Facepalm.

Awful aliens!

Interesting concept, and some cool effects. The acting is a bit unbelievable, but I actually enjoyed watching it.

Not going to lie, the only scene I cracked a smile at was simply finding out Kinnaman was in the flick (I am a total Holder lover). From the stereotypical mother Russians, the aliens stolen from Final Fantasy Spirits Within, and characters that you wish you could strangle just so you could shorten the run time, this just seems like a huge joke that should never have made it to theaters.

I'm not sure why all the low ratings. I enjoyed the movie. It's a story for what happens AFTER the first wave of an attack and how a "resistance" is formed. No, there's no final end , it's a story of how a fight is brought to those who weren't really looking for one. I quite enjoyed the effects and the build of the story. What was also interesting was the fearful, selfish, and stupid people were killed off because of their own weaknesses, and didn't get anyone else killed except themselves.

Paper thin characters, actors without skills, entire Moscow almost isolated (i.e. small cast movie), bad effects and very, very underdeveloped script. The story gave an impression that everything happened in couple of days. And above all the end was lamest in long time. The dusting effects was nice, but even that was not an idea of their own.

not a bad alien invasion movie at all.. lots of plot holes and the acting is horrible but effects are not bad...entertaining to watch

Proof that when aliens DO invade, the surviving band of pretty people will eventually die off due to the fact that they lost their cellphone signals and are, therefore, incapable of commenting on their Facebook pages.

Better then Skyline but still not that good...

No film that explicitly lists Antwerp and Budapest as the cities with survivors, can possibly be bad. Add to that the most beautiful alien invasion I've ever seen and you know why this film actually gets a decent score. Apart from that though, the film messes up in many departments - but the general slightly positive feeling remains.

9 points for emile hirsch. 1 point for max minghella. everything else has no point.

Cloaked aliens that can instantly incinerate life forms kill some bad actors while some other bad actors manage to survive by illogical means. Two attractive white people fall in love even though their best friends died less than a day before. The last 15 minutes will make you hate movies forever.

"In a year-end season stacked deep with worthwhile films, what possible incentive could there be for submitting to The Darkest Hour's utter pointlessness?" - Budd Wilkins

Mostly-invisible alien life-forms that look strangely like Sweet Tooth from the Twisted Metal video games sans the face-paint, which incinerate nameless Russian actors. Once again, I believe this is proof-positive of how forgiving I am towards the Sci-Fi genre. I thought it was going along at a decent-enough pace for much of the movie. It was alright, I can't say I wasn't enjoying myself as least somewhat. Then, yeah, the last 20 minutes or so happened. It was still an okay flick with decent 3D.

The title is a little misleading because the movie is actually about 90 mins long. If you can get past that then ... no, you're still in trouble. This is is plagued with bad dialogue and bad delivery. If you stop using your brain, it's not too bad. Almost like Independence Day, if Roland Emmerich didn't use a brain. Also, if you want to scare your kids off Pokemon, show this movie to your kids and tell them that the aliens are Pokemon. Predictable and dumb but I've seen worse this year.

It was alright. It had some good moments, and other were extremely cheesy. It had a good idea, but put through a bit bluntly.

the better alien invasion movies I've seen

This was the first film I saw in cinemas in 2012, and what an impressive movie that looked just amazing on the big screen. While I can see why it's getting some criticism I still thoroughly enjoyed watching this group of young adults do what it takes to survive, lead by the likable Emile Hirsch as Sean. It has a War of the Worlds vibe to it complete with plenty of Action and it doesn't end up being as predictable as it first comes across as, so I would highly recommend it! :)

for the most part this movie has incurred the wrath of pretty much anybody with the ability to talk, but in all actuality it's really not that crappy. i was never very engaged, none of the acting was particularly good, and the whole script could have used a good write over, but you're not going to want to gouge your own eyes out for watching it.

So you choose Russia as a location that you would have an excuse for your lack of intelligent to make a longer than 2 minutes conversation? "yes u go there. we stay" - applause?

It didn't turn me off, but it didn't turn me on either. You saw the movie in the trailer. Nothing extra jumped out of the story or special effects other than what you saw there.

Semi entertaining in parte but overall a terrible attempt at horror and cheesy invisible attackers. Did I mention bad acting