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Darkest Day

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Dan wakes up on a beach with no memory. He discovers an empty city ravaged by a deadly virus. After befriending a small group of survivors it soon becomes clear the army is hunting him down, and the group is forced on a dangerous journey to escape.

Year

2015

Duration

1h 30m

IMDb

3.5

Trailer

Cast

DR

Dan Rickard

Director

DR

Dan Rickard

Dan

CW

Chris Wandell

Sam

Samantha Bolter

Kate

Richard Wilkinson

James

CV

Christianne van Wijk

Lisa

CW

Christian Wise

Stephen

SD

Simon Drake

Will

AW

Adrienne Wandell

Adi

SB

Simon Bennett-Leyh

Satch

MD

Matthew Dukes

Soldier

SD

Steve Donovan

Infected

Ross Forder

Doctor

BG

Brad Glen

Military Pilot

SM

Steve Mileham

Soldier

MS

Murray Simon

Soldier

ET

Edmund Thaddeus

Banana Zombie

WM

Will Martin

Writer

DR

Dan Rickard

Writer

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Luciole LakamoraNov 22, 2022

This movie was obviously made on a very small budget that was probably spent mostly on digital cameras, fake blood and all the cans of beer the characters drink in one of the first scenes, Darkest Day is a plucky if hardly original British zombie film. Like so many other films and TV shows involving an undead menace, it focuses on the group dynamic among a group of so-far uninfected strangers, although this iteration goes somewhat against convention by having all the survivors be students in their twenties instead of a more heterogeneous mix of ages and types. This project was overall very decent and had good dialogue. Nevertheless, bits of it, like the editing, are pretty great, and the use of Brighton and the South Downs makes for a refreshing change of location.

FAh jahNov 22, 2022

The poster for "Darkest Day" says it all - "British Zombie Horror at its best" - if this is a separate genre then there's no hope at all! The movie blatantly rips-off 28 days movies - the main character awakes after an apocalypse with no memory of what has happened or how he got there. It's so blatant I can't believe the movie was green-lighted - but then again looking at the credits it seems to be a vanity/conceit piece for the main actor (who I think is the director too). This explains why the main actor is soooo wooden and the directing total crap. Characters seem to behave in unpredictable and unlikely ways, stare at the camera, overact or underact and are essentially unbelievable. There is an amazingly ineffective army, an amazingly over-effective character who single-handedly beats up a whole hoard of zombies, dumb characters who get over the death of their friends and family in a heartbeat, and loads of really bad special effects. A character also seems to die from a broken arm for some reason... At the end the main character kills himself for no real reason - I only wish he'd saved us all the time and done it in the first scene of this turd of a movie.

ElisaNov 22, 2022

This movie was actually quite impressive. In the beginning it starts off a bit slow, but as the characters and story develops it kind of glues you to the screen. I would recommend this movie to fans who are into the post-apocalyptic stories. I wouldn't recommended this movie for people who easily feel sorry for the weak and helpless. I Love how these movies turn out. Starts off with a post-apocalyptic scenery and you really get to see how people react to it. This movie clearly shows how the most sane human beings can become when placed in these type of situations. The movie does time after time get out of hand, but overall it was still entertaining. Great movie in my opinion! I love post- apocalyptic movies, so I definitely had to check it out! It may be a little rough around the edges, but good performance from the cast and had a great story! The dialogue was up to par and had a great time watching it!

Sommité RøyalNov 22, 2022

I love Samantha Bolter! She works so well in these kind of movies. I watched this movie because she was in it, but the movie was actually not bad at all! If you like zombie movies and Samantha Bolter, you need to check out this movie for sure. I make sure to try and watch every zombie film that I can, but this is a definite eye-catcher! There were some scenes that I thought were a bit amateur, but overall a good and fun movie to watch and you can't forget Samantha Bolter!! By looking at how this movie was made, there wasn't much money put into it. I would have to say that this movie had a lot of production value concerning everything else. This was a very great considering the director is an amateur. I hope that Dan Rickard continues to grow in his path to success in directing. I give this movie a 9 considering the circumstances and how well it was made. If you like these kind of movies, I'd recommend you to check it out!

𝑨𝑳𝑺𝑰𝑵𝑰🖤Nov 22, 2022

A young man called Dan (Dan Rickard) wakes up on a beach with amnesia. He wanders through a derelict town and stumbles upon a couple. Out of the blue, the man called Ben is murdered by a crazy man and Dan and the woman called Lisa (Christianne van Wijk) flee. She brings him to a house with survivors and he befriends the group: the leader Sam (Chris Wandell), Kate (Samantha Bolter), James (Richard Wilkinson), Stephen (Christian Wise), Will (Simon Drake), Adi (Adrienne Wandell) and Satch (Simon Bennett-Leyh). Meanwhile the army is taking over the town. Soon Adi is infected and their friends are forced to kill her. When a group goes to a supermarket to scavenge supplies, they stumble upon the army and Dan and Lisa escape together. But a sniper kills Lisa and Dan subdues and kills the soldier. He finds a wanted note with his photo in the pocket of the soldier. Why is the army hunting Dan down? "Darkest Hour" is neither a great nor a bad zombie film as most of the reviews indicate. It is an entertaining low budget movie, with deficiencies in edition and camera work, but that can be disregarded considering it budget. The action scenes with shaking camera are annoying and unnecessary. But the story is good and the performances are not bad. My vote is five. Title (Brazil): Not Available

user8978976398452Nov 22, 2022

Don't be put off of the negative reviews on this, as it is a bit of a gem in its own right & shows what can be done on a tight budget & a cast of unknowns. I personally enjoyed the chaotic shaky filming during the 'cat and mouse scenes' that pitted the infected against the uninfected. Yeah, sure there was a '28 Days Later' feel about the movie but I didn't find it boring at all. So much so, I am quietly hoping there will be a sequel with the main character turning up on a beach '28 Weeks Later' The Infected theme has well & truly been traversed many times but there's still room for an Infected movie with an innovative flair. In summary: Good cinematography A good story was gleaned out of a cast of unknowns although the odd cast member was a little 'Wooden' in their gesticulations. Rose above its obvious budgetary limitations. So yeah, give it a try, if you're an 'Infected' fan this will satisfy your cravings.

Franzy BettynaNov 22, 2022

This is set in Brighton where we meet Dan who has woken up on a beach. He has lost his memory and does not know that some sort of virus has infected most of the population who turn into mentals with a nasty tendency to kill humans. He meets up with some survivors but it soon becomes apparent that the Army are out to get him and will be pretty ruthless in so doing, so his new chums are hardly over impressed with him. What unfolds takes us back to what happened to him and the journey to try to escape. Now this is an independent film but it has excellent sets, some very good acting, excellent CGI for the most part and a very believable script and a fair few extras to bulk out the plot and make it all that more enjoyable. I was not expecting great shakes from this so was really surprised at how much I liked it. It will not be everyone's cup of tea but it can be seen as a bit of mindless fun with a hint at the ever present questions of existentialism. There are obvious comparisons to 'Twenty Eight Days Later' which I enjoyed too, but approach this with an open mind and I hope you will get as much out of this as I did.

عثمان مختارلبازNov 22, 2022

I try not to write a negative review but this time i feel that i must. Where and how this film got over 5 in a review it must be the people that made it have done the voting. One of, no scratch that the worst film i have watched in such a long time that i felt the need to write a review. Firstly it looks as if it was made by some university students who had to make a film for their drama class, the acting was bad, the story was okay, the filming itself, half shaky cam was totally off putting. Let's just say that i am glad i didn't pay to watch this film, if i had bought it or rented it i would have been really cheesed off but as it was free, i still felt robbed and wanted a refund. Don't waste your time on this film.

KhaleedaNov 22, 2022

Never has a film inspired me so much to come on-line and write a review. An absolute garbage film Not sure if this is a spoiler alert but trust me nothing could spoil this film - just in case... spoiler alert!!! Clearly a rip off from 28 days later but thats OK... The zombie genre is saturated now and its hard to be original - I'm actually OK with a little plagerism and remakes but people puuulease The script was appalling. The acting even worse. None of the characters were any way likable...in fact I was rooting for the Zombies. After 5 mins...and had I been the lead character would have gladly gone back out onto the street to meet my demise rather than spend a minute with these other "characters". Seriously bad acting... like jaw droppingly "are these people getting paid for this bad!" Look I could go on and on because it was so poor. I can't honestly believe it made it into a DVD and the filmmakers were actually happy to release this abomination. Did they not watch it back? All I want to do is for those who are going to the DVD shop and see the cover "British Horror at its best"... warn you - put it back on the shelf and run away. Time would be better spent cutting your hair with a cheese grator than watching this garbage I rarely turn off a film but after an hour - an hour of my life wasted - I turned it off and aghast at really how bad this could be. Don't watch it - you have been warned!