Excellent; One of the best films of the decade

Rating: 9/10 (20 September 1998)

I wasn't expecting much from this movie. I was expecting to see a dark tale about a bunch of aliens. But wow...Alex Proyas has done such an astonishing job on this film it is hard to find a word good enough to describe it. This film, besides being beautiful in shots, opens your mind up to new possibilities, and lets you leave the theater as a new person altogether. As far as the acting goes, it's excellent. I kept on wondering where they found Rufus Sewell, and why he wasn't in any great movies prior to this. Also doing a surprisingly good job is Kiefer Sutherland, who continues to establish himself as a great, somewhat unknown actor. I liked this movie so much, I even named my handle DarkCity. If Alex Proyas continues such great work, he may be able to replace Stanley Kubrick as The King of Thinking Movies.