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The Thirteenth Floor

Play trailer Poster for The Thirteenth Floor R Released May 28, 1999 1h 40m Sci-Fi Mystery & Thriller Crime Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
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A man awakens to discover a bloody shirt in his house and his boss murdered the night before. Did he do it? Why can't he remember? "The Thirteenth Floor" is a sci-fi thriller that explores the ominous possibility of computer-simulated universes, where people only believe they are real.
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Bad script and confusing plot undermine the movie's impressive visuals.

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Owen Gleiberman Entertainment Weekly Rated: D Sep 7, 2011 Full Review Globe and Mail Rated: 2.5/4 Apr 25, 2003 Full Review Barbara Shulgasser Chicago Tribune Thirteenth Floor tries to be complex but is merely confusing. Jan 1, 2000 Full Review Kevin Carr Fat Guys at the Movies Some neat ideas are in there, but they drown in melodrama. This would have stood a better chance if it wasn’t released in the shadow of The Matrix. Rated: 2/4 Feb 3, 2024 Full Review Mike Massie Gone With The Twins With its focus on psychological thrills instead of action, it becomes more about theories than visuals, allowing the creativity to overcome the shortcomings in execution. Rated: 7/10 Sep 25, 2020 Full Review Steve Newton Georgia Straight It's an effective noir thriller that keeps you, if not on the edge of your seat, at least curious about what might happen next. Rated: 3.5/5 Feb 2, 2014 Full Review Read all reviews

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Richard W This is a great movie ,fantastic actors ,great storyline ,extremely confused by the critics ,I'm seeing this way to often how the critics bash it ,but the audience likes it ,one of my more favorite movies ,please give this sci fi a chance the critics are wrong ! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 05/26/24 Full Review Charles S Kind of cool surreal atmosphere, but the acting is pretty wooden and it doesn't help the characters are written pretty silly Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars 05/24/24 Full Review Sparky K Don't understand the critics' negative reviews on this one. Very stylish, very intriguing right till the end. A good ‘proper' sci-fi film! Rated 5 out of 5 stars 02/23/24 Full Review David G I've only just watched The Thirteenth Floor for the first time (almost 25 years after it was first released...crikey!). In the main, I can't understand the reviews from the critics, giving the film only 28% on the Tomatometer. I found the film to be entertaining, keeping my interest throughout, with some neat plot twists, very good acting, and a really good pacing & script. Also, the scenes were excellently portrayed, in my opinion. OK, the plot twists aren't the most original, but certainly, I still found them surprising. A lot of people, including both critics and audience in their reviews, mentioned a complicated/complex storyline, but I found it to be logical and well-presented. All in all, a sci-fi film well worth watching, in my opinion and the reasons given, I can recommend it. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/16/24 Full Review Richard L A fairly decent skeleton of a story told at a glacial pace without much to look at or chew on (the obvious twist will be clear to anyone within the first 30 minutes) and then flies off the rails when it makes up some additional rules in the last 20 minutes. Poor acting and uninteresting camerawork perfectly complement the bland script. Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars 02/03/24 Full Review Steve D The twists are just ridiculous. Rated 2 out of 5 stars 09/23/23 Full Review Read all reviews
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A mysterious woman named Jane (Gretchen Mol) may hold the key to the mystery. Vincent D'Onofrio plays vicious and volatile bartender Ashton, who inhabits a computer-simulated version of 1937 Los Angeles. In THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR, a violent Ashton (Vincent D'Onofrio) pursues an enemy in a version of 1937 Los Angeles that was actually created on a computer. THIRTEENTH FLOOR is a sci-fi thriller that blurs the lines between fact and fantasy and examines the possibility that an illusory universe may exist. A prime suspect in a murder investigation, Douglas Hall (Craig Bierko) prepares to enter a computer-simulated universe to find the truth and clear his name. Veteran detective Larry McBain (Dennis Haysbert, right) questions soft-spoken computer programmer Whitney (Vincent D'Onofrio) about the murder of Hannon Fuller. As he is pulled into the vortex of two parallel worlds, one 'real' and one computer-simulated, Douglas Hall (Bierko) realizes that the answers may lie with an enigmatic woman named Jane (Mol). The Thirteenth Floor (1999) The Thirteenth Floor (1999) The Thirteenth Floor (1999) View more photos

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Synopsis A man awakens to discover a bloody shirt in his house and his boss murdered the night before. Did he do it? Why can't he remember? "The Thirteenth Floor" is a sci-fi thriller that explores the ominous possibility of computer-simulated universes, where people only believe they are real.
Director
Josef Rusnak
Producer
Roland Emmerich, Ute Emmerich, Marco Weber
Screenwriter
Daniel F. Galouye, Ravel Centeno-Rodriguez
Distributor
Columbia Pictures
Production Co
Centropolis Film Productions
Rating
R (Violence|Language)
Genre
Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
May 28, 1999, Wide
Release Date (Streaming)
Apr 16, 2012
Box Office (Gross USA)
$11.8M
Runtime
1h 40m
Sound Mix
Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio
Scope (2.35:1)
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