Robot Holocaust

Dark City (1998)

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Directed by Alex Proyas
Written by Alex Proyas, Lem Dobs and David S. Goyer
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A man wakes up in a strange city without much of a memory. He finds himself wanted for murder. He sets out to piece his life back together and find out if he is guilty. To give anything else away would spoil this film.
I accidentally had this movie sent from Netflix. I forgot to update my queue when I sent the last movie I recieved, and did not watch, in. I am glad that I did. This film is a mixture of Momento (the amnesia part, not the terrible going backwards part), Metropolis and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.
This film is a highly underrated. I have barely heard anything about it. I'm not even sure how it ended up in my queue. At first I thought it was a movie starring Scott Bakula that doesn't even exist.
This movie twists and turns until you reach the end, for a positive surprise, not a "twist" ending, really. It actually makes sense. There are a few moments of corny dialogue, but overall it is entralling. A very strange sci-fi noir and well worth watching.

9/10
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