The Darkest Hour

Ratings: 6.8./10

Film Class: B

Genre: Mystery Suspense

I enjoyed The Darkest Hour, probably because I watched it back to back after Iron Sky. Comparing the 2, it was like Heaven and Earth. The storyline of this movie was more "galactic" than the latter. 

The opening scene gathered my fleeting attention and kept me on the edge of my seat till the very end. Two pairs of BFFs come together in Moscow when an alien invasion unexpectedly "floats" to Earth. What makes the aliens so frightening is that they're invisible, and they vaporise humans in an instance. 

The group slowly expands, as they gather more survivors together, and they try to hang on to the hope of survival even though the aliens are hot on their pursuit... 

The plot, the concept of the aliens are original, and the suspense felt real (thanks to the cast, even though they're not critically acclaimed actors and actresses). What I really liked about it was the setting. While there are backgrounds which were clearly CG-ed (it's not a high budget movie), the Moscow setting felt authentic. 

The Achilles heel of the aliens was also quite ingenious, even though the mode of offence and the weaponry felt a little cheesy. It made the cast look ridiculous, yet effective. 

Perhaps the greatest flaw of this movie was how the different groups of survivors were able to reach an "Eureka" moment that quickly. *spoilers ahead* One other was the ending, the separation of the survivors created a big question mark. Still, the plot was unpredictable at times and the overall feel I got after everything was that this is a pretty interesting and decent alien invasion movie. Didn't catch this in 3D, but I'm not that curious to find out because I'm already very much contented on a 2D viewing.