I just watched this movie for the first time after hearing some of my friends talk about it. It has many big name actors in it and was a terrific movie. Upon watching the movie, it was very evident that the Matrix movies definitely seem to rip it off, the Matrix came out in 1999. They Matrix even used several of Dark City's props. Also, you can see strong relationships with Inception. I can't say I blame the Wachowski brothers or Nolan, Dark City was an incredibly original movie. So if you guys want to see a great sci-fi movie check out Dark City. Unless you already have, in that case, chime in.