Review – The Thirteenth Floor

The tag line in the ads for this barker was “Question Reality,” so right away we’re off to a bad start. Unfortunately the movie itself lives up to the promo, giving us yet another tedious tour of multiple, elaborate, computer-generated realities. Honestly folks, Phillip K. Dick came through here with this act back in the ’70s (though of course back then the culprits were drugs and plain old fashioned paranoia rather than computers). Terry Gilliam lampooned this nonsense in Brazil back in the ’80s. Aren’t we past the point in film history when Hollywood is willing to green-light anything with the word “cyber” in the treatment? Apparently not. This is also one of those films that relies on its ability to stay one step ahead of the audience to keep from being dull, a task at which it fails miserably. Wish I’d skipped it