Episode 24 - Dark City (1998)

Dark City is a 1998 neo-noir science fiction film directed by
Alex Proyas and starring Rufus Sewell, Kiefer Sutherland,
Jennifer Connelly, Richard O'Brien, and William Hurt. The
screenplay was written by Proyas, Lem Dobbs, and David S. Goyer.
Sewell plays John Murdoch, an amnesiac man who finds himself
suspected of murder. Murdoch attempts to discover his true
identity and clear his name while on the run from the police and
a mysterious group known only as the "Strangers."


Primarily shot at Fox Studios Australia, the film was jointly
produced by New Line Cinema and Proyas' production company
Mystery Clock Cinema, and distributed by the former for
theatrical release. The film premiered in the United States on 27
February 1998, and was nominated for a Hugo Award for the Best
Dramatic Presentation and six Saturn Awards. Concerned that the
audience would not understand the film, the studio asked Proyas
to add an explanatory voice-over narration to the introduction
for the theatrical release. A director's cut was released in
2008, restoring and preserving Proyas' original artistic vision
for the film. Some critics have noted its similarities and
influence on the Matrix film series, whose first installment came
out a year later.