The Darkest Hour (review)
A simple yet stupid riff on the disaster monster movie…
A simple yet stupid riff on the disaster monster movie…

The most fun straight-up action movie in ages: while it touches on concerns about terrorism and rogue nukes, there’s nothing too heavy. But what makes it so special is how up-close and personal it is.
They’re here for our energy! Because they didn’t notice that giant flaming ball of nuclear fusion nearby, I guess.
This is how you get your arthouse-averse friends to watch a foreign fil-um: show them The Concert. Yes, they’ll have to read subtitles, but it is just simply crammed with so much Hollywood feel-good that a studio remake is surely just around the corner, probably starring Reese Witherspoon with a French accent and Stanley Tucci pulling a Russian one.