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Dark City [Blu-ray] [1998] [US Import] | ![Dark City [Blu-ray] [1998] [US Import]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/513MxxmoI5L._SL160_.jpg)
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| Director: Alex Proyas
Actors: John Bluthal, Jennifer Connelly, Colin Friels, Frank Gallacher, William Hurt
Studio: New Line Home Video
Category: DVD
Buy New: £13.78
New (10) Used (2) from £13.78
Rating:  29 reviews
Sales Rank: 66460
Format: Colour, Director's Cut, Widescreen
Language: English (Original Language)
Media: Blu-ray
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 111
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 6.7 x 5.3 x 0.5
MPN: TRNBRN40376
UPC: 794043122927
EAN: 0794043122927
ASIN: B0018O4YSQ
Theatrical Release Date: 1998
Release Date: July 29, 2008
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Amazon.co.uk Review
If you're a fan of brooding comic-book anti-heroes, 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-plussets (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
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| Customer Reviews: Read 24 more reviews...
 fantastic, but don't buy this dvd July 24, 2004
48 out of 48 found this review helpful
This movie is fantastic but buy the region one dvd. The region 2 is not 16.9 had the sound isn't 5.1. The region 1 has extras as well, including 2 commentries, comparisons to metropolis, find shell beach game, set designs, cool menus, filmographies and biographies. It also has a really good sound mix and is in 5.1 and the picture is anamorphic and doesn't have that horrid shimmering that plauged the region 2. nuff said.
Most Philip K. Dick-like film ever April 29, 2000
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
I really loved this film. Strangely it's criticized for being more form than substance. Well yes, the movie is very stylish. And yes, it's a bit of a comic book world, with caricatural protagonists -- the dark city, the sad cop, the beautiful singer, the mad scientist. But far from being a weakness, this is a crucial element of the plot. I won't give it away; let's just say it's quite clever, even breath-taking and paradoxical. Like the Matrix, it was filmed in Australia, and it shares some of that film's (and that country's?) gloomy esthetic and mystical bent, without the fancy martial arts but with a tighter, more original and poetic plot. I haven't seen this film in a few years -- I really want to get the DVD soon!
The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Any More... May 19, 2007
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Breathtaking film. Beautiful to look at and it hurts your head to follow the plot. It's agressively intelligent and it doesn't wait for the popcorn public to catch up - you pay attention or you miss out.
That said, it's worth the effort, as all the strands fall neatly into place. Second and subsequent viewing show how everything was there for you to understand from the start if you could just get the jigsaw puzzle pieces to hold still long enough.
Extremely good performances from Rufus Sewell (Martha Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence), William Hurt (Gorky Park, The Big Chill), Keiffer Sutherland (Lost Boys, 24), Richard O'Brian (Rocky Horror Show) and the sadly missed Ian Richardson (House of Cards, Hogfather). Where could you find a cast like that now?
It's all crafted by Alex Proyas, who went on to make a splendid job of I Robot.
Highly original, highly thought provoking, highly entertaining and highly recommended!
Spectacular effects and a superb storyline!!! January 8, 2001
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
i saw this film by chance and it completely dazzled me!!! The storyline is cleverly woven together and the comic-book like characters give the film an edge. The "strangers" are very mysterious and they make a good job of feasting your imagination. I would say that Dark City was in the same league as The Matrix!
Amazing Tour de Force for SCI-FI Fans November 3, 2002
9 out of 12 found this review helpful
This is a visionary SCI FI movie that will be a cult classic in years to come. Rufus Sewell (a young Ian McShane clone) shows - as he has in the past in such productions as Cold Comfort Farm and the BBC Middle March - that he is not just a pretty face, but has raw talent just waiting to be tapped. And this movie showcases that talent well!!! With a good supporting performance by Kiefer Sutherland in an understated, bumbling doctor role that is far from the mad scientists of the past, the movie takes you on a journey that shifts, twists and reshapes itself - literally - and never lets you down. The effects are marvellous! From the moment Sewell wakes up in a seedy hotel and has no idea who he is, you follow on a trek that is a maze within a maze within a maze.Filmed in Australia, this one is no SCI FI should miss!! A film that requires watching again and again.
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