The Darkest Dawn

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.

Found footage ... and a sequel too. And yet, if you did like the first one, you should like this too. It's actually slightly better. Though the effects are still very visible and I guess some would say bad (I guess budget wise there was nothing more they could get out of it).

This time around we get new characters and a dad that can't act if his life depended on it - or someone else's life for that matter. Anyway, that on the nose "acting" is bad, but let's say you don't have to endure a lot of it, because "drama" (as in Family Drama) is thankfully short, before we get to the meat of things ... the horror, action and science fiction of it

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.

I must admit, I'm a sucker for most found footage films. So whenever I come across one I've not seen (or even heard of) before, I have to give it a try.

Almost immediately I wanted to give up. The acting isn't great, but that's expected from these low budget films. My issue was how quickly everyone gives up. The mum goes to work and before it even gets dark, the rest of the family are sobbing for her and the main character is saying her goodbyes to her on the camera. Also, on the second day, the government announcement says that the world would surrender right now if they knew how.

The CGI is pretty good to be fair, other than the plane crash scene ... the perspective was horribly wrong. The plane crashed on the road a few meters from the camera.

Ashens was definitely unexpected. I've watched him for years on Youtube, so seeing him in a film other than The Proxy or the Gamechild was a nice surprise.

I tried to finish it, I really did, but I couldn't. It's not even a full length film and although there were fast action shots every 30 seconds, it felt agonisingly slow.

This got 5 star reviews on Netflix and I'm honestly not sure why. Terrible, over acting - if you can call it acting. Situation escalates quickly, unbelievably so. I've seen better acting in at my local youth theatre.