THE DARKEST HOUR
1 out of 5 stars

i’m sorry… but I still think the best alien invasion movie OF ALL TIME is independence day. where’s the smart-ass black guy? where’s the know-it-all scientist type? a bunch of 20 somethings aren’t gonna know jack-shit when it comes to survival… let alone a bunch of american 20 something tourists in obliterated moscow. COMEON! :P

so, the movie starts with sean (emile hirsch) and ben (max minghella- son of director anthony minghella), who are on their way to moscow for a business meeting to woo russian investors for their social media app called globetrot. (sort of like gowalla?) they get to moscow, but then their swedish friend skyler screws them over by cutting the dudes out of the deal. (something to do with a non-disclosure ageement) the boys drown their sorrows at a local nightclub/hotspot, where they hook up with these two american girls. (well, one’s british but you get the drift…) while they’re chit-chatting, the power suddenly goes out, and THE ALIENS ARRIVETH. ppl start vaporizing, and it’s all about survival at that point… :P

this one had potential to be good and creepy esp. with what they did with the lights and the fact that these were light-based alien lifeforms, but there was a lot of whining going on… NO, WE GET IT. YOU’RE STRANDED IN A CITY WHERE YOU DON’T KNOW THE LANGUAGE. ALIENS ARE TRYING TO KILL YOU. GET OVER IT. FLIGHT OR FIGHT, BITCHES. :P (but seriously- awful plot, awful acting, awful lack of character development did it for me…)