The Darkest Dawn

The Darkest Dawn is a Brit, B grade, alien apocalypse flick.

Its a not too shabby effort. The acting is alright and some of the special effects, whilst, very obviously CGI, actually do fit the overall, "end of the world", feel of the film quite well.

What does show are the clear budgetary limitations. Rather "ho hum" sets and weapons that look, for the most part, like badly dated, army surplus.

The scripting for this film could have been better too. The character narrative, is, at times, a bit cheesy. The loving family thing is over cooked but mercifully, does not last, as the aliens quickly arrive on the scene.

All in all, not a bad effort from a film with B credentials. On that basis a six out of ten from me.

I think that 20 years of POV films is enough. The human race is about to disappear and the girl has cold blood to record every single passage of her day. On the other hand the script is nothing new and the film is too dark. It's difficult to say anything good about this dull movie.

Genuinely one of the worst films I have ever seen. No logic, awful script, terrible acting, horrible direction.

Normally I'm down for a B movie sci-fi but this film has no redeeming factors. Just awful. 1/10 because I can't vote zero.

Absolutely some of the worst acting ever. It's just too distracting from what could have been a somewhat enjoyable movie. The dialog is simple-minded and completely unrealistic, bordline art school cheesiness.

I generally like this genre but to do it right usually takes a decent budget, believeable actors, and logical plot line. The protagonist's video recorder must have had a nuclear fuel cell as its battery to last so long. Within days all that a huge mansion had in it to eat was a single apple. The human populous began to turn in upon itself almost immediately. One accurate hit from a tank could bring down a ship the size of a super star destroyer and the list of WTF moments goes on.

I added a star because they showed a CGI shot of 20 Fenchurch Street (the walkie talkie building) with a huge gash in it. That tower is a monstronsity so props for that. Otherwise, skip this one unless you are super bored.