Rotten
City ultimately plays like one of those art-deco dystopian CD-ROM adventures of recent years.
Ty Burr, Entertainment Weekly
Dark City
They built the city to see what makes us tick. Last night, one of us went off.
1998 · 1h 41m · R
Mystery, Science Fiction
Directed by
Alex Proyas
Overview
A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.
Director and cast
- Alex Proyas Director
- Rufus Sewell as John Murdoch
- William Hurt as Inspector Frank Bumstead
- Kiefer Sutherland as Dr. Daniel P. Schreber
- Jennifer Connelly as Emma Murdoch
- Richard O'Brien as Mr. Hand
- Ian Richardson as Mr. Book
- Bruce Spence as Mr. Wall
- Colin Friels as Det. Eddie Walenski
- John Bluthal as Karl Harris
- Mitchell Butel as Officer Husselbeck
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Rotten
A mishmash of iconography lifted from better movies.
Lisa Alspector, Chicago Reader
Fresh
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.
Todd McCarthy, Variety
Fresh
[A] stylish hybrid of futuristic thriller and film noir.
Rita Kempley, Washington Post
Fresh
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.
Andrea C. Basora, Newsweek
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