a city across

Rating: 7/10 (30 May 2006)

It's been a few years since I saw "Dark City". I remember it as a somewhat confusing flick about amnesiac John Murdoch (Rufus Sewell), trapped in a grim metropolis where the creatures who rule are after him. I agree with a previous viewer that this movie is better than "The Matrix" - which reused the sets - in that it's more psychological, posing the question of what makes us humans. Because we can see that the creatures who rule the city sure aren't human, but are we any better? Fascist Dr. Daniel Schreber (Kiefer Sutherland) sure isn't a candidate.
Anyway, it's not any kind of masterpiece, but definitely worth seeing. You may be very suspicious of your surroundings after seeing this. Also starring William Hurt and Jennifer Connelly.