Craig Bierko

Armin Mueller-Stahl

Gretchen Mol

Vincent D'Onofrio

Dennis Haysbert

Steven Schub

Jeremy Roberts

Rif Hutton

Leon Rippy

Janet MacLachlan

Brad William Henke

Burt Bulos

Venessia Valentino

Howard S. Miller

Tia Texada

Shiri Appleby

Bob Clendenin

Rachel Winfree

Meghan Ivey

Alison Lohman

Hadda Brooks

Ron Boussom

Ernie Lively

Toni Sawyer

Brooks Almy

Darryl Henriques

Suzanne Harrer

Lee Weaver

Geoffrey Rivas

Travis Tedford

Jeff Blumenkrantz

Andrew Alden

Johnny Crawford

Josef Rusnak

Daniel F. Galouye

Ravel Centeno-Rodriguez

Helga Ballhaus

Michael Ballhaus

Roland Emmerich

Ute Emmerich

Marco Weber

Harald Kloser

Wedigo von Schultzendorff

Henry Richardson

David Bloch

April Webster

Kirk M. Petruccelli

Frank Bollinger

Victor J. Zolfo

Billy D. Lucas

Thomas Nellen

Jean Rosone

Tommy J. Huff

Katherine Rees

Virginia Kearns

Bobbi Baird

Erwin H. Kupitz

Robert A. Blackburn

Steven Melton

Evelyne Barbier

A. Leslie Thomas

Chris Squires

Claudette Barius

Mitchell Lookabaugh

Tim Ryan

Jon R. Tower

Brian W. Nordheim

Chris Wagganer

Annie Dunn

Deborah Slate

Alexander Garcia

Rick Downey

Kim Berner

Peter Afterman

Randy Gerston

Haggi Floeser

Christian Haas

Carolin Quis

Kosta Saric

Christian Middelberg

Henning Raedlein

Joe Bauer

John S. Baker

Dino DiMuro

Mary Ruth Smith

Dave McMoyler

Jonathan Fuh

Margit Pfeiffer

Pit Kuhlmann

Andreas Musolff

Hubert Bartholomae

Henry Kingi

Freddie Hice

Kelly Van Horn

Joseph A. Porro

R.A. Rondell

Kim H. Winther

Lars P. Winther

Lisa Lynn Kearsley

Barry Chusid

Max Neal

José Antonio García

Robert J. Anderson Jr.

Cindy Franke

Jörn Poetzl

Thomas Wander

Dana Ross

Michael Bauman

Kevin LaRosa

David Frutos

Kim Clever

Fran Lucci

Melissa Bargar

Debbie Lynn Ross

Chad Randall

Matt McBride

Larry Rippenkroeger

Anthony T. Pennello

Fred Waugh

Thomas Robinson Harper

Thriller

Science Fiction

Mystery

The Thirteenth Floor

Centropolis Film Productions

Columbia Pictures

Germany

United States of America

English

artificial intelligence (a.i.)

based on novel or book

computer program

virtual reality

dystopia

simulation

surrealism

simulated reality 

remake

los angeles, california

parallel world

alternative reality

existentialism

mind transfer

neo-noir

1990s

1930s

The Thirteenth Floor has an amazing premise and some great ideas. Shame that it's also mired by terrible dialogue, B-movie plotting, and a cheap looking production. Blending elements of Dark City and The Matrix though never achieving the greatness of either of those magnificent works of sci-fi, I would still recommend The Thirteenth Floor for what it sets out to do. It's also cool to see the younger versions of Gretchen Mol, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Dennis Haysbert.

It's kind of like The Matrix, It is kind of like eXistenZ...only it is also kind of neo noir, and it is far more mystery/thriller...and it...wait, not it's actually a completely different film.

Let me start again...

It's kind of like Dark City and it's kind of like The Matrix and....no, that really doesn't fit either.

It's kind of like a lot of elements in other movies that are kind of like this one. So people are going to see similarities...but it is also going to throw them for a loop and be a lot different than the movies that you can compare it to

It's not original, it's just combined enough to be kind of completely original.

In fact, forget it, just sit down and watch it yourself, it will entertain you and that was the point of making it.

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"Fuller" (Armin Mueller-Stahl) needs to share the news of his ground-breaking discovery with his partner 'Hall" (Craig Bierko) but is wary that he isn't safe. He decides that the best precaution might be to leave a letter for him and deposit it in their computer-generated alter-world. This place wouldn't have looked out of place in a Fritz Lang movie, and when his colleague is, indeed, slain, it falls to "Hall" - now the prime suspect for the crime - to piece together the clues left by his friend and try to identify the true culprit whilst rescuing the innovation from it's simulated home. What I quite enjoyed about this drams is the simplicity with which it juggles it's timelines. We don't have to struggle or concentrate trying to follow the changing environments coming at us from all angles of the screen overpowering what is essentially quite an intriguing crime thriller. Nobody on the screen really stands out, but the ensemble approach along with some quite potent comment on just how dependent we are becoming on technology in our lives is quite effective at keeping the story tight and interesting. The denouement is also a little left field, and all told this is a surprisingly decent attempt at an early multi-verse experience that works quite well.

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A review by tmdb44006625

Written by tmdb44006625 on Sat Mar 09 2019

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