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Dark City
It is a strange drama and horror film about John Murdoch. John woke up alone in a strange hotel to find that he was wanted for a series of murders. In a short while, John seeks to uncover the twisted mystery of his identity, and he may have to struggle with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember yet.
7 April 1943, Glasgow, Scotland, UK
1956
21 September 1965, Marrickville, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
17 August 1958, Huddersfield, England, UK
July 27, 2008
Was "The Matrix" before "The Matrix" was ever in the pop culture lexicon...
April 28, 2008
Proyas floods the screen with cinematic and literary references ranging from Murnau and Lang to Kafka and Orwell, creating a unique yet utterly convincing world.
April 28, 2008
A mishmash of iconography lifted from better movies.
January 07, 2009
Writer/Director Alex Proyas needs to stop it with the writing and concentrate on making the pretty. He needs to find a good script and just direct it.
April 28, 2008
City ultimately plays like one of those art-deco dystopian CD-ROM adventures of recent years.
August 10, 2008
The experience of Dark City is one that no film lover should miss... seen now as it was intended after 10 long years of wandering in the shadows.
April 28, 2008
If you don't fall in love with it, you've probably never fallen in love with a movie, and never will.
August 05, 2008
Proyas assembles his inspirations into a unique amalgam with the power of myth to tap the fears and desires of our collective unconscious. [Blu-Ray]
April 28, 2008
[A] stylish hybrid of futuristic thriller and film noir.
July 28, 2008
mixes visual marvels with B-movie archetypes
March 31, 2009
A visionary slice of visceral experience.
April 28, 2008
Dark City trades in such weighty themes as memory, thought control, human will and the altering of reality, but is engaging mostly in the degree to which it creates and sustains a visually startling alternate universe.
