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Dark City (Director's Cut) | 
 enlarge | Director: Alex Proyas
Actors: Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, Richard O'brien
Studio: New Line Home Video
Category: DVD
List Price: $19.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  476 reviews
Sales Rank: 548
Format: Color, Director's Cut, Dvd-video, Widescreen, Ntsc
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: R (Restricted)
Number Of Items: 1
Running Time: 111
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
MPN: 1000040288
UPC: 794043122965
EAN: 0794043122965
ASIN: B0018O4YT0
Theatrical Release Date: February 27, 1998
Release Date: July 29, 2008
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If you're a fan of brooding comic-book antiheroes, got a nihilistic jolt from The Crow (1994), and share director Alex Proyas's highly developed preoccupation for style over substance, you might be tempted to call Dark City an instant classic of visual imagination. It's one of those films that exists in a world purely of its own making, setting its own rules and playing by them fairly, so that even its derivative elements (and there are quite a few) acquire their own specific uniqueness. Before long, however, the film becomes interesting only as a triumph of production design. And while that's certainly enough to grab your attention (Blade Runner is considered a classic, after all), it's painfully clear that Dark City has precious little heart and soul. One-dimensional characters are no match for the film's abundance of retro-futuristic style, so it's best to admire the latter on its own splendidly cinematic terms. Trivia buffs will be interested to know that the film's 50-plus sets (partially inspired by German expressionism) were built at the Fox Film Studios in Sydney, Australia, home base of director Alex Proyas and producer Andrew Mason. The underground world depicted in the film required the largest indoor set ever built in Australia. --Jeff Shannon
Product Description
The critically-acclaimed triumph from visionary director Alex Proyas (I Robot The Crow) is back with a brand new directors cut featuring enhanced picture and sound never-before-seen footage and three commentary tracks that take you deeper than ever before into the world of one of sci-fis most exciting and revered tales. When John Murdoch (Rufus Sewell) wakes with no memory at the scene of a grisly murder he soon finds himself hunted by the police a woman claiming to be his wife and a mysterious group of pale men who seem to control everything and everyone in the city.Starring Rufus Sewell (The Illusionist) Jennifer Connelly (A Beautiful Mind) William Hurt (A History of Violence) and Kiefer Sutherland (TVs 24).System Requirements:Running Time: 111 minutesFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: SCI-FI/FANTASY/FANTASY Rating: NR UPC: 794043122965 Manufacturer No: 1000040288
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 Worst plot ever September 2, 2008
0 out of 6 found this review helpful
This is the dumbest sci-fi movie I've seen aside from Battlefield Earth. I'm a diehard Star Trek and Star Wars fan and this movie does not have the character development needed to make a great movie. It also doesn't have a plot that makes sense. These aliens were dying so they kidnapped a bunch of humans to find out what makes them human? What kind of sense does that make? WHY were the aliens dying on their own world? What do humans have to offer to change their situation? Why take them off of Earth and make an "island" floating in space to house them for this experiment? Nothing in this movie made any sense. And if they have super powers to fling things at people, why did they always try to stab people with knives in this movie? STUPIDDDDDDDD!!!! If I could give this zero stars, I would.
 Dark City August 29, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
An excellent film, good picture and superb audio. I owned the dvd version and it simply doesn't compare. Great features and a great film. After watching it again, you get a sense that the Matrix films borrowed heavily from the film.
Even Better August 29, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The great vision of this movie is enhanced with the Blu-Ray format.This movie is made for High-Def and a big screen.
 Director's Cut vs. Standard Edition August 28, 2008
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
I believe Dark City to still be one of the greatest sci-fi movies around, and despite having seen it innumerable times, I still find new ideas and concepts emerging from the rich material. Like many people, I've owned the standard edition for years, but felt compelled to buy the Director's Cut when it was released.
Not only does the Director's Cut have added footage, but scenes are rearranged, extended, and subtly modified in terms of visuals, which have been retouched, and music. The opening narration has been removed, plot points are made clearer, and there is a little more depth to several characters. And yet, I can't completely recommend the DC. A lot of the scenes added feel unnecessary, and with the extended and added footage, the pace is more slack and the movie doesn't pack as much punch to me. For instance, the second song Jennifer Connelly sings was severely abridged in the original cut; here, the song is presented in full form, and while it's entertaining, it derails the movie for a couple of minutes.
The original DVD Dark City (New Line Platinum Series) was a flipper disc housed in a paperboard snapper case; the DC is in a standard Amaray plastic DVD case, is one-sided, and is housed in a paperboard sleeve with embossed lettering. In addition, it includes an insert that provides a code you can use to download a digital copy of the movie, although I'm not sure if the digital copy is the standard or DC edition.
This edition gets four stars because, while it's still a wonderful movie, I prefer the original cut, and with that cut going out of print, it should've been included with this cut on the DVD (maybe as a 2-disc edition). As a note, the Blu-Ray edition Dark City (Director's Cut) [Blu-ray] contains both cuts.
The Definitive Version? August 26, 2008
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
The main criticism I had about the original DVD release of this movie was the opening voiceover, which I felt was unnecessary and contained major 'spoilers'. It now transpires that this was added at the insistence of the studio who did not trust the audience to have the wit or patience to follow the story as it unfolds.
Thankfully, this new version omits the voiceover and adds a few other minor edits to restore the director's original vision.
It was also irritating to learn that the restrictive 'R' rating was given for the absurd reason that the movie was 'too weird' rather than a result of any sexual or violent content.
This underrated movie deserves to become a genre classic. As a more personal creation by writer/producer Proyas than his later "I, Robot" and for several outstanding performances, particularly Kiefer Sutherland as the tortured Dr Schreber.
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