"By night, he's the notorious cybercriminal Neo. But those are rookie numbers. Dark City 's John Murdoch (Rufus Sewell) has had an indefinite number of identities constructed and cast off without his knowledge, until he awakens one night to find his latest is that of a murderer. But is he really? John can't remember who he is, and fragments of resurfacing memories only confuse him further."
"Roger Ebert called Dark City 1998's best film, likening the scope of its imagination to sci-fi titans 2001: A Space Odyssey and Metropolis. Even critics who weren't as effusive about its complex mystery plot - which worried producers so much they got Proyas to add a clunky explanatory voiceover - still acknowledged the film's " stunning visual texture" and its painterly images that " looked like a million bucks.""
John Murdoch awakens with no memory and discovers an identity imposed on him as a murderer while a citywide cast of inhabitants live unaware of manipulated selves. The film follows Murdoch as fragmented memories surface and he searches for truth amid a nightmarish, shadowy city populated by people who are 'in the dark' about themselves. Dark City's production features painterly, high-contrast visuals and ambitious worldbuilding. Critics like Roger Ebert praised its imagination, while others noted a convoluted mystery that led to an added explanatory voiceover. The film underperformed commercially but achieved cult status and shares thematic and visual parallels with The Matrix.
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