- Actors: Craig Bierko, Gretchen Mol, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Vincent D'Onofrio, Dennis Haysbert
- Directors: Josef Rusnak
- Writers: Josef Rusnak, Daniel F. Galouye, Ravel Centeno-Rodriguez
- Producers: Helga Ballhaus, Kelly Van Horn, Marco Weber, Michael Ballhaus
- Format: NTSC, Import
- Number of tapes: 1
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- Studio: Sony Pictures
- VHS Release Date: Mar 7 2000
- Run Time: 100 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (105 customer reviews)
- ASIN: 0767838963
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Computer scientist Hannon Fuller (Armin Mueller-Stahl) finds something extremely important. Knowing that he's marked for assassination, he leaves a message in the virtual reality world he's designed, hoping it will be found by colleague Douglas Hall (Craig Bierko). Hall is a suspect in Fuller's murder and indeed finds a bloody shirt in his house, with no recollection of what he did the night before. Hall plunges headlong into Fuller's world (a re-creation of l937 Los Angeles) to try to unravel the slaying and is soon knee-deep in confusion and trouble. What this film lacks in character depth and plot cohesiveness it makes up for in special effects and high concept. Fans of films like Blade Runner, Dark City, eXistenZ, and even the game Sim City should find this appealing. Of course, there's the question of letting the computers do all the heavy lifting in films while the humans walk through the plot (an all-too-familiar scenario in 1999), but the re-creation of '30s Los Angeles is certainly something to see, pallid script and acting or not. The Thirteenth Floor is a stylish modern-day noir that raises questions about technology versus reality, all the while wrapped up in a murder-mystery story line. --Jerry Renshaw
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5.0 out of 5 stars
NOT the Matrix or some other film,
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This review is from: The Thirteenth Floor (Special Edition) (DVD)
I'm really glad we saw this on Netflix tonight (rather than having the twists and turns and endings spoiled for us by reading Reviews on amazon.ca) and so were able to fully enjoy it.It's not the Matrix (13th Floor is less gorey and makes more sense), nor is it a mash-up of other films. 13th Floor is interesting, with twists and turns, and "huh?" moments galore, and the actors (Gretchen Mol and Craig Bierko) are very nice to look at and seem to have genuine chemistry. I came on amazon tonight to buy a hard copy of this film because as soon as it ended we knew we wanted to see it again. The story seems simple: a guy who works at a software/computer company is shocked to learn his boss has been murdered. He can't tell the police or anyone else about what he and his boss were working on, which adds to the suspicion. At a dead end, he decides to try out the new project he and his boss and co-worker have been working on for the past 6 years: a type of virtual reality that is set in 1937 Los Angeles. The visit doesn't answer any of the guy's questions, and he ends up with a lot more questions. One visit leads to another as he tries to figure out who did what, when, and why. The results are surprising, and, in the end, everything works out... but in a very unexpected way. If you enjoy sci-fi _type_/mind-bending films, you may enjoy this film. If you like a good mystery, you'll love it. We do :-)
4.0 out of 5 stars
A Great Final Twist!,
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This review is from: Thirteenth Floor (VHS Tape)
Great thriller, which will keep you guessing until the last frame. The last twist makes you question what reality is.It made me ponder whether we really are at the top of the food chain or whether we simply serve as food for hyperdimensional beings? An interesting question which Gurdjieff, Carlos Castaneda and the Sufis amongst others have alluded to. For exploring this question I can recommend the book by Laura Knight-Jadczyk "The Secret History of the World and How to Get Out Alive" for starters.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Awesome,
This review is from: The Thirteenth Floor (Special Edition) (DVD)
Why do people keep saying this is a MATRIX ripoff? This movie is based on the novel SIMULCRON-3 that was written in 1962!!I think that predates the MATRIX by a few years. Plus, the MATRIX isn't all that original anyway as even communicated by the screen-writers. Can you say PKD?
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