Dark City (1998)

Movie Details

Original Title Dark City

Original Language EN

Budget $27,000,000

Revenue $27,200,000

Status Released

Popularity 3.8

Cast

Rufus Sewell

John Murdoch

Popularity: 7.4

William Hurt

Inspector Frank Bumstead

Popularity: 10.4

Kiefer Sutherland

Dr. Daniel P. Schreber

Popularity: 2.9

Jennifer Connelly

Emma Murdoch

Popularity: 6.1

Richard O'Brien

Mr. Hand

Popularity: 1.4

Ian Richardson

Mr. Book

Popularity: 2.5

Bruce Spence

Mr. Wall

Popularity: 0.8

Colin Friels

Det. Eddie Walenski

Popularity: 1.0

John Bluthal

Karl Harris

Popularity: 3.4

Mitchell Butel

Officer Husselbeck

Popularity: 0.6

Melissa George

May

Popularity: 1.4

Frank Gallacher

Chief Inspector Stromboli

Popularity: 0.7

Key Crew

Director Alex Proyas

Screenplay Alex Proyas, Lem Dobbs, David S. Goyer

Producer Alex Proyas, Andrew Mason

Editor Dov Hoenig

Executive Producer Michael De Luca, Brian Witten

Production

New Line Cinema

Mystery Clock Cinema

Videos & Trailers

4K UHD Unboxing

Featurette

Original Trailer

Trailer

Original Theatrical Trailer

Trailer

Image Gallery

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Posters

Keywords

beach experiment chaos paranoia dystopia sleep manipulation mad scientist fugitive serial killer memory cyberpunk duel parallel world alien race tech noir neo-noir retrofuturism urban gothic complex

Reviews from TMDB

John Chard 9/10

Sep 25, 2014

This review is of the Director's Cut. Welcome To Shell Beach. Dark City is directed by Alex Proyas who also co-writes the screenplay with Leon Dobbs and David S. Goyer. It stars Rufus Sewell, William Hurt, Jennifer Connelly, Kiefer Sutherland, Richard O'Brien and Ian Richardson. Music is by T ... Read more

Wuchak 7/10

Jan 21, 2023

**_Atmospheric, dark mixture of film noir, comic book horror and sci-fi_** A man (Rufus Sewell) wakes up one night to great mysteries: There's a dead prostitute nearby that he gets blamed for murdering, but he can't remember much of anything. Several people seek him in the ensuing night hours of ... Read more

dfle3 10/10

Mar 31, 2025

Intriguing sci-fi This is one of my favourite movies of a spate of movies dealing with philosophical themes. This group would include The Matrix (reviewed here by me), The Thirteenth Floor and Gattaca. I saw this movie many years ago and it has stuck with me all this time. Don't be put off by ... Read more