1999 · thriller · sci-fi · mystery
The Thirteenth Floor
Directed by Josef Rusnak1h 40m1999
In Los Angeles, a wealthy man, known as Mr. Fuller, discovers a shocking secret about the world he lives in. Fearing for his life, he leaves a desperate message for a friend of his in the most unexpected place.
Our read: The Thirteenth Floor (1999) reads as a sombre, kinetic, surreal thriller · sci-fi · mystery entry — measured in intensity, epic-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, kinetic, measured thriller / sci-fi, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, epic, measured.
- sombre
- brisk
- intense
- surreal
- twisty
- epic-stakes
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