Review of Dark City

Dark City (1998)
6/10
good concept, bad execution...
12 April 2008
Although I really like the idea of the script and the whole atmosphere(art direction, music), the movie lacks IMO of depth in the execution.

¿Super powerful aliens using knifes because that fits with their nosferatu look? This is ridicule... Well I have to say that except for some dialogues, the aliens are plain dumb. This is the reason why they use knifes, and they get fooled in their own world.

¿An average of 1.8 seconds per shot to put more tension during the whole movie? There a lot of bad quality filler shots that take time from the really great shots and mess the rhythm of the movie.

This movie could have been great if the work had been more focused on the symbology, the literature, and not the visual gimmick. The same applies for the whole matrix trilogy IMO.
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