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| Emile Hirsch | ... | ||
| Olivia Thirlby | ... | ||
| Max Minghella | ... | ||
| Rachael Taylor | ... | ||
| Joel Kinnaman | ... | ||
| Veronika Vernadskaya | ... | ||
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Dato Bakhtadze | ... | |
| Yuriy Kutsenko | ... |
Matvei
(as Gosha Kutsenko)
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Nikolay Efremov | ... |
Sasha
(as Nikolai Efremov)
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| Georgiy Gromov | ... |
Boris
(as Georgy Gromov)
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Artur Smolyaninov | ... |
Yuri
(as Arthur Smoljaninov)
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Anna Rudakova | ... |
Tess
(as Anna Roudakova)
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| Pyotr Fyodorov | ... |
Anton Batkin
(as Petr Fedorov)
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| Ivan Gromov | ... |
Bartender No. 1
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Aleksandr Chernykh | ... |
Bartender No. 2
(as Alexsandr Chernyh)
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The American software designers Sean and Ben travel to Moscow to sell their software to investors. However, their Swedish partner Skyler pulls a fast one on Sean and Ben, and they are out of the business. They go to a nightclub, where they meet American Natalie and Australian Anne and they flirt with the girls and see Skyler in the club. Out of the blue, the population is surprised by lights, which they mistake for natural phenomena. But soon, they learn that the lights are aliens invading Earth and using power supply to annihilate mankind. Sean, Ben, Natalie, Anne and Skyler hide in the kitchen and when they leave the place, they seek out survivors on the street. Are they the last people on Earth? Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
The idea behind the darkest hour was original. It is nice to finally see something that hasn't been recycled from another movie, game, book, etc. That being said the main problems in the movie come from a rather dull open story. It leaves you with many unanswered questions. There are also many flaws in different aspects of the movie. Being an avid movie goer I give this a 6 out of 10 because of the original idea. But it could have been way better had they developed script better. The other flaw was the lack of graphics. They clearly spent very little on special effects. I feel that this should have been a TV movie. Not something to go see in the theater.