Dark City (DVD 1999)

This is a dark film a sci-fi meets detective movie. A combination of The Matrix/Metropolis/Hellraiser/Puppet master. The lead "strangers" Mr.Hand and Mr.Book very ably played by Richard O'Brian and Ian Richardson sinister and bizarre in equal measure- offering us the Cenobites in a different guise. The hero of the piece John was adequate although a little bland the heroine the lovely Jennifer Connelly has performed better although lends each scene a classic 30's beauty which would have been hard to cast an alternative for. Dr Schraber's would be hard to play -a combination Judas/Moreau/Dr Yueh- Kiefer Sutherland responds to the challange well . On the whole the baddies out perform the goodies with skill and good casting . Nice twist at the end