THE DARKEST HOUR

A couple of American boys come up with a potentially multi-million dollar social networking site only to be swindled out of it at the eleventh hour and they threaten to sue. No, I’m not talking about ‘The Social Network’, despite the appearance of recurring actor Max Minghella (who played Harvard Connection co-founder Divya Narendra in the aforementioned film). I’m talking about the latest alien invasion Sci-Fi epic, ‘The Darkest Hour’.

While on a failed business trip to Moscow, best friends Ben (Minghella) and Sean (Emile Hirsch, ‘Into The Wild’) meet fellow travelers Annie (Rachael Taylor, ‘Red Dog') and Natalie (Olivia Thirlby, ‘Juno') while at a nightclub. When the entire city experiences a blackout, our partygoers venture outside to see mysterious lights falling from they sky. Friend or foe? Well, when the lights start turning the revelers into ash at an alarming rate, it’s safe to assume foe. The group of four, plus a hanger-oner bunker down in the clubs basement for a few days until it’s time to venture out and seek help and fellow survivors. As it turns out, Moscow is now low on both. The quintette are forced to save themselves, but first they have to figure out how to detect their invisible predators.