We've been complaining about the sameness of movie aliens all summer — too many rampaging bug beasties will do that to you — so the extraterrestrial threat of The Darkest Hour comes as sweet relief: In this movie, Emile Hirsch, Olivia Thirlby, and The Killing's Joel Kinnaman must battle ... light? Swirling aurora-borealis baddies? We're not totally sure what these things are, but we actually like that about it — at least they're not more action-figure gastropods. In any case, it's clear what they do: They suck up and disintegrate people, and our heroes must flee from them in Moscow (where they've supposedly arrived for a business meeting but more likely have been placed so the movie can get some tax credits) until they figure out a way to fight back. Yes, it could be a little dorky, and yes, we chuckled a little bit at the title card that reads, "Presented By the Visionary Director of Wanted." But it's a good cast and it's giving us something new, so we're going to keep our fingers crossed.
Directed by
Chris Gorak
Produced by
Timur Bekmambetov
Tom Jacobson
Screenplay by
Jon Spaihts
Story by
Leslie Bohem
M.T. Ahern
Starring
Olivia Thirlby
Emile Hirsch
Rachael Taylor
Max Minghella
Joel Kinnaman
Greg Kinnear
Music by
Tyler Bates
Cinematography
Scott Kevan
Editing by
Fernando Villena
Studio
Regency Enterprises
Distributed by
Summit Entertainment(USA)
20th Century Fox(Russia)
Release date
December 23, 2011
Country
United States
Language
English
Budget
$40 million
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