The Darkest Hour

I watched it... Yeah, that's all I truly got to say after watching this movie. It's one of those movies that has an incredibly good idea behind it, but once executed, it is worthless. The two major problems about this movie is horrible acting, especially by the younger "actors", and a lacking story-line. Because of this, the movie feels bland, and at times even boring. Add to this the fact that during the most boring parts special effects are quite heavily used, and you could probably already guess the result, which is that the special effects become worthless. I was basically focused on the mistakes at the visual aspects, focus that was caused by the movie itself. It's really too bad, as the idea in itself is great, and it's also great to see an American movie where Russians are not the enemy, but it can't be denied that the experience is not the same as watching a B-movie, let alone an A-movie, that while the budget is technically that of a B-movie... Really too bad.

I think i saw it quite some years ago. Certainly not perfect or without flaws, but I think if you are into this kind of movies it can be quite serviceable and enjoying for the most parts of it. It feels pretty cheap often, however.