A movie similar to the end of the world. The protagonist was in a bar, and then the power went out. When he went out, he saw a lot of firelight. The light killed many people. Looking for a submarine.

"Darkest Hour" is a thriller that tells the story of a group of American tourists who encounter an invasion of alien species while traveling in Moscow and struggle to resist and survive.

A few young American men and women visited Moscow. They were having fun in a bar at night when suddenly the whole city lost power.

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The frivolous luminous bodies slowly descended from the outdoor sky. It turned out that they were a group of cruel and greedy extraterrestrial visitors. Any earthly creatures that touched them would be wiped out in an instant. Their appearance brought great panic to the crowd.

A group of people embarked on a journey of escape. After hiding in the basement of a bar for a few days, they decided to go to the US Embassy for help. Little did they know that the entire Moscow and many big cities around the world were already deserted. The ambassador How could the museum survive? So, with the help of some local survivors, they went through a bumpy journey and experienced hardships. They gradually discovered the fatal weaknesses of the alien visitors and participated in the battle to eliminate them, and finally embarked on a safe road back to the United States

Summit Entertainment has recently postponed the release date of the 3D science fiction-thriller film "Darkest Hour[1]" to December 23, 2011. After the postponement, "Darkest Hour" will be released together with "The Adventures of Tintin" "The Secret of the Unicorn", "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", "My Family Bought a Zoo" and other films compete for the North American box office in December

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. Previously, "Darkest Hour" was scheduled to be released in August 2011.

"Darkest Hour" has stars such as Emile Hirsch, Olivia Thirlby, Rachael Taylor, Max Minghella, Joel Kinnaman, etc. , directed by "Crying City" director Chris Gorak, and "Wanted" director Timo Bekmambetov as producer, tells the story of a group of American tourists who encountered an alien species invasion while traveling in Moscow and fought hard to resist. A story of struggle to survive. [2]

There are countless alien movies on the screen, and no matter what kind of weird aliens they are, the audience is familiar with them. Therefore, in order to make a film about "alien invasion of the earth" innovative and keep the audience interested in watching it, the appearance setting of the aliens is very important. In this movie, the director and screenwriter designed an invisible alien. Throughout the film, the aliens are invisible 90% of the time, and the 10% of the time they are visible, the aliens What it looks like is also a mystery. Director Chris Gorak is very satisfied with this character design. He said: "The appearance of the alien in the film was a huge challenge for us. How to show it? We thought about it for a long time but couldn't find any good way. So my team suggested that I , it is better to create an invisible alien. Our design is that these aliens are invisible, but their bodies carry energy, and wherever they pass, the light bulbs will light up. So, from this. From a perspective, it is much safer to go out at night on the streets where aliens roam than during the day. I really like this idea and am deeply attracted by it because it is rare to see such a wild imagination. ”

Because the setting of the script is more dangerous during the day, most of the scenes in this movie take place during the day, which is very different from previous horror movies that used night scenes as the stage for the story. Chris Gorak said: "The story takes place during the day, which is a good thing for us. First of all, the difficulty of shooting is easier, and the shooting time is relatively longer. Moreover, shooting horror movies in broad daylight, This is also very interesting. More importantly, this is a 3D movie, and using daytime as the time to tell the story will make the screen brighter, and the audience can feel less painful watching dark scenes during the day. Really cool. "Ball lightning?"

The invisible, energetic alien in the film is not a figment of the screenwriter's mind, but a still from "Darkest Hour"

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Imagination and development of scientific basis. The screenwriter was inspired by a natural phenomenon: ball lightning to create this unheard-of alien. Tom Jacobson, the film's producer, said: "The screenwriters wrote a good script, and they did a lot of preliminary research to create such an image. It is precisely because of this scientific and With the existence of physical expressions, the special effects team understood how to design and create such an invisible alien. Moreover, in the film, we also used some very simple physics experiments to test these aliens. In the film, there is a Russian scientist. In order to understand what these aliens are, he specially made a Faraday cage and conducted some experiments on aliens, and obtained some physical data. This scientific design of the film is the most genius idea, because it not only creates a panic effect from the unknown, but also provides an effective method to solve the problem.

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Timothy Bekmambetov, another producer of the film, also likes this setting derived from science. Said: "The setting of the film is very good. It was beyond everyone's expectations at the beginning. As the film gradually develops, the true face of the aliens is gradually extracted, giving people a feeling of getting to the bottom of things. I think that when we made this movie, we were not trying to illustrate a scientific concept, but to tell a good story. There is passion, horror, thriller and friendship in this story. Download the movie In addition to these, the visual effects of the movie are also great. Those 3D shots shot in the daytime look very bright, and the effect and viewing experience are also very good. These American directors and actors are very professional. They know how to shoot and edit a movie. They understand what the audience likes to watch. This kind of shooting concept is worthy of respect and learning. ”

Filming in exotic locations

The story of the latest movie "Darkest Hour" takes place in Russia. It tells the story of a group of American tourists visiting Russia who encountered aliens. So, Almost the entire film was shot in Russian scenery, which looks very exotic. Timo Bekmambetov, who has shot contemporary Russian masterpieces such as "The Night Watch" and "The Sun Watcher" said: "The film is set in Russia. Photographed, showing a lot of Russian landscapes and architecture. For example, Red Square, the Kremlin, the Lenin Library, etc. all appear in the movie. Because Russia is very open today, if you shoot a movie in Red Square or the Kremlin, you only need to get a filming permit, and the government will not care about the content of your filming. You know, these places are popular tourist attractions, so it is not easy to control the scene. Compromises must be made with many departments and agencies. For example, if I want to shoot a scene in which hundreds of cars parked in Red Square and then turned on their lights together, this requires extremely strong communication skills and excellent scene control skills. If the filming of such a big scene is broken, there is no chance to make amends. ”

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During the filming in Russia, the crew encountered a fire in Moscow, which stopped filming for three weeks. Talking about the fire, everyone said Chris Gorak said: "The entire crew was shaken, and filming was interrupted for a while. However, the crew did not suffer any losses. After the fire, the filming schedule was delayed, so the crew was united and worked together. Especially the team of young actors who all do a great job. "Timo Bekmambetov said: "This international team of 600 people worked really hard. After the fire, everyone understood what to do and how to do it. They did all the work very efficiently. ”

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Although the cost of "Darkest Hour" is only 44 million US dollars, it maintains the quality of Timo Bekmambetov's experience from "The Night Watch" to "The Darkest Hour". "Wanted" has always been gorgeous and "spend a little money to do big things" style, and the director of this film, Chris Gorak, is an art director (he has done design for "Fight Club" and "Minority Report"), so the two are working together. , making "Darkest Hour" very eye-catching in terms of visual effects, especially the scene where humans are "evaporated" by alien power.

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< p>·The film was originally shot in 3D and was shot on location in Moscow. This is probably the first time that Red Square has appeared in a 3D film.

·Producers Tom Jacobson and Timo Beckmann. Betov decided to cooperate because of a very good script. They set the story in Moscow and invited Chris Gorak to direct.

Director Chris Gorak had worked for the film. He worked as an art director on "Fight Club", so he made a great contribution to the visual effects and background of the film.

·The crew is composed of 30% Americans and 70% Russians.

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·The crew was forced to stop filming for three weeks due to a major fire in Moscow.

·In order to make the alien image as realistic as possible. To become believable, they did a lot of research on electricity and electromagnetism when creating it.

·In this film, the concept of "horror" is completely changed when the characters are walking in the dark. , they can use light bulbs to detect whether there are aliens nearby, but it becomes dangerous during the day!

·In the movie, 90% of the time you can’t see what the aliens actually look like! , even if they appear occasionally, it is still very mysterious.

·The characters in the film have a total of 5 to 6 days.

·The film is set to PG-13. Level, there won't be too many bloody scenes or horrific violence, but it's still very scary.

·The story unfolds from the perspective of the characters traveling in Moscow.

·They are originally. We planned to shoot in many iconic buildings in Moscow, such as the Lenin Library, but in the end we could only shoot on Sunday when the library was closed. The crew dressed up and entered the library at midnight

< p>·The film was originally scheduled to be shot on location for 58 days, but later it was determined that it would be shot in 3D, and the crew deliberately added another 8 or 9 days.

·3D movies must pay special attention to not making the audience feel dizzy and nauseated, so before shooting, the director will give special consideration to the design of the lens, the use of far and near lenses, etc.

·Although it is an action thriller and science fiction film, "Darkest Hour" still has emotional content based on the characters.

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Cast list

Emile Hirsch....Luke

Rui Rachael Taylor ....Anne

Olivia Thirlby ....Natalie

Joel Kinnaman ... .Skyler

Max Minghella ....Ben

Dato Bakhtadze ....Sergei

Elena Caruso ....Flight Attendant (voice)

Yuri Kutsenko

Artur Smolyaninov

Piotr Fedoro Husband Pyotr Fyodorov ....Anton

Veronika Ozerova ....Vika

Vladimir Jaglich ....Boris

Nikolai Yefremov ....Sasha (as Nikolai Efremov)

Ivan Gromov ....Bartender No. 1

Oleg Poddubnyy ....First Policeman

Vasiliy Fursenko .... Second Policeman (as Vasja Fursenko)

Ilya Ivanov ....Drunk Russian No. 1

Mariya Lavrova ....Clubgoer No. 3 (as Maria Lavrova)

Anna Roudakova ....Tess

Alexsandr Chernyh ....Bartender No. 2

Sam Vanin ....Drunk Russian No. 2

Alya Nikulina ....Old Woman

Igor Novosyolov ....Brainy Navy Cadet

Maria Romanova ....Russian Flight Attendant

Vladislav Barkovskiy ....Hefty Bouncer (as Slava Barkovsky)

Valentina Soboleva ....Girl Walking in Club

Louis Leebe ....Club DJ

< p>Irina Antonenko ....Club Beauty (as Irina Antanenko)

Katerina Budyakova ....Girl at the DJ Booth

Olga Zhuk ....Clubgoer No. 1

Tamara Zhukova ....Clubgoer No. 2

Credits

Director: Chris Gorak

Screenwriter ：

Jon Spaihts....(screenplay)/(story)

Leslie Bohem....(story)< /p>

M.T. Ahern ....(story) and

Producer:

Timur Bekmambetov ....producer

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Tom Jacobson ....producer

Stephen A. Marinaccio II ....line producer

Charles Salmon ....line producer

Iva Stromilova ....co-producer

Original music: Tyler Bates

Photography: Si Scott Kevan

Editor: Priscilla Nedd-Friendly[3]

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Russia December 22, 2011< /p>

Kazakhstan, December 22, 2011

Belarus, Belarus, December 22, 2011

Hungary, December 22, 2011

Canada Canada December 25, 2011

United States USA December 25, 2011

Germany December 29, 2011