Dark City

Movie • 1998

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Explore a dark and atmospheric world where reality is manipulated, identities are fluid, and existential questions loom large.

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A modern noir that blends existential mystery with haunting visuals—perfect for fans of twisted plots and shadowy intrigue.

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A hypnotic fusion of futuristic noir and mystery. Shadowy cityscapes and twisting identities echo classic noir themes.

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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.

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Roger Ebert

"Dark City'' is a film to nourish us. Not a story so much as an experience, it is a triumph of art direction, set design, cinematography, special effects--and imagination.

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Roger Ebert

"Dark City" by Alex Proyas resembles its great silent predecessor "Metropolis" in asking what it is that makes us human, and why it cannot be changed by decree.

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Common Sense Media

The way Dark City fuses science fiction with classic film-noir detective imagery and Kafka-esque fantasy-allegory is stylish and boldly visionary.

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Reelviews Movie Reviews

Dark City has as stunning a visual texture as that of any movie that I've seen.

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AllMovie

Dark City takes what could have been a wildly pretentious storyline and imbues it with skill and substance.

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Bleeding Fool

Dark City presents a dystopian world enveloped in an eerie noir atmosphere, transcending the Matrix franchise’s action-oriented approach.

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reviewsfrommycouch.com

My god, the style. And the striking images are used to tell the story

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IMDb

"the film seemed very promising from the start; the awesome soundtrack, produces the 'correct' atmosphere throughout: epic at times, eerie at others, dark at others, but always seeming not out of place."

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