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The Thirteenth Floor was directed by Josef Rusnak, and released in
1999. About that time I was neck deep in programming at University -
and couldn't get enough Artificial Intelligence, or Virtual Reality
fixes. The The Thirteenth Floor gave me a great jolt of inspiration
and entertainment. The film is Rated R (Restricted) - but I think that
is due to language, and perhaps some nudity.
The Thirteenth Floor was directed by Josef Rusnak, and released in 1999. About that time I was neck deep in programming at University - and couldn't get enough Artificial Intelligence, or Virtual Reality fixes. The The Thirteenth Floor gave me a great jolt of inspiration and entertainment. The film is Rated R (Restricted) - but I think that is due to language, and perhaps some nudity.
The Thirteenth Floor is based on the sotry of a Computer scientist Hannon Fuller (Armin Mueller-Stahl) who 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 1937 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
Chrissy K. McVay says "This movie had a unique slant on an unusual type of time travel (more like 'mind travel'), though it really goes far deeper than just a 'man with a glorious machine' concept. It's hard to get your gray matter around this one, but the submersion into the intense Science Fiction element prompted me to watch it several times. A great techno-thriller with a twilight zone twist. If you liked the mind manipulation of 'Matrix', I believe you'll be intrigued from start to finish with this one."
I personally recommend this movie as a favorite from my Virtual Reality Collection! This is a movie you realyl must own if you love VR - and if you are still feeling things out a bit - just rent it!
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