The blue pill????

Rating: 8/10 (22 September 2009)

'Dark City' is a dark (well obviously), psychotic, science fiction-noir, mystery which never let's up on the twists and keeps you guessing right from the beginning to the conclusion which still may leave you wanting more answers.
Poor advertising and mis-understanding of the film by the studios meant the film got sold as a "horror" film and not as a intellectual sci-fi thriller which resulted in it's flop at the Box-office with young teens heading in to theater's expecting horror and coming out confused and sci-fi enthusiasts totally missing it as it unfortunately didn't blip on their radars.
Fortunetly the film found it's audience on DVD and is now considered a cult-classic of "The Matrix" variety even though the film was released in theater's a full year before anyone even new what the Matrix was! I am not going to discuss the plot in any detail at all as I believe the less you know about this film, the better but I will say AVOID the theatrical version if possible and rent or purchase The Director's cut as it is a much better and fuller film than the theatrical cut which pretty much explains the story in a voice over at the beginning of the film just so that all the viewers without brains and who don't want to be taken on a journey of mystery and intrigue will better understand that what they are watching is indeed a movie! The film is brilliant in every aspect, great cast, great visuals (even by today's standards) and great directing.
"Dark City" is the little Science fiction film that could....maybe not at first....but thank God for DVD!!!