fabulous

Rating: 9/10 (5 April 2001)

Dark City is simply great. A great film that i recommend to all movie lovers out there, whether they like or don't like SF's.
Dark City is a complex thriller - fiction title that has many new things and a great story. A place where people have no past, no memories, nothing true to relate them to their real lives. A place where people are subjects to an alien experiment about their souls, about what makes them human.
The story, as i said, is really complex, original and well built. There are, still, moments when this movie reminds me of Matrix, especially in the beginning, when Sutherland contacts Sewell and tells him that he is the one, and people are after him right as they speak.
Except for the great plot and story, once you see this title, you will not be able to forget the great atmosphere. The city where there is no sun is greatly built. There's a touch of the 40s and 50s, with the rooms and buildings and also the hats people wear. There is also a powerful sense of 12 Monkeys, well not actually 12 Monkeys, but of Terry Gilliam.
The directing is good, the acting also, maybe except for William Hurt's. A guy that never manages to escape from his low style of playing.
All in all, Dark City is a "must". Go see it, you won't be sorry. Vote: 9 out of 10.