Dark City - 1998 - 7/10
John Murdoch wakes, mind a blank, not knowing his identity or name.
One thing he learns dead soon, he is wanted for a string of ugly murders.
A detective is assigned and the first person he investigates is Murdoch’s nightclub singer wife.
Murders, amnesia, police, nightclub singer, this is full bore Noir.
Only this is far more, with puppet masters yanking the strings nightly.
An audacious film, melding SciFi and Noir, an elusive quarry and rival hunters.
Director Proyas, who burst out of the gate with a few terrific outings, now seems to have faded.