It must have been decreed one of the few annual Trailer Overload weeks, as loads of promos are appearing online. And, unsurprisingly given that it has been teased for days, the first full trailer for alien invasion pic The Darkest Hour is now among them.
Directed by Right at Your Door’s Chris Gorak, **The Darkest Hour **finds Emile Hirsch, Rachael Taylor, Max Minghella and Olivia Thirlby among a group of American tourists who arrive in Moscow for what they think will be the trip of a lifetime.
Little do they realise it could also be the end of their lifetime as a nasty bunch of aliens descend upon the city (and the rest of the planet), intending to overrun the place, make off with our precious power supplies and kill us all.
But though our heroes try to fight back, the sneaky extraterrestrials have an edge: they’re invisible, appearing largely as crackling arms of living energy that can snatch humans up and disintegrate them without much trouble. Soon, the human race is struggling to stay alive…
With backing from Wanted’s Timur Bekmambetov and the advantage of a slightly different locale for once,** Ho****ur **could be a fun ride, even if some of the shots do make us worry about a new Skyline…
You can see the trailer at Apple along with some concept art for the movie, a few examples of which we’ve put in the gallery below…
The Darkest Hour arrives on January 13 next year.