The Darkest Hour... I saw this sci-fi horror flick last weekend, and unsurprisingly, it could’ve been much better. It was just like the 2010 sci-fi action film Skyline...the only difference is; instead of being a derivative thriller with a no-name cast but awesome visual effects like Skyline had, The Darkest Hour was a mediocre movie with a no-name cast [with the exception of Emile Hirsch (who was in 2008's Speed Racer and the Oscar-nominated film, Milk) and Rachael Taylor (who was in 2007’s Transformers and several episodes of the TV show Grey’s Anatomy last year)] and shoddy special effects. Did the filmmakers even try to approach veteran FX houses like Industrial Light & Magic or Digital Domain to work on The Darkest Hour? Or even Weta Digital...which was utilized on such Peter Jackson flicks as The Lord of the Rings and District 9. Probably not.
I saw The Darkest Hour in 2-D, but I would have to assume that the aliens still looked like cartoon characters in 3-D when they’re revealed at the climax of the film (see pic below). Whatever. It’s clearly obvious if you watch the movie that most of its budget went to shooting on location in Moscow...and casting predominantly Russian actors. Of course, if I ever want to see the Kremlin on-screen again, I’d go and re-watch Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol at the theater. That is all.
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