In a city out of time, a man without a past discovers the future

Rating: 10/10 (27 February 2005)

Where is fancy bred? In the heart or in the head? John Murdock is a man without a past and a man without a future. A man who lives outside time only to find that time is an illusion. John lives in the city. John has a wife, of the moment and a doctor who is bent on his salvation. Dark City is the story of the voyage of this man and what he finds along the way. At its core, we can postulate Dark City as an argument between free will and predestination, a love story, a mystery wrapped in an enigma. Moody and dark overall, somber as befits the material, Dark City walks us through the long dark night of the soul. A parable, perhaps, as are the best stories, we identify with John-Anyman as he seeks to slay the demons that would slay him. Yes, and the Strangers, what of the them? They seek to find that which is lost to them, the secret that lies within a human. As do we all, as we are Stragners to ourselves. Excellent, thought provoking and unique.