Great plot...the rest was ordinary

Rating: 6/10 (23 June 2001)

Dark City has a fantastic, well thought-out plot, in a vaguely similar vein to that of The Matrix.
However, there was very little insight at all in this film, except for the notion that human beings are defined by their souls, and although this formed the underlying thesis of this film, it never really felt like the film was geared to its analysis in a coherent fashion.

The pacing of the action was also too hectic, and as a result no scenes in the film really stand out in memory.
It seems that the creative talent behind Dark City was not focused; the film is a jumbled mixture and does not hang together very well. Characters like The Inspector ultimately added nothing to the film, and one wonders at their inclusion.
However, the film is worth seeing for the ingenuity of the plot, and Kiefer Sutherland's terrific performance. 6/10