Review of The Darkest Hour (2011) by Angela L — 06 Aug 2014

Wow another cloverfield and skyline movie...I wonder how they are going to make this one different...

This review of The Darkest Hour (2011) was written by Angela L on 06 Aug 2014.

The Darkest Hour has generally received negative reviews.

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[It's] like a bad holiday fruitcake that somebody tried to spruce up with a zillion lumps of neon-colored, soggy jellybean guts…

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This is pretty standard-issue Great Man of History psychobabble, and it’s insufficient, though somewhat satisfyingly so. The clichés go down easy…

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Incredibly flat, undeniably rote sci-fi flick…

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I really liked this movie. There are some bad things I can say about it (see below), but overall it was a solid sci-fi action film…

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