Armin Mueller-Stahl, Craig Bierko, Dennis Haysbert

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, ...( read more  read more... )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

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R, 100 min.

Directed by: Josef Rusnak

Release Date: May 28, 1999

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DVD Release Date: May 22, 2001

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  • May 31, 2009
    boring. like one of those made for tv reels but isn't. the only positive was the ending. it was a bit more dramatic than the rest
  • April 22, 2008
    The Thirteenth Floor is a very different plot. A man is found dead whom created this virtual world that transports people back to the 1930's. The problem is there becomes different worlds and the people change throughout...a friend in one might be an enemy in another...very good ...( read more)twist and turns.
  • August 18, 2007
    Cool murder-mystery twisted reality cinema-noir thriller. The twists were a bit confusing at times, but it had a nice payoff.
  • December 6, 2006
    All I remember about this one was that it was a pretty weak Matrix rehash that tried to go the drama route instead of an action one.
  • December 6, 2006
    More thoughtful than the similarly-plotted Matrix, The Thirteenth Floor has good performances (especially from the underrated Craig Beirko) and an interesting premise. It doesn't totally work but it's quite wild and inventive at times. I went to see this movie because "Austin P...( read more)owers: the Spy Who Shagged Me" was sold out that night. Man, was I lucky...
  • October 18, 2009
    Thought-provoking thriller about reality with a strange plot (eventually).
  • September 17, 2009
    Interesting and thrilling idea, which could've been better.

    50/100
  • August 2, 2009
    Virtual reality overload! I liked it enough though.
  • July 19, 2009
    It's like that one episode of Star Trek: TNG when Data creates a foe that even he couldn't defeat in the Sherlock Holmes simulation. That ends up being an even crazier Dr. Moriarty who realizes that he is sentient and inside of the Enterprise. Yeah. It's like that only this was c...( read more)ompletely ridiculous in the end.

    How could you not suspect a man with humongous bug eyes?

    For the record Vincent D'Onofrio scares the hell out of me.
  • June 11, 2009
    very fun sci-fi thriller

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  • carol14031997
    June 9, 2008
    Interesting movie about parallel worlds... I really enjoy this movie, more than The Matrix, even when The Matrix was the first movie... I've made a THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR's quiz. Check on my profile...
  • petesmartcat
    April 8, 2008
    One of the greatest Movies of the History.I love Gretchen Mol!!!

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