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Editorial Review:
Computer scientist Hannon Fuller (Armin Mueller-Stahl) 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

The Thirteenth Floor [Region 2] Reviews:
The Thirteenth Floor - a great but overlooked movie
2009-11-20 - Of all the "Surprise! Reality is not what you think it is" films that came out around this time, the Thirteenth Floor seemed to slip under the radar while movies like "the Matrix" that had bigger actors and more special affects seemed to get all the attention. This is unfortunate because 13th Floor was well-written and had great character development, and although the plot twist was mildly predictable, the story itself is more than enough to carry its own weight. If you like your sci-fi movies to go a little deeper than mere eye candy, give this one a try.

"Because of superstition there is no 13th floor in buildings but come on...people on the 14th floor know what floor they're REALLY on..." - Mitch Hedberg



I liked it about the same as the Matrix but for different reasons
2009-11-10 - That's a tall statement to say that this smaller lower budget movie is better than the Matrix. They're very different movies. The Matrix is an action movie where this is more of a mystery drama.

To be fair, this movie was more like GATTACA than the matrix in terms of speed. It's an interesting exploration into virtual reality worlds. Definitely consider getting this movie and watching it. It challenges you to think about the limits of our humanity.

This is a first rate movie with excellent actors and a very tightly woven plot. It does have a few twists and turns which is nice in a movie like this. In the end, it turns out to have a wonderful surreal dreamlike quality to it that is mesmerizing. I highly recommend it with a glass of wine.

If you're looking for heavy duty action - go for the Matrix
If you're looking for a surreal ride with great actors, solid acting, and great filming - go for this.

Love the movie..hate Sony
2009-10-17 -
Sony Conspiracy to rip off consumers is in play. Sony greed.

BOYCOTT OF SONY STARTING HERE AND NOW.
DO NOT BUY ANY OF THEIR PRODUCTS because as one reviewer already noticed that Starman was not re-released in Widescreen in effort to defraud public.

We consumers in the recession economy won't, CAN'T, will not buy overpriced Bluray so Sony has devised a diabolical scheme to FORCE US instead of just lowering Bluray prices.
They thought that when they beat the HD battle they woudl be rich beyond compare.

NOT !!!!

So now Sony has conspired to FORCE US TO BUY BLURAY by buying the rights and then releasing great movies we all want on DVD in WIDESCREEN ONLY IN BLURAY specially the Si Fi movies that MUST be seen in their entirety ie NOT 4:3 Pan and Scan.
They are releasing them in FULLSCREEN 4:3 GARBAGE.

Examples so far:
1. Thirteenth Floor
2. Starman

ARE FULLSCREEN ONLY LIKE SOME STUPID TV SHOW.

The Bluray version is Widescreen but the standard DVD is Fullscreen.
Can you believe this evil corporation?

I HATE SONY MORE THAN ANYTHING AND FOR ME I NOW WILL NEVER BUY ANYTHING SONY AGAIN, NO TV, NO PLAYER, NO NOTHING.

We must revolt against them.
The back lash will teach them a lesson.

Boycott Sony products because they are disgusting, greedy pigs who treat their customers like idiots, have the worst customer service, and who MUST force us to buy their products because we will NOT volunteer to buy overpriced Bluray.

GREED AND EVIL RULES SONY. They care nothing for us only ripping us off.

PLEASE PASS THIS ON.

Full screen DVD, not wide screen
2009-10-11 - Sadly, this excellent film is apparently not available as a widescreen DVD, only as a full screen version. Disappointing on a LCD screen.

Worlds within worlds within worlds
2009-09-12 - Hannon Fuller (Armin Mueller-Stahl) has a secret and knows that he will be killed for it. Therefore, he leaves a message or his friend and college, Douglas Hall (Craig Bierko.) Soon Fuller is found dead. Naturally, his college is suspected. Douglas must find the message before he is incarcerated.

So far, this seems standard formula. That is where the formula ends. Douglas must go into a computer simulation to retrieve the message, not so easily done. The simulation takes part in the 30's.

Meantime back in the real world Fuller's daughter shows up to everyone surprise, as no one knew he had a daughter. How will she figure in the mystery?

For people that grew up in L.A. you may recognize some of the locations such as the RMS Queen Mary. Before they told where the oil wells were supposed to be, I was guessing Signal Hill.

Be sure to watch the voice over commentary as it gives more insight as to what they are trying to express.

Only seeing the presentation in Blu-ray I could not contrast it to the original presentation however all the pictures and locations look real and do not lose any definition with 1080p or 46" screen.

If you enjoy the intricacies of this story, you will like to read Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder.

Sophie's World