Movie Review: Dark City

You know that movie where there is this one guy who starts to realize what's going on around him isn't right... He eventually discovers that what he thought was the real world wasn't really even real. Instead, there are a group of people that dress in black suit type things that program what all the buildings look like, where the doors are and can change it whenever they like. These men can even put new information into your mind and give you certain abilities if they want. The main character starts learning that he is special, in that he can can control some things with his mind, which is a trait that only the suited men are supposed to have. He meets a certain man who explains everything to him (about the black suited men and the world they created which isn't real) and helps him learn how to use his powers. Together they embark on a mission to fight these people who control everything so they can eventually 'wake' everybody up in a sense and have people live their real lives and not the lives that they were programed to live. Anyways, have you seen that movie? Oh yeah, it's called "Dark City" and I just saw it today. One might say it's like the matrix... or even go so far to say that it's exactly like the matrix. The similarities between the two movies can't be a complete coincidence. But I don't know who copied who. Dark City came out in 98, a year before the Matrix did. But the Matrix had a much bigger budget and surely took longer to make, so there is a big possibility that the Matrix was starting to be made before Dark City was... But I don't really know. Comment about it if you know.

Another thing I noticed is that in the end of Dark City there is a scene where the Jennifer Connely goes out on this dock type platform above the water in a black dress and was followed by the protagonist of the film. That reminded me of the other movie in which Jennifer Connely walked out on a dock type platform above the water in a red dress and was followed by the protagonist of the film. I have to admit that I was kinda bored during this whole movie... and the plot really wasn't that good. The matrix and Dark City's plots were really similar, but I'd definately say that the Matrix had a much better plot. It was more interesting, made more sense and was moe believable. I will give this movie a 3/5 star rating.