Movie
Review:
Title: The
Darkest Hour
By Summit
Entertainment
Held at both Salem & Twin Lakes
branches
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This Sci-Fi, PG13 movie was definitely a
surprise. To be honest, I wasn’t
expecting much when I sat down to finally watch this recently acquired film; however,
the fast pace, interesting characters, and surprising twists kept me cheering
for the survival of the human race.
The Darkest Hour is
set in Moscow
where our twenty-something protagonists try to stay alive after the invasion
of an invisible alien species. After
what seems an electric light show on the streets of Moscow, people are zapped into oblivion and
panic ensues. Not being able to see what’s
hunting them down adds to the chaos and the tension soars. During the initial attack, our four young
people find their way to the basement of a night club where
they hide for days. When they venture
out they find the city in ruins with few survivors.
I found The Darkest Hour very entertaining and
the fact that it was geared toward the PG13 market made for a fantastic movie
that was exciting without the gore. And
like Independence
Day, I found myself cheering for the human race as they devised a plot
and began to fight back.
While I felt the ending wasn’t as satisfying as it could
have been, I found the missing element
I needed in the behind the scenes footage where we learn about other groups of
survivors and how they work together to find a way to defeat the aliens.
Cast: Emile
Hirsh, Olivia Thirlby, Max Minghella and Rachael Taylor
Produced by Timur Bekmambetov and directed by Chris Gorak.
(review submitted by Kathy Helgesen)
