dark city be one of the most original piece of sci fi to come along in a long time and add that to the amazing visual look bring to the film by it director and you have a body of work that be little short of perfect . alex proyas may not direct many film but when he do he get it right . it a shame then that dark city do not get the full recognition it deserve and i myself watch it on it open weekend in the uk and in cinema that have no more than six people in it . when you compare this with the box office success of a film like the matrix which while be a good film still fall well short of the tale be tell in dark city and it seem that people on the whole do not want intelligent science fiction but the typical pap that hollywood be too eager to churn out for the mass . we need more film like dark city and twelve monkey and we need more director who belive that their audience have a brain and be willing to use it .