if you like mind twist movie that stick with you for day or week and make you question the human existence and our reality a we know it and then dark city be the film for you . similar in philosophy to the later release the matrix and the film be center around a man ( rufus sewell ) who become suddenly and unwittingly aware that his world be not what it seem . the film kick off with murdoch ( sewell ) wake up in a bathtub with no memory and a dead body in the same room . he have no recollection a to how and why he there . a murdoch attempt to put the piece together he notice that at every midnight on the dot and apart from murdoch himself and every inhabitant in the city fall asleep . it then that he realize that something even big than his memory loss be take place . alex proyas ( the crow ) manage to combine a tantalisingly interesting sci fi screenplay with dark and drab yet beautifully mysterious cinematography and he pull it off ( once again ) . although a box office flop and it have manage to and through the year and collect and maintain a cult follow which be well deserve . it isn not without it fault and rufus sewell although adequate and doesn not steal the show ( much like keanu ) and and the talented co star ( k. sutherland and connelly and hurt ) aren not utilise as well a they could be . the story do become slight complicate and a little ridiculous at time and but which sci fi movie hasn not suffer from that affliction . to summarise and think of the matrix and minus the big name star and special effect and hype and and multiply the philosophy and mystery by 10 ( without complicate it and like the matrix sequel do ) and you end up with dark city .