Overshadowed!

Rating: Null/10 (1 February 2004)

Dark City should have done wonderful things for Alex Proyas. Warner Brothers should have employed him to rejuvinate the Batman Series or tinker with the Alien saga.... something big and sinister!
Instead he came back home to Oz and made Garage Days.... a decent movie, but a giant step backwards!
Dark City is a 'fantastic' conceptual film that allows us as the viewer to open our minds to a world so close to ours yet with such a dark and brooding underworld. Originality isn't exactly a common thing in Hollywood anymore and it is so good to see a movie like this come alongside the Matrix. It's just a shame that this was over shadowed by The Matrix. Both deserve seperate priase without comparison.
As an Aussie it's great to see so many familiar faces such as, Paul Livingston (Flacco), Colin Friels & Bruce Spence performing as part of this international ensamble cast. Excellent Entertainment that deserves to sit proudly along side such greats as: Metropolis, Matrix, City of Lost Children and Brazil.... just to name a few.
I give this 9 out of 10.