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Dark City (1998)

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Reviews Counted:46

Fresh:19

Rotten:27

Average Rating:2.8/10

Consensus: Stylishly gloomy, Dark City offers a polarizing whirl of arresting visuals and noirish action.

Runtime: 1 hr 51 mins

Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy

Synopsis: Upon awakening with a start in an icy bathtub in a strange room--with a woman's dead body inconveniently nearby--John Murdoch can't remember how he got there. With a police detective hot on his... Upon awakening with a start in an icy bathtub in a strange room--with a woman's dead body inconveniently nearby--John Murdoch can't remember how he got there. With a police detective hot on his trail and a psychiatrist skulking around, Murdoch discovers that the key to his mystery is the presence of strange extraterrestrial creatures, the Strangers, who are experimenting with the memories of the humans in his city--from which there may be no escape. Ambitious sci-fi noir, with rich production design and a dense, Kafkaesque concept. [More]

Starring: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, Richard O'Brien

Starring: Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, Richard O'Brien, Ian Richardson, William Hurt, Bruce Spence, Colin Friels, John Bluthall, Mitchell Butel, Melissa George, Frank Gallacher, Ritchie Singer, Justin Monjo, Nicholas Bell, Satya Gumbert, Frederick Miragliotta, Peter Sommerfeld, Timothy Jones, Jeanette Cronin, Paul Livingston, Michael Lake, David Wenham, Alan Cinis, Bill Highfield, Terry Bader, Rosemary Traynor, Edward Grant, Maureen O'Shaughnessy, Dhobi Oparei, Marques Johnson, Doug Scroope, Cinzia Coassin, Tyson McCarthy, Luke Styles, Anthony Kierann, Laura Keneally, Natalie Bollard, Eliot Paton, Naomi van der Velden, Peter Callan, Mark Hedges, Darren Gilshenan, Ray Rizzo, Bill Rutherford, Marin Mimica, Tony Mosley, Glenford Richards, Stanley Steer, Greg Tell, William Upjohn

Director: Alex Proyas

Director: Alex Proyas
Composer: Trevor Jones
Producer: Andrew Mason, Alex Proyas
Story: Alex Proyas
Screenwriter: Alex Proyas, Lem Dobbs, David S. Goyer

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Jun 14, 2005

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  • Alex Proyas, (The Crow) directs this futuristic thriller about a man waking up to find he is wanted for brutal murders he doesn't remember. Haunted by mysterious beings who stop time and alter reality, he seeks to unravel the riddle of his identity.
  • Source: Warner Home Video
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    Mind-stretching, futuristic sci-fi can get gory.

    Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | comment Comment
    12/08/09
    Betsy Bozdech
    Betsy Bozdech
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    02/27/09
    Moviehole
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    10/18/08
    R. L. Shaffer
    R. L. Shaffer
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    10/18/08
    Rusty White
    Rusty White
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    Full Review Source: digitallyOBSESSED.com | comment Comment
    08/20/08
    Dan Heaton
    Dan Heaton
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    If anything can be said of the movie that keeps it relevant in a time when ideas are of a different supply, it's that it is one of the few movies of years past that endures not because it has a lot to say, but because it inspires its viewers to say more.

    Full Review Source: Cinemaphile.org | comment Comment
    08/17/08
    David Keyes
    David Keyes
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    Full Review Source: DVD Savant | comment Comment
    08/06/08
    Glenn Martin Erickson
    Glenn Martin Erickson
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    Dark City is a shining example of the fact that sci-fi doesn't have to mean spaceships and robots.

    Full Review Source: DVDSleuth.com | comment Comment
    07/30/08
    Mike Long
    Mike Long
    DVDSleuth.com

    ...grim, fascinating, always absorbing, wildly imaginative, and not a little scary. (Blu-ray Edition)

    Full Review Source: DVDTown.com | comment Comment
    07/25/08
    John J. Puccio
    John J. Puccio
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    Full Review Source: DVD Beaver | comment Comment
    07/24/08
    DVD Beaver

    How this underrated sci-fi gem should have been released back in 1998 . . .

    Full Review Source: Sci-Fi Movie Page | comment Comment
    07/24/08
    James O'Ehley
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    07/29/05
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    09/05/03
    Joe Hourcle
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    07/31/03
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    06/19/03
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    11/22/02
    Malcolm Campbell
    Malcolm Campbell
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    03/23/02
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    12/10/01
    Aaron Beierle
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    12/10/01
    Doug Maclean
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