Like The Borrowers, Dark City is a case of style over substance. Alex Proyas, who brought us The Crow, takes dark atmosphere to a new level, with this sci fi-film noir that will, no doubt, confuse the audience for most of its running time.

Charismatic Rufus Sewell, plays a man who awakens with severe memory loss. While trying to piece his life back together, he is stalked by a group of dark figures known as the strangers. Why? It would take too long to explain in this review. That's the problem with Dark City. It tries to be too complex. Sometimes less is more.

Proyas tries to inject the overly ambitious Dark City with too many unnecessary characters and subplots. It's a shame, because the look of this film is spectacular. Rounding out a decent cast is: William Hurt, Jennifer Connelly, Kiefer Sutherland, and Richard O'Brien who you may remember as Riff Raff in the Rocky Horror Picture Show.