what an astounding and absorbing and tour de force . happen upon dark city on cable tv in the wee hour a i be about to go to sleep and right from the start and i be mesmerize by this amazingly brilliant and darkly thrilling and gothically mysterious excursion into the labyrinthine nature of existence . one of the most outstandingly creative and intelligent and well crafted philosophical filmic sf journey in decade . even though i find the very end to be a bit week ( though passable ) and tangentially inconsistent with the visceral flow and power of the film a a whole and i heartily recommend dark city to all those who thrive on a challenge to the imagination and have the courage to question the darkness in a quest for the light .