Story Line
A man struggles with memories of his past, including a wife he cannot remember, in a nightmarish world with no sun and run by beings with telekinetic powers who seek the souls of humans.
“They built the city to see what makes us tick. Last night, one of us went off.”
Top Cast
Rufus Sewell
John Murdoch
William Hurt
Inspector Frank Bumstead
Kiefer Sutherland
Dr. Daniel P. Schreber
Jennifer Connelly
Emma Murdoch
Richard O'Brien
Mr. Hand
Ian Richardson
Mr. Book
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Rating
7.3/ 10
Release Date
1998-02-27
Runtime
1h 41m
Genres
MysteryScience Fiction
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User Reviews (5)
John Chard
9/10
•9/25/2014This review is of the Director's Cut.
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Wuchak
7/10
•1/21/2023**_Atmospheric, dark mixture of film noir, comic book horror and sci-fi_**
A man (Rufus Sewell) wakes up one night to great mysteries: There's a dead prostitute nearby that he gets blamed for murdering, but he can't remember much of anything. Sev...
dfle3
10/10
•3/31/2025Intriguing sci-fi
This is one of my favourite movies of a spate of movies dealing with philosophical themes. This group would include The Matrix (reviewed here by me), The Thirteenth Floor and Gattaca.
I saw this movie many years ago and it has...
JPV852
9/10
•7/27/2025This is one I probably haven't seen since the Director's Cut Blu-ray release in 2008 and while I liked it then, I now absolutely love it today. The cast and plot were wonderful to go along with the impressive visual effects, admittedly shrouded in da...