Moscow to sell their product to investors.  They have a Swedish partner put he pulls a double cross and promotes the product by himself.  Sean and Ben are mad, upset, disappointed and out money for the expenses.  They go to a nightclub and meet Natalie from America and Anne from Australia. Their partner shows up at the same club.  Suddenly, lights start falling from the sky, they are very beautiful but it’s aliens using Moscow’s power supply to turn the population into ashes.
     This is like Vanishing on 7th Street except it does not have John Leguizama so you know right away this is a better movie!  In 7th Street, it was the darkness to be afraid of, in this film the aliens cause light bulbs to glow which indicates their presence.   I thought it was interesting to try to establish the worth of each of the core characters.  You can use that as a guide to predict who will disappear next.  3* (This movie is OK)

89 min, Action directed by Chris Gorak with Emile Hirsch, Olivia Thirlby, Max Minghella, Rachael Taylor, Joel Kinnaman, Veronika Vermadskaya.

Note:  Blockbuster 2 ½*, imdb 4.9, 12% critic 25% audience on Rotten Tomatoes.

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