The Darkest Hour

There are plenty of cool sci fi movies out there. One that comes to my mind is Independence Day, it´s getting a bit old now, but still impressive even today. Most movie fans would probably say Star Wars is the ultimate sci fi experience, and i would agree at some points. Because who can defeat George Lucas epic story telling? Looking at the latest sci fi releases, you realise times are changing. You can make really well made sci fi with a low budget, remember District 9 ? The Darkest Hour is a new alien movie, set in Moscow. Will this sci fi smoker please us laser nerds, or is this a complete disaster?

Two american men, Ben ( Max Minghella ) and Sean ( Emelie Hirsch ) travel to Moscow, with a vision to sell their networking social software. They meet up with their swedish business partner Skyler ( Joel Kinnaman ), who already finished a deal with the russians of a application. Everything is going great, as they head out to a nightclub to have a good time. Suddenly strange lights fall down over the sky of Moscow. As the lights come closer, all hell breaks loose.

There are plenty of movies to compare The Darkest Hour with. But does this deliver anyhing fresh? Not really, this is a mix of everything, almost like director Chris Gorak said at the writing´s table :- Listen guys, i want The Darkest Hour to give sci fi geeks orgasm, or i will kick your ass.  Problem is, The Darkest Hour doesn´t give much at all. The effects are alright, and it´s pretty fun to see swedish actor Joel Kinnaman run around from aliens. But apart from that this is not something that gives you a hard on. I will admit that at least they tried doing a different approach on aliens, making them invisible at times, wich is pretty cool. The Darkest Hour is not terrible, but there is not much to be pleased with either. I prefer Skyline over this one, and i know Skyline was not popular among critics, still that movie had some better ideas.

Rating: DD