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The Thirteenth Floor is directed by Josef Rusnak. The
film stars Craig Bierko, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Gretchen Mol,
Vincent D'Onofrio, and Dennis Haysbert. The Thirteenth floor
is the story of a computer company and its creation of an
artificial world, which is a computer simulation of Los
Angeles in the 1930s. When the creator of this world is
murdered, his friend and closest colleague becomes the prime
suspect. It’s up to him to allude authorities and maintain
his innocence through a suspense-filled web of twists and
turns. ***
Had the Thirteenth Floor come out two years earlier,
it probably would have been a bette r-received film. Instead,
it wasn’t released until AFTER Dark City and the Matrix,
two films that already did these themes to perfection. And
in comparison to those two movies, The Thirteenth Floor
definitely comes off as the weakest link of the bunch. There
are a lot of good themes and interesting scenes and characters
here, but in the long run, despite being a good film, there
are more reasons to just go watch those other films. ***
There’s little to fault about this movie – the acting
top-notch, the performances superb, and the themes intriguing.
But it was overshadowed by the aforementioned similar-themed
films, and as a result falls flat compared to those predecessors.
I do recommend the film as a rental, just don’t come in
here expecting the greatest, most-original piece of science
fiction y ou’ve ever seen. ---
Image and Sound:
This is your average catalogue title on Blu-Ray. The
image is sharp and clear throughout, and certainly an improvement
over the DVD. Same with the audio. While this is a good
improvement in more ways than it isn’t, it’s not quite demo
material Still, it’s hard to argue with the quality of this
transfer. Just don’t overexpect.
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