Proyas seems fond of the Tony Scott School of Editing which requires a cut every five seconds, however inappropriate to the pacing of that scene. Some of the dialogue exchanges were especially distracting with this technique. Of course, there is much less dialogue as the film progresses, and that style of frenetic editing is better suited toward action-oriented material. Some may complain that the characters lack depth, but there are some very obvious reasons for this that the film makes clear by the end. I think not.
Dark City is a beautiful, grim, absorbing puzzle.
Alex Proyas guides us with a skillful hand, engaging and delighting our senses. We sit spellbound as the tangled tale unwinds around us, happening not before us but to us. It's a very good film and, if successful, may be a harbinger of even better things to come from a gifted stylist.