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The Darkest Hour (2011)

The Darkest Hour poster
Directed by
Chris Gorak
Genre
action film, horror film, science fiction film, thriller film
Country
Russia, United States
Runtime
1h 29m
Rated
PG-13
Rating
5.3 of 10 from 1,598 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

Young people in Moscow try to survive after invisible aliens start attacking. They hide and fight back, looking for a way to escape the city.

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What happens

The Darkest Hour is a 2011 science fiction action film directed by Chris Gorak from a screenplay by Jon Spaihts and produced by Timur Bekmambetov. The film stars Emile Hirsch, Max Minghella, Olivia Thirlby, Rachael Taylor, and Joel Kinnaman as a group of people caught in an alien invasion. The film was released on December 25, 2011, in the United States, and grossed $65 million on a $35 million budget. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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