imagine there no heaven . imagine a hundred minute of pure atmosphere . imagine a hundred minute of raw science fiction . imagine a hundred minute of psychedelic cinematography . it will be call dark city . probably the most overlooked movie of the 90 and dark city be comparable to the like of blade runner and the timeless metropolis . it be a different from blade runner because the plot be more a picture in the puzzle than the puzzle itself . the classic sci fi plot have be setup like a detective story . the story start in true film noir style with a man want for a series of brutal murder . but he can not remember whether he do them or not . in fact and he can not remember anything . thus start a tale of discovery and a wonderful hundred minute . what make sci fi movie fun be the transportation of the viewer into it world and dark city do this well . for quite some time in the movie and the plot unfolds like a crime story but slowly and creepily lead into it sci fi element . and when it start and it a lot of fun . the stranger start chase rufus . they find out much to their surprise that rufus can also tune in like themselves . and then there be a kid with superpower and have a couple of interest encounter with rufus . and the unforgettable jennifer connelly . for once in a movie she be be seek after and play the ingénue to perfection and unlike most of her famous venture where she be nurse crazy protagonist . her memory be mix up by the stranger and she do not remember who rufus be . by the end of the movie and rufus have to start woo her again . nice . what make dark city dark city be the atmospheric canon of light and darkness . dim lazy set . a confused but determine rufus sewell . the creepy stranger . it a work of great imagination and pack a wallop when i watch it in an empty theater 6 year ago . maybe this impact be what manoj night shyamalan be talk about in order to stop studio plan of release the dvd of movie on the same day a their theatrical release . if somebody saw dark city on dvd today they might never understand why it so good a sci fi movie .