Dark City
1998 · 101 min · Director: Alex Proyas
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John Murdoch awakens alone in a strange hotel to find that he has lost his memory and is wanted for a series of brutal and bizarre murders. While trying to piece together his past, he stumbles upon a fiendish underworld controlled by a group of beings known as The Strangers who possess the ability to put people to sleep and alter the city and its inhabitants. Now Murdoch must find a way to stop them before they take control of his mind and destroy him.
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Dark City (1998) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Confusion 30%, Anxiety 25%, Awe 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
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The strongest emotional signals are Confusion, Anxiety, Awe. Genres: Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi. AI estimate.
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Cast
Officer Husselbeck
Chief Inspector Stromboli
Hotel Manager / Vendor
Mr. Sleep
Mr. Sleep Filming Double
Mr. Quick
Stranger
Details
- Directed by
- Alex Proyas
- Written by
- David S. Goyer, Lem Dobbs, Alex Proyas
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1998
- Runtime
- 101 min
- Country
- Australia, United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Confusion
- Data updated
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