A mind-bending science fiction thriller set in a shadowy world where the sun never rises and nothing is quite what it seems.

From Alex Proyas, visionary director of The Crow, comes Dark City, a mind-bending science fiction thriller set in a shadowy world where the sun never rises and nothing is quite what it seems.

John Murdoch (Rufus Sewell) wakes in a hotel bathtub with no memory of who he is or how he got there, but there's a body on the floor with bloody spirals carved into the flesh and a voice on the phone that tells him to flee. Soon Murdoch is on the run, wanted by the police, a woman who claims to be his wife, and a group of mysterious pale men who seem to control everyone and everything in the city... except him.

With a cast that includes Kiefer Sutherland (The Lost Boys), William Hurt (A History of Violence), Jennifer Connelly (Phenomena), and Richard O'Brien (The Rocky Horror Picture Show), and a script by Proyas, Lem Dobbs (Kafka), and David S. Goyer (Batman Begins), Dark City is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma, filmed through a lens of film noir and German expressionism... an extraordinary feast for the cinematic senses.

Media

Bonus Materials

• 2-DISC LIMITED EDITION BLU-RAY CONTENTS
• Brand new 4K restoration from the original 35mm camera negatives approved by director of photography Dariusz Wolski
• High Definition (1080p) Blu-ray presentations of both the Director’s Cut and Theatrical Cut of the film
• Original DTS-HD MA 5.1, stereo 2.0, and 7.1 audio options for both cuts of the film
• Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing
• 60-page perfect bound collectors book featuring new writing by author Richard Kadrey, and film critics Sabina Stent, Virat Nehru, and Martyn Pedler
• Limited edition packaging featuring newly commissioned artwork by Doug John Miller
• Double-sided fold-out poster featuring original and newly commissioned artwork by Doug John Miller
• Three postcard-sized reproduction art cards
• Postcard from Shell Beach
• Dr. Schreber business card
• DISC 1: DIRECTOR’S CUT
• Brand new audio commentary by director Alex Proyas
• Brand new audio commentary with Craig Anderson, Bruce Isaacs, and Herschel Isaacs, co-hosts of the Film Versus Film podcast
• Archive audio commentary by director Alex Proyas
• Archive audio commentary by film critic Roger Ebert
• Archive audio commentary by writers Lem Dobbs and David S. Goyer
• Archive introduction by Alex Proyas
• Return to Dark City, a new hour-long documentary featuring interviews with director Alex Proyas, producer Andrew Mason, production designers Patrick Tatopoulos and George Liddle, costume designer Liz Keough, storyboard artist Peter Pound, director of phot
• Rats in a Maze, a new visual essay by film scholar Alexandra West
• I’m as Much in the Dark as You Are, a new visual essay by film scholar Josh Nelson on film noir and identity in Dark City
• Design & Storyboards
• DISC 2: THEATRICAL CUT
• Archive audio commentary by director Alex Proyas, writers Lem Dobbs & David S. Goyer, director of photography Dariusz Wolski, and production designer Patrick Tatopoulos
• Archive audio commentary by film critic Roger Ebert
• Memories of Shell Beach, a 2008 featurette in which cast and crew look back at the making of the film from concept to reception
• Architecture of Dreams, a 2008 featurette presenting five perspectives on the themes and meanings of the film
• Theatrical trailer
• Image gallery

 

Cast & Crew

Actors:

•       Rufus Sewell
•       Kiefer Sutherland
•       Jennifer Connelly
•       William Hurt
•        Richard O'Brien
•       Ian Richardson
•       Bruce Spence
•       Colin Friels
•       John Bluthal
•       Mitchell Butel
•       Melissa George
•        Frank Gallacher
•       Ritchie Singer
•       Nicholas Bell
•       Satya Gumbert
•       Frederick Miragliotta

Director: Alex Proyas

Producer: David S. Goyer

Additional Details

Label: Arrow Video

Genre: Sci Fi/Fantasy

Language: English

Run Time: 111 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 06/24/25

UPC: 760137175773