Dark City (Director's Cut) is an amazing movie. I am so happy I didn't see it until it was on BluRay and also recut by the Director, Alex Proyas. DO NOT watch the theatrical version!Dark City was a difficult movie to market and the "suits" made Proyas put a voice-over at the beginning of the movie which completely spoils the mystery. After watching the Director's Cut and the extra explaining the story behind the movie, I started watching the theatrical cut and it was brutal.
I would call this movie, Alien Noir. It's not very easy to figure out what is going on in the beginning, but if you let the movie take you with it, it turns out very cool and all you want to do is visit Shell Beach, although nobody knows how to get there.
I don't want to spoil the plot by explaining things, but I highly recommend this movie as a seminal work along with Blade Runner in influencing SciFi movies in the future.
William Hurt plays Frank Bumstead and is one of the main characters, so that is a big plus.
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