The Thirteenth Floor (1999)

4/9/06

The Thirteenth Floor: Now I was intrigued by the concept of this film when I first learned of it back in 1999. In the movie computer scientists have created an exact replica of 1937 Los Angeles on the13th floor of a city high-rise. In short The Thirteenth Floor is an attempt at Film Noir by way of The Matrix. This movie promises much but delivers little, at least part of this is due to the trailer which gives away far to much. You start out the movie knowing exactly where its going and what the twist is, your just a little short on the details. It reminded me of watching The Boys From Brazil, you know those Nazi's are cloning little Hitlers from the start, it just takes Sir Laurence so *#%! long to figure it out! None of the characters in the movie is all that interesting and the casts acting is sub-par, this is especially true of Vincent D'Onofrio's two one-note characterizations. However Dennis Haysbert is in it, and when President Palmer is stuck in Los Angeles you just know craziness is about to ensue. The Thirteenth Floor has craziness aplenty, but little else worth recommending.