
Variety
Skirts 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.
Full reviewSci-fi thriller about a group of young Americans visiting Russia when invisible extraterrestrials 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.
LessSkirts 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.
Full reviewWhen the script switches genres, exchanging survival horror for resistance fighting, it loses whatever momentum it had.
Full reviewOne 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.
Full reviewThe Darkest Hour (2012) is available to stream in Australia now on Google Play and Disney+ and Prime Video Store.
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