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Dark City (Director's Cut) [Blu-ray]
starring: Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, Richard O'Brien
directed by: Alex Proyas

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Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: Blu-ray
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0794043122927
Format: Color, Director's Cut, Widescreen
Label: New Line Home Video
Manufacturer: New Line Home Video
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: New Line Home Video
Release Date: July 29, 2008
Running Time: 111 minutes
Sales Rank: 32
Studio: New Line Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: February 27, 1998

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Editorial Review:

Product Description:
The critically-acclaimed triumph from visionary director Alex Proyas (I Robot The Crow) is back with a brand new directors cut featuring enhanced picture and sound never-before-seen footage and three commentary tracks that take you deeper than ever before into the world of one of sci-fis most exciting and revered tales. When John Murdoch (Rufus Sewell) wakes with no memory at the scene of a grisly murder he soon finds himself hunted by the police a woman claiming to be his wife and a mysterious group of pale men who seem to control everything and everyone in the city.Starring Rufus Sewell (The Illusionist) Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind) William Hurt (A History of Violence) and Kiefer Sutherland (TVs 24).System Requirements:Running Time: 111 minutesFormat: BLU-RAY DISC Genre: SCI-FI/FANTASY/FANTASY Rating: NR UPC: 794043122927 Manufacturer No: 1000040376

Amazon.com:
If you're a fan of brooding comic-book antiheroes, got a nihilistic jolt from The Crow (1994), and share director Alex Proyas's highly developed preoccupation for style over substance, you might be tempted to call Dark City an instant classic of visual imagination. It's one of those films that exists in a world purely of its own making, setting its own rules and playing by them fairly, so that even its derivative elements (and there are quite a few) acquire their own specific uniqueness. Before long, however, the film becomes interesting only as a triumph of production design. And while that's certainly enough to grab your attention (Blade Runner is considered a classic, after all), it's painfully clear that Dark City has precious little heart and soul. One-dimensional characters are no match for the film's abundance of retro-futuristic style, so it's best to admire the latter on its own splendidly cinematic terms. Trivia buffs will be interested to know that the film's 50-plus sets (partially inspired by German expressionism) were built at the Fox Film Studios in Sydney, Australia, home base of director Alex Proyas and producer Andrew Mason. The underground world depicted in the film required the largest indoor set ever built in Australia. --Jeff Shannon

Customer Reviews

Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- New Line degrains again
This is a warning to all who like their films in HD to look like film and not waxy video games. "Dark City" seems to be another victim of digital grain reduction and sharpening. It's not released yet but the first stills from the disc are on the net and they look waxy and sharpened. You have been warned.

Rating:

- Not Your Usual Murder Mystery
I remember waffling something fierce on whether to see this movie. The movie trailer said, "go for it," but the premise said, "dull dull dull." I'm not someone who gets enthralled by murder mysteries. Murders are mundane and can happen anywhere, and unfortunately in real life too. I rather enjoy seeing things that you don't normally run across. At long last, I finally buckled and went with my gut instinct over the visual cues from the trailer, and I guess the rest is history.

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Rating:

- Dark City should have been named dullsville.
Bored.
Bored.
Bored.
I saw this in the theater and couldn't wait for it to end.
Boring, unmemorable with a dreadful story line with acting to match.
I don't recommend this film, not when there are so many other films to watch.
I'm adding more to this review.
I must say I'm rather impressed by the rabid following this particular movie has.
39 unhelpful votes?
LOL, as I stated in my profile, this isn't a popularity contest, so vote as you see fit.
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Rating:

- "Maybe one day, I'll work for you."
Dark City will always stand out as being one of the most unfairly ignored films from the 1990s. It had all the makings of a great science fiction film: top notch acting, an original plot, spectacular visual effects, clever dialogue, and tension so thick it deflects bullets. Yet it also had some things about it that doomed it to box office failure. It had no major box office draws in its cast, it was poorly marketed, and the story went over way too many people's heads. But all that is inconsequential to ... Read More

Rating:

- Wonderful Movie
Wow, this movie is great. I wish there were more science fiction releases of the same caliber as Dark City. I definitely recommend this movie for those that like thinking out of the box. Once again, great movie.

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