Hippy's Happy Film Review

Dark City




Details

US 1998 100m

Director

Alex Proyas

Cast

Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland, Richard O'Brian, John Hurt



They built the city to see what makes us tick. Last night, one of us went off
One small step


An interestingly captivating film which reminded me superficially of Terry Gilliam's Brazil.

A slightly surreal storyline, that makes itself clearer as the film progresses, with the obligatory happy ending but delivered with a little restraint.

Seriously spoilt halfway through when, as the lead player falls through the door to nowhere, quite a few storeys up, the quadrillion dollar special effects budget failed to stretch to masking out the safety rope.

Despite this obvious blunder; a very dark and different film that pulls one along as it goes.





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First published sometime before Tuesday the 7th of December, 1999
Last upload was on Tuesday the 10th of August, 2004 at 23:00:29