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Dark City (Director's Cut) [Blu-ray]
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4.5 (513 reviews)
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5An all-time classic!
30%Jennifer Connelly
51%I beg to differ with the Amazon.com official review
41%Shell Beach
41%Not quite a classic, but still a VERY good sci-fi movie
51%A Blu-Ray review
51%A classic film gets it's due!
50%Wierd but fascinating as well
41%Great!
41%Free will
20%This movie is a bit boring
51%Yes, "Dark" Is The Word For This Eerie & Fascinating Tale
50%Rufus Sewell meets Riff Raff
50%A NOIR DREAMWORLD
41%Includes Digital copy, but...
21%Good blu-ray quality. Story didn't hold interest.
50%A FILM OF COMPLEX ENIGMAS? ODDLY: YES!!
50%A hidden gem
51%3.5 stars out of 4
50%Especially good for the internet age
30%Bald headed freaks were annoying....SLEEEEP
50%Best Blu-Ray PQ i've seen to date!
51%Dark City [Director's Cut]
51%FANTASTIC RE TELLING
51%No more spoiler narration!
51%Awesome Movie!
40%Great Movie but....
51%Fantastic Movie Gets Amazing Director's Cut and AAA HiDef Presentation
10%AWFULL: Mortal Combat meets Crouching Tiger
50%The Director's cut...
51%"We use your dead as vessels!"
51%Great Movie
51%Fantastic movie. Recommended highly for those who haven't seen the original
50%A TRUE CLASSIC FOR THE NEW AGE
50%Simple review.
10%Movie: 4/5 Picture Quality: 3/5 Sound Quality: 4/5 Extras: 3.75/5
51%If Only...
51%Awesome Movie
51%Dark City Director's Cut Blu-Ray is the definitive version of the Matrix-inspiring classic
10%Worst plot ever
51%Even Better
51%Dark City
41%Director's Cut vs. Standard Edition
51%The Definitive Version?
10%Not region free
51%Director's Cut: Superb Anamorphic transfer to DVD
40%It's all right
41%a Dark movie
41%The greatest film of all time never gets the respect it deserves.
51%Amazing Film
40%All Regions?
30%Fun to see but the original is best.
51%Great Movie, and EXCELLENT video/sound quality
50%Narration Begone!
10%If you are from Europe, BEWARE!
30%Rent it
41%Movie rocks. The "bonus digital copy" is a farce.
41%Exceptional film presented (on Blu-ray) in both the original version and "Director's Cut" (DVD has only DC)
30%Brighter visual, better audio... sleepier edit.
41%Much better than the already good movie
51%Dark City The Directors Cut
20%Cliche City
51%A word about Directors' cuts
41%Blu review only...
3Problematic
50%Not Your Usual Murder Mystery
51%"Maybe one day, I'll work for you."
51%Wonderful Movie
51%A masterpiece, now even more perfect (plus DVD supplements).
51%Dark City - Underrated Classic.
40%Tune In... Or Fall Out!
41%Sci-noir cult film... hit and mis, but mostly hit
50%5 star movie at the very least!
50%great sci-fi
51%A dark tribute to Film Noir
50%A Great Movie
10%Dont waste your time and money.
40%Dark City: Neo Noir Sci Fi Cult Classic
50%Very well done
51%*Great Sci-Fi Movie*
31%Style Maximum and Substance Medium
51%Sci-Fi Film Noir
40%Within the new generation of Sci-Fi movies-ala-Matrix and space/aliens spicy!!!
20%An attempt to save you just under 2 hours of your life.
30%"You must concentrate!"
50%Wow
50%dreamy and dark indeed
50%Brilliant dark masterful film
5cool alternate reality/alien sci-fi
3INTERESTING AND ATMOSPHEREIC AND OF COURSE.....DARK!
51%More than just Film Noir
21%Visually intriguing, but the plot had more holes than swiss cheese
51%Great movie with a twisted plot
41%"It Is Mr. Murdoch, Isn't It?" ~ Challenging The Collective Reality
51%"tune" this one in
50%A great, dark sci-fi flick
51%The best Sci-Fi since 2001!
41%Excellent Sci-fi Noir
51%One of the best Sci-Fi Flicks of the 90's
10%They've all lost their minds...
50%Great imagination
51%THE LAST TRAIN HAS LEFT
51%They are the strangers
51%Probably the Best Sci-Fi Film of the 1990's
51%Beautifully Dark
50%A Fantastic Masterpiece Of Science Fiction
41%dark city
10%How To Make A Goth/Sci-Fi "Classic" (A 20-Step Guide)
40%Dark city was better than I remembered
20%Great sets
51%A Very Well-Done Alien-S/F Whodunit, Fascinating, and Ultimately Satisfying
30%OK but I liked Heston's "Dark City" better
30%The city is the most interesting character of all
51%Creepy, Cool, and a wrongfully-neglected classic
51%A Neo-Noir Classic
51%One very overlooked film
50%An All-Time Favorite - But William Hurt Deserves a Lifetime Achievement Razzie Award for Worst Actor
51%A Don't Miss Treat - Excellent Science Fiction
41%Very dark
41%Tippy and Good
51%Be One with John Murdock.
51%The most unfairly ignored sci-fi film of the 90's!
40%Good for its time
40%Useful way to spent a couple of hours
51%The Beginning of Saga!!
51%Before the Matrix, with lower budget,
5Blu-ray Directors Cut
41%Gripping, Freaky and Excellent.
40%IT IS WIDESCREEN: An Explanation
21%Great movie, but it is NOT WIDESCREEN
50%ok.
51%Wow! Why did I wait so long to see it?
5Strangers in a Strange Land
50%Dark Thrill
51%Sci-Fi inspired from the dark side of the imagination!!
51%brilliant, but goes over most heads
30%good watch, value for money
51%A Science Fiction masterpiece
10%Mediocre fantasy/horror movie
20%I Wanted To Like It. 15 out of 100.
51%"poor, poor mr. quick"
50%One of the best movies that I've ever seen!
51%Better "what is reality?" concept than The Matrix
51%one of my favorites
51%Very original....Good quality sci-fi flick
41%Concerning "widescreen" format.
51%Move Over, Matrix...
51%Sci Fi meets Film Nior
51%Excellent Viewing
51%Skip the voiceover!
51%THE ORIGINAL MATRIX!
30%Interesting, disturbing even, but NOT scarry....
51%one of the very best
51%The fragmentary memory !
41%Time to tune the world, Mr. Book
51%"First, there was darkness. Then came the Strangers."
51%So good , Dark City is the matrix of a revolution
21%Don't believe the hype!
51%Truly a great value
51%Awesome Science Fictional Hybrid In Bright And Dark
51%One of my favorite movies
40%Very Well Done
51%Flaws ? What Flaws ?
50% One of my Favorite Films
31%Dark City
51%Mesmerising
21%A hollow tale that could've been great sci-fi
41%The Original Matrix
51%Awesome acting by Kiefer Sutherland!
51%Ultimate Social Engineering...
41%Awe-inspiring visuals almost compensate for thin characters
51%One of the last great films during the 20th century!
51%A Triumph
40%The myth of the ocean
50%A new genre of reality......
51%Terrific sci-fi movie with noir tendencies and decent DVD
31%Great visuals
51%I loved this film
41%"We use your dead as vessels!!!"
51%A question-your-existence dark fantasy that works.
30%Dark Sci-fi Noir Rich on Atmosphere
50%This movie has so much to say
51%Ahem...
51%Would make a great double feature with "The Truman Show"
41%Impressive, Dark Sci-Fi Thriller
41%A film that was ahead of it's time........
41%One of the best modern Sci Fi Films
50%IS THIS REAL?
50%There *IS* No Shell Beach!
50%Pure brilliance, and beautiful to watch
50%Insanly awesome
40%A Review Haiku by Todd Marrone
50%One of my top 5 of all time
41%Memorable and Influential Sci-Fi
51%Top Notch Sci-Fi Thriller
40%Beautiful to look at
50%from the director who brought you "The Crow"
20%Failed to accomplish where The Matrix Succeeded
51%A life-changing film
41%Great movie, strage similarities.
50%Awesome!
51%Beautiful movie
40%Pretty
41%A stunning visual achievement
40%Very Cool, Very Spooky--Yess?
50%Stylish and Clever (spoiler)
5An orgasm for the senses
20%Dark...Or just dim?
41%Dark, indeed.
40%Great film, explores the importance of individuality
40%Cool movie !
51%An incredible film
51%Excellent Dark Sci-Fi Question-Reality Film
51%Words are hard to describe...
50%a greatly under-rated film
51%The Matrix meets Kafka
50%Excellent Film
31%Brain Candy Sci-Fi
30%Visually interesting blend of sci fi classics....
51%The story "The Matrix" left out
40%A Sci Fi Thriller
31%Not great, but not bad.
50%Wierd and fascinating.
50%Superbly directed Sci-Fi Noir
40%Very Dark City
51%The most amazing lighting in a movie
50%An exploration of what makes us human
10%Foul excrement (warning: *minor* spoiler below)
50%The Best SF movie in 1998 and
4Beyond your Imagination
41%A Precursor to the Matrix?
51%still one of my all time favorites!
30%Let's not go overboard
51%Brilliant!
51%Dark City
30%Movie doesn' t live up to its potential-Commentary Excellen
40%Too fast, too short, and too much unrealized potential
51%Best movie of 1998. Sci-fi future classic.
5Truly something else
51%The City of Lost Children.
50%Amazing Tour de Force for SCI-FI Fans
5Sci Fi Film Noir
51%BRILLIANT!
50%Brilliant
20%Great looking, if a somewhat empty story.
41%Nobody's heard of "Dark City"
50%#1 film
50%Look up "Underrated" in the dictionary...
41%Night and the "City"
30%If less is more, then "Dark City" offers very little indeed.
50%WONDERFUL VISUALS AND PLOT
40%First there was Dark City
50%The new age of Sci-fi begins with this movie...
51%Awesome Sci-Fi Comicbook Noir
50%Wierd but AWESOME
40%Dark City , the true template for "Matrix"-y movies
51%great dvd
31%Upgrade my rating to 3 - Thanks, Roger Ebert
21%Dark Pity
21%Surprising
20%What a disappointment
50%Plunge Below the Surface...and open your eyes...
51%look no further
51%think "matrix" if it was good
51%Sets a new standard for science fiction
40%The best Sci-Fi film you've never seen
20%Waste of Time
51%Classic
51%Dark City kicks $^@
51%Visually beautiful and well cast movie
50%One of the best Sci-Fi Movies in years!
50%Breathtaking.
40%Really weird movie
51%Do you know the way to Shell Beach?
40%Are we who we think we are?
51%One of the Best
41%original? no... but stylish as hell
41%Always room
41%Better than Amazon thinks
41%Basically it's like reading the movie w/ a tad bit more
51%A Film Definitely Worth Owning
31%Interesting but somewhat muddled
41%An excellent, if misunderstood, noir masterpiece
50%Amazing aesthetic overload!
21%It's highly overrated.
40%A Matrix before The Matrix
50%! THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER !
50%The BEST Sci-Fi I've seen in years!!!
50%dark city
50%This One Is A Classic
50%One of the finest DVDs on the Market
51%Science Fiction Noir
41%Dark City: Film Noir revived
50%Great.
51%Stunning cinematic production, well-designed DVD.
51%You either love this film, or say "What the hell is this?"
51%Unparalleled Film Achievement
51%Masterfully made, far more than just eye candy
41%Imaginative and thought provoking
51%A cerebral Matrix
40%Perplexed
40%Underated Fun Stuff
50%Science Fiction and Film Noir Fans, Unite!
50%A paranoid fever dream
51%WE ' RE NOT ALONE
51%The best Sci- Fi film of the decade. Can you handle it?
30%TENSE SCI-FI HORROR THRILLER
51%If this one doesn't get you thinking...
50%The new era of filmmaking
50%BEST SCIENCE FICTION FILM OF THE 90s!
50%Setting things straight
10%It's better if you mute it, but not enough.
50%See this not the Matirix.
50%The Acting is Exellent
51%Originality equal to the of the Matrix, this IS sci-fi!
50%What a MindFu.., well You Know, Awesome!
20%Bad Acting
40%Dark City
51%Original premise, excellent quality DVD
51%This is one truely dark and thrilling SCI-FI
5Dark City = Bright Spot.
50%good movie, stays with you
50%Fans of intelligent SF will enjoy this movie
51%Dark City on acid is an experience.
50%One of the few truly good Sci-fi movies
30%same story as the matrix
51%This is the best movie I have ever seen
41%Shows the Matrix how it should be done
50%One of the best!
50%THe Matrix before the matrix
50%Chilling, nightmarish, quasi-mystical, magnificent.
51%One of the best films I've ever seen
40%Scary
51%An amazing movie
51%it is as it should be
50%Excellent ... Sci-fi done exceptionally well
21%Uh, Original ???? (some spoilers)
50%OTRA VEZ ALEX PROYAS
50%Rod Serling would smile in approval
50%The best movie I have ever seen !!!!
51%Dark City is a genuine fantasy classic.
51%Complex, visually stunning, even better on a second viewing
50%Well...
5Wonderful film-noir period piece!
50%A Stunning Visual Achievement
50%Greatest SF film of the last 30 years! Maybe ever!
40%Dreamy DVD
50%Stunning
3Good acting and good setting, yet much to be desired.
50%Instant Classic
40%Tim Burton Meets Terry Gilliam
50%One of the best
50%Excelent!!!!
40%the dark side of 'The Truman Show'
50%One of the greatest films ever
5Will be considered classic one day.
51%Masterpiece of Sci-Fi Noir
50%An overlooked treasure.
50%Wow!!!! An instant CLASSIC
50%A DVD MUST
50%Sam Spade to Huxley
50%Film of the Decade
50%another entertaining vision from the director of the crow
5Amazing plot, relentless actors and beautiful direction!
50%Near-Perfect Sci-Fi Mystery
51%The book that gives you chills!
10%Disappointing.
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