Sci Fi drama with Keifer Sutherland, Jennifer Conolly and Rufus Sewell that looks more like a noir thriller from the 50's than a sci fi film. Had heard a whole hoard of good reviews so decided to watch it when it cam on TV.
It looks like the 50's, it sounds like the 50's - at night. The city is in perpetual darkness and everybody goes about their business not seeming to care except at 12, when they all fall asleep and the city changes- literally. Buildings melt and mould into each other, other rise and then everything is back to normal again. A man awakes in this city (Murdoch) who has lost all his memory (and his clothes). He is contacted by a mysterious Dr.(Sutherland) who warns him to run from the strangers. Surprise, surprise they are aliens experimenting with humans. These aliens have taken up human bodies and know how to manipulate matter with their minds but apparently are dying out. The secret of sustaining their species lies in the human brain/mind. The mysterious Murdoch is the only one immune to their ways and also has their powers! Its a nice plot but somehow I wasn't pulled into the story. There are better alien/ monster /Telepathy movies out there.
5/10
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