Dark City (1998) Part 3/10

Separated from his wife Emma (Jennifer Connelly), amnesiac John Murdoch (Rufus Sewell) awakens alone in a strange hotel to learn he is wanted for a series of brutal killings - but he can't remember if he did or didn't commit these murders. Indeed, most of his memories have completely vanished, and he becomes the focus of interest for both mad genius Dr. Schreber (Kiefer Sutherland) and sympathetic detective Frank Bumstead (William Hurt). Attempting to unravel the twisted riddle of his identity, Murdoch encounters a group of ominous beings known as the Strangers, shadow-like figures who have a collective memory and possess the ability to stop time and alter physical reality through a process called The Tuning. Focusing their minds, they are able to change the size and shape of the material world. Murdoch manages to stay a step ahead of his adversaries as he slowly jigsaws together the puzzle of his past-bittersweet memories of his childhood, his love for Emma, and the key to the murders -- while following a labyrinth leading to the Strangers' Underworld

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• Dark
• City
• Rufus
• Sewell
• Jennifer
• Connelly

[JWFernel]

William Hurt is such a great detective in this film. No nonsense, but sympathetic as well.

[22centman36]

@joynerkt joy, i'd say that after total recall came out, the whole virtual reality, mindwarping thing had become a fixation int he 90's. many many many films and made for tv scifi (before ie became syfy: not the spelling difference) channel movies dealt witht he subject. A person wakes up and knows who they really are and so they are hunted down for that knowledge.

[joynerkt]

@Neiliooooo 3white men chasing the protaginist, a prison built for the inhabitants, flim noir style, the protaganists being the special one, not to mention the matrix used a set from this movie! they are basically the same movie. and both came out at the same time just a matter of months in between. I personally cant tell with is better tho this or the matrix!

[TTTEArchives]

@Neiliooooo Its not the same, but just the feeling of this movie reminds you of the MAtrix. Thats why.

[HealingVibrations]

1:16 and 2:21 sublime symbols of sunworship.

[Neiliooooo]

idk how people think this is like the matrix

[ROTFLxLAWL]

@goldenagepianist youre just saying that cause there's bewbs :D

[goldenagepianist]

this movie has much better ideas than Matrix; cool music too!

[zebracardeath]

without this and jonny nemonic and a couple others the matrix wouldnt exist

[Paradise7D]

@Cs82Hun Yes, poor cop, isn´t he?