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The Darkest Hour

The Darkest Hour

Survive the holidays

20115.31h 29mPG-13

Overview

In Moscow, five young people lead the charge against an alien race which has attacked Earth via our power supply.

Directed by Chris Gorak
Written by Leslie Bohem, Jon Spaihts, M.T. Ahern
Produced by Tom Jacobson, Timur Bekmambetov
Box OfficeBudget: $30.0MRevenue: $64.6M

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Top Cast

Emile Hirsch

Emile Hirsch

Sean

Rachael Taylor

Rachael Taylor

Anne

Olivia Thirlby

Olivia Thirlby

Natalie

Joel Kinnaman

Joel Kinnaman

Skyler

Max Minghella

Max Minghella

Ben

Veronika Vernadskaya

Veronika Vernadskaya

Vika

Dato Bakhtadze

Dato Bakhtadze

Sergei

Gosha Kutsenko

Gosha Kutsenko

Matvei

Nikolay Efremov

Nikolay Efremov

Sasha

Georgiy Gromov

Georgiy Gromov

Boris

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Themes & Keywords

alien invasionamerican abroadmoscow, russiafailed businessmicrowavefaraday

About The Darkest Hour

The Darkest Hour is a horror, action, thriller, science fiction film released in 2011 exploring themes of alien invasion, american abroad, moscow, russia, failed business, microwave, faraday. Directed by Chris Gorak, it stars Emile Hirsch, Rachael Taylor, Olivia Thirlby. In Moscow, five young people lead the charge against an alien race which has attacked Earth via our power supply.

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