
John Murdoch awakens alone in a strange hotel to find that he has lost his memory and is wanted for a series of brutal and bizarre murders. While trying to piece together his past, he stumbles upon a fiendish underworld controlled by a group of beings known as The Strangers who possess the ability to put people to sleep and alter the city and its inhabitants. Now Murdoch must find a way to stop them before they take control of his mind and destroy him.... (Full plot summary below)
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John Murdoch awakens alone in a strange hotel to find that he has lost his memory and is wanted for a series of brutal and bizarre murders. While trying to piece together his past, he stumbles upon a fiendish underworld controlled by a group of beings known as The Strangers who possess the ability to put people to sleep and alter the city and its inhabitants. Now Murdoch must find a way to stop them before they take control of his mind and destroy him.
Leave your thoughts about Dark City.
| Chicago Sun-TimesRoger EbertA great visionary achievement, a film so original and exciting, it stirred my imagination like "Metropolis" and "2001: A Space Odyssey." |
| Combustible CelluloidJeffrey M. AndersonThe sound and visuals of this movie are not to be missed on the big screen if at all possible. |
| Cinema CrazedFelix Vasquez Jr.Was "The Matrix" before "The Matrix" was ever in the pop culture lexicon... |
| Cinema em CenaPablo VillaçaUm verdadeiro clássico contemporâneo da ficção científica, nos presenteia com um roteiro brilhante, uma fotografia impecável, uma direção de arte belíssima e, é claro, com questionamentos filosósicos incrivelmente instigantes. |
| Aisle SeatMike McGranaghanWhile the concept of memory altering is mind-boggling, the visuals bring it chillingly alive. |
| Sci-Fi Movie PageJames O'EhleyDark City is quite a rarity: it is both visceral and cerebral at once. |
| San Francisco ExaminerWalter V. Addiego...what counts here is the show, the creation of a strange world by a filmmaker who clearly knows science fiction and fantasy, past and present, and wants to share his love for it. |
| TimeRichard CorlissProyas floods the screen with cinematic and literary references ranging from Murnau and Lang to Kafka and Orwell, creating a unique yet utterly convincing world. |
| eFilmCritic.comScott WeinbergA wonderfully complex and startlingly visionary epic. I love this movie. |
| Washington PostStephen HunterIf you don't fall in love with it, you've probably never fallen in love with a movie, and never will. |