Well, the "Dark" part serves up to it's title!

Rating: Null/10 (27 August 1999)

Maybe if someone had a flashlight or an oil lamp in this movie, you could see something! This has to be the most overrated films to have been released in 1998 (with exceptions to the putrid "Shakespeare in Love). I would imagine due to all the visuals and the "symbolic imagery" that this movie appeals more to the "College Geek Sci-Fi fan" or a foreign audience. No offense, but films tend to be more successful in third world countries.
Not only is the movie overrated, it's also completely RIDICULOUS! Alright, we have a "floating city of Atlantis" in Outer Space which was created by aliens --- aliens that make an Ed Wood production look like Industrial Light and Magic. They're bald, wear long black coats, and top hats! How cheesy could you get? And if they were able to control the way everything worked, how did one person (Rufus Sewell) advance all of a sudden? This is the biggest flaw in the whole movie, and not the only one. If this picture had been made in the 50's, there wouldn't be as much criticism.

I would be softer on this movie if I could make out what happened. Everything around was dark, dark dark. It gives the movie a gothic feel, but with large amounts, it proves a lack of imagination. I really cannot recommend this movie, and how Roger Ebert decided to put it as #1 for 1998, I might ever know. Must be a hysteria epidemic floating around the entertainment industry...