Rent The Darkest Hour (2011)
2.7 of 5 from 99 ratings
1h 25min
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- Synopsis:
- In this suspenseful sci-fi thriller, a group of young Americans visiting Moscow wage a desperate fight for survival in the face of an apocalyptic alien invasion. Composed of pure energy, the invisible extraterrestrials show no mercy as they incinerate helpless human beings merely by touching them. The small band of survivors, armed only with their courage and ingenuity, join forces with an eccentric Russian scientist, who may hold the key to stopping the alien onslaught. But with time running out and hope fading, they may only get one chance to save themselves...and the planet.
- Actors:
- Emile Hirsch, Olivia Thirlby, Max Minghella, Rachael Taylor, Joel Kinnaman, Veronika Vernadskaya, Dato Bakhtadze, Yuriy Kutsenko, Nikolay Efremov, Georgiy Gromov, Artur Smolyaninov, Anna Rudakova, Pyotr Fyodorov, Ivan Gromov, Aleksandr Chernykh, Oleg Poddubnyy, Vasiliy Fursenko, Ilya Ivanov, Sem Vanin, Alya Nikulina
- Directors:
- Chris Gorak
- Producers:
- Timur Bekmambetov, Tom Jacobson, Miliane Nani Meimeth, India Osborne
- Writers:
- Jon Spaihts, Leslie Bohem, M.T. Ahern
- Studio:
- 20th Century Fox
- Genres:
- Action & Adventure, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 21/05/2012
- Run Time:
- 85 minutes
- Languages:
- English Audio Description Dolby Digital 5.1, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French DTS 5.1, German DTS 5.1, Italian DTS 5.1, Portuguese Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.40:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
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- BBFC:
- Release Date:
- 20/08/2012
- Run Time:
- 85 minutes
- Languages:
- English Audio Description Dolby Digital 5.1, English DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1, French DTS 5.1, Portuguese Dolby Digital 5.1, Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1
- Subtitles:
- English Hard of Hearing
- Formats:
- Pal
- Aspect Ratio:
- Widescreen 2.40:1
- Colour:
- Colour
- BLU-RAY Regions:
- B
- Bonus:
- 'Deleted Scenes': 'Anne and Natalie at the airport'; 'Skyler brags to Tess'; 'Ben and Vika talk about their siblings' and 'A toast to the fallen comrades'
- 'Extended Scene': Natalie and Sean talk about Anne and Ben
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Reviews (1) of The Darkest Hour
Enjoyable sci-fi romp - The Darkest Hour review by Alphaville
A group of young people get caught up in an alien invasion in Moscow. It’s B-feature fare but has a lot going for it. It’s fast-paced with real characters and snappy dialogue. No one acts like a moron and an absence of stand-out stars means that anyone may be bumped off at any time. The effects are on the cheap side but are well thought out with Predator-type visuals. It’s also fun to see Moscow getting zapped instead of New York, Paris or London. The apocalyptic vision of a Moscow devoid of people has an almost epic quality. All in all, this is a good, old-fashioned late-night sci-fi B-feature that’s well worth it’s 80 minutes run time.
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