| The Thirteenth Floor Review |
| by Michael Turton |
| The 1990s produced two brilliant science fiction films. One was
_Gattaca_. The other was
_The Thirteenth Floor_. Just as _Gattaca_ was overshadowed by the
mighty _Titanic_, _The Thirteenth Floor_ was relegated to obscurity by
_The Matrix_. However,...more |
| The Thirteenth Floor Review |
| by Alex Ioshpe |
| Virtual reality is a topic that has almost defined its own genre. Since
'Dark City' (1998), films about alternative universes and parallel worlds
have been coming one after another. The most popular and original of them
all has been The Matrix. All the...more |
| The Thirteenth Floor Review |
| by Stephen Graham Jones |
| The tagline for The Thirteenth Floor is 'You can go there even though it
doesn't exist.' As far as things go that don't exist, though, the simulated
1937 we start with is pretty convincing, or, is made even more convincing by
Armin Mueller-Stahl's Hannon...more |
| The Thirteenth Floor Review |
| by Ross Anthony |
| Another "Twilight Zoney" Sci-Fi where what is real and what is merely
virtual aren't easily distinguished. The film starts strong presenting a
captivating scenario, then somewhere in the second half dips into a sappy
romance. more |
| The Thirteenth Floor Review |
| by Greg King |
| THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR (M).
(Columbia Tristar)
Director: Josef Rusnak
Stars: Craig Bierko, Gretchen Mol, Vincent D'Onofrio, Armin
Mueller-Stahl, Dennis Haysbert, Steven Schub, Leon Rippy
Running time: 100 minutes.
Michael Crichton's Westworld sounded...more |
| The Thirteenth Floor Review |
| by Jamie Peck |
| Rating: ** (out of ****)
Columbia / 1:45 / 1999 / R
Cast: Craig Bierko; Gretchen Mol; Armin Mueller-Stahl; Vincent
D'Onofrio; Dennis Haysbert
Director: Josef Rusnak
Screenplay: Josef Rusnak; Ravel...more |
| The Thirteenth Floor Review |
| by Dennis Schwartz |
| THIRTEENTH FLOOR, THE (director: Josef Rusnak; cast: Craig Bierko
(Douglas Hall/Joe Ferguson), Armin Mueller-Stahl (Hannon Fuller),
Gretchen Mol (Jane Fuller), Vincent D'Onofrio (Whitney/Ashton), Dennis
(Detective Larry McBain), Steve Schub (Zev...more |
| The Thirteenth Floor Review |
| by David Sunga |
| Rating: 2.5 stars (out of 4.0)
********************************
Key to rating system:
2.0 stars - Debatable
2.5 stars - Some people may like it
3.0 stars - I liked it
3.5 stars - I am biased in favor of the movie
4.0 stars - I felt the movie's impact...more |
| The Thirteenth Floor Review |
| by Jamey Hughton |
| A good sci-fi is hard to come by these days. For every ingenious,
mind-boggling rarity like The Matrix, there are half a dozen idiotic
atrocities such as Virus. Where does The Thirteenth Floor come into
play? Somewhere in the middle, I should think. more |
| The Thirteenth Floor Review |
| by Eugene Novikov |
| Can there possibly be anything new to say about the concept of virtual
reality impersonating reality? In the past two years, Hollywood has
pummeled us drilled with the idea that the world as we know it may not
be what we think it to be -- films such as...more |
| The Thirteenth Floor Review |
| by Steve Kong |
| What a difference time can make. Time is an important factor with The
Thirteenth Floor. And it is with time that The Thirteenth Floor fails. The
film runs too long and was released too late. These aren’t its only
failings though. more |
| The Thirteenth Floor Review |
| by Berge Garabedian |
| In what circumstance would you deem someone lucky to have been involved in
the production of the critically panned GODZILLA (6/10)? When the
circumstance is such that you are the second unit director on said project,
and big-time movie director Roland...more |
| The Thirteenth Floor Review |
| by James Brundage |
| All right, we know we've reached a new level when every the completely
surreal seems completely predictable. When the weird is the norm, something
is very, very wrong. Right now you're saying something along the lines of
"Come on: since when have...more |
| The Thirteenth Floor Review |
| by Mark R Leeper |
| Capsule: The third artificial reality film in
about a month is the most stylish and best
photographed with the most coherent plotline. Had
this been the first of the three to be released, it
would...more |
| The Thirteenth Floor Review |
| by Steve Rhodes |
| If you ever find yourself in a simulated world, don't tell the natives.
It can be very upsetting to learn that your flesh and blood is just a
stream of bits on someone's computer. more |
| The Thirteenth Floor Review |
| by DeWyNGaLe |
| The Thirteenth Floor, the third in what I would call "the reality check movie
series", is very similar to the other reality check movies released this year,
The Matrix and eXistenZ. All three made you think, made you wonder what is
real, what isn't, and...more |
| The Thirteenth Floor Review |
| by Nathaniel R. Atcheson |
| Director: Josef Rusnak
Cast: Craig Bierko, Gretchen Mol, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Vincent
D'Onofrio, Dennis Haysbert, Steve Schub
Screenplay: Josef Rusnak, Ravel Centeno-Rodriguez
Producers: Roland Emmerich, Ute Emmerich, Marco Weber
Runtime:
US...more |
| The Thirteenth Floor Review |
| by Susan Granger |
| Since movies, on the average, take a year - from the
beginning of filming to theatrical debut - it's interesting that three
similar glitzy, high-tech, virtual reality thrillers - "The Matrix,"
"eXistenZ" and this - overlapped. Loosely based on...more |
| The Thirteenth Floor Review |
| by Dustin Putman |
| Directed by Josef Rusnak.
Cast: Craig Bierko, Gretchen Mol, Vincent D'Onofrio, Armin
Mueller-Stahl, Dennis Haysbert.
1999 - 101 minutes
Rated R (for violence and profanity).
Reviewed May 29, 1999. more |
| The Thirteenth Floor Review |
| by Gordon Shumwa |
| I've been a fan of Daniel F. Galouye's work for over four decades.
Galouye was a WWII Air Force hero, retired early due to service-related
injuries; he switched professions to become a journalist, and when
further health problems appeared, became a...more |
| The Thirteenth Floor Review |
| by Edward Johnson-ott |
| The Thirteenth Floor (1999)
Craig Bierko, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Gretchen Mol, Vincent D'Onofrio,
Dennis Haysbert, Steven Schub, Jeremy Roberts. Produced by Roland
Emmerich, Ute Emmerich and Marco Weber. Screenplay by Josef Rusnak, Ravel...more |
| The Thirteenth Floor Review |
| by Wallace Baine |
| Techies and software geeks need not get too jacked up over the glossy new
cyber-thriller “The Thirteenth Floor.” Sure, a really cool supercomputer is
at the center of things, but for all its nifty lighting effects, it might
as well be a Sharper Image...more |
| The Thirteenth Floor Review |
| by Harvey S. Karten |
| Reviewed by Harvey Karten, Ph.D.
Columbia Pictures/ Centropolis Entertainment
Director: Josef Rusnak
Writer: Josef Rusnak & Ravel Centeno-Rodriguez, book
"Simulacron-3" by Daniel Galouye
Cast: Craig Bierko, Gretchen Mol, Vincent D'Onofrio,...more |
| The Thirteenth Floor Review |
| by Christopher Null |
| THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR
A film review by Christopher Null
Copyright 1999 Christopher Null
filmcritic.com more |
| The Thirteenth Floor Review |
| by Scott Renshaw |
| THE THIRTEENTH FLOOR
(Columbia)
Starring: Craig Bierko, Gretchen Mol, Vincent D'Onofrio, Dennis Haysbert,
Armin Mueller-Stahl.
Screenplay: Josef Rusnak and Ravel Centeno-Rodriguez, based on the novel
_Simulacron 3_ by Daniel Galouye.
Producers: Roland...more |
