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Now see how it should have been!

Jeffa from , 25th October, 2008

This is an exceptional concept film. It met with studio resistence when initially released and led with a voice over introduction via Keifer Sutherland. The film enters the centre of Sci-Fi Noir with backdrops from the 40's to the 70's with a sepia colourtone to the picture. In this version you will see a slightly better scene management and colour handle to the whole picture. In this film you play the part of a spectator over the life and times of John Murdock whilst the plot of the film unravels before you. Once you have started the ride don't bother getting off this film asks many questions of the viewer. In film Noir I rate this alongside Donny Darko, for its far reaching concepts and wild puzzles. Many of the questions asked are so far reaching you have to think about Proyas's other work to piece it together. I,Robot was one of those later releases so you know where I am going. The Extra's on the DVD are much more than on the original and delve a little deeper into the conception and execution of the movie. I have been a big fan of this movie since it was released and if you have read any of my other reviews you know I can be hard to please. In this director's cut you see the story come together much more coherently and the cuts between scenes are much better handled. Before, I always thought it was missing something. This is the sort of film that if it had been released alongside Sixth Sense it would have had a bigger audience. Now it has been relegated to the home market as an enthusiasts or collectors market. In actual fact it has reached a better media straight from the off. I don't like going to the movies anymore. Movies have now found their place in the home and because it is a personal thing I find it works out better. If the film is anything anywhere near good it is worth buying. Renting and then buying works out for the better.

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Two versions

Bob Bentley from London, England, 9th February, 2010

Recommended by a friend I was keen to watch this. I enjoy sci-fi and cult films so this was probably more my bag than for most. It was very good to see this disk had both the theatrical version and the directors cut for you to chose. In addition a subtitle option on the directors to show what was added/deleted/changed. Very interesting. I enjoyed the film but felt it did lack some pace with our 'hero' wandering round until he and the viewer are given plot chunks and 'what is happening' answers every so often by the doctor. I'd watch again but prefered Wimmer's 'Equilibrium' for entertainment and questioning of what it is to be human. I found the doctor character (a bit Peter Lorre/Nazi/child molster) too distracting and too much of a characature.

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Dark City

wurly from , 16th November, 2009

Probably the biggest waste of my time...Weird, No flow to the odd story line and pointless!!!

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'Dark City - BLU-RAY Version' (1998

Tivvyman from , 16th December, 2009

Rubbish, Rubbish, Worst I have seen for years.

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0 out of 1 people found the following review helpful:

Don't Waste Your Time

Pugeater from , 6th December, 2009

Weird for weirds sake. Released before The Matrix, some of the sets from this film were used in that film also but alot of like films came out around the same time. Nothing unsual in that as this still happens now, some even by accident. After about thirty minutes the pretention and vague storyline overpowers and just turn off, literally infact. The fact that the film appears to have a 'cut' every two seconds doesn't help with any kind of continuity. So all in all too clever for its own good.

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