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Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9780767819442
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, NTSC
ISBN: 0767819446
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Release Date: March 07, 2000
Running Time: 100 minutes
Sales Rank: 26160
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: May 28, 1999
Editorial Review:
Amazon.com:
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, 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
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating: - Actually a widescreen disc
Unlike what other reviewers received, and contrary to Amazon's product description, I actually got a "flip disc" with the full screen version on one side and the 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen version on the other.
The video/audio quality is very good, the scan has good contrasts and the print shows no scratches or dust. The extras are OK, but there is not much.
Compared to the previous movie modeled after "Simulacron-3" (which I have not read), "Welt am Draht" by Fassbinder, ... Read More
Rating: - There is no future any more
One more film on various worlds, one on top of the other and the possible transfer from one to the other through some virtual reality system. Fine with me. But one layer is positioned as dominant and it is the most advanced in time that is. Why? Why not ours? Our time becomes nothing but the past of some other future time that is the real present. That is traumatic since after a while you do not know who is who and who is real or not in any world. Some are not even real at all in any world. The worse ... Read More
Rating: - Rent it, Buy it, but definitely See it.
The underlying premise is simple: HOW do we know we are real, or WHAT precisely IS reality? This movie can't answer that and after careful consideration it is obvious that NO ONE can. The safest thing to do is to fall back on Descartes' "I think, therefore I am". The alternative is lose oneself in a lifelong search for truth or possibly getting trapped in an endless loop of thought.
Although there are better movies (even sci-fi movies) to watch this one is highly entertaining and well worth ... Read More
Rating:  - Great sci-fi movie!
I watched this on TV before purchasing it for my library.
The Thirteenth Floor implies ghosts, goblins & spooky stuff. Nothing could be further from the truth.
It's a FANTASTIC virtual reality film!
I recommend it totally and have watched it more than once.
Rating: - Great Movie - Very disappointing disk
When I first saw this movie on cable about seven years ago I was very pleasantly surprised how entertaining and thought provoking it was. I won't get into a lot of details except to say that I like the way the movie makes you think and the scenery and costumes of 1937 LA is very convincing and contrasts greatly with the dark, chrome and glass look of the present day LA. I think the acting is about perfect for a quiet style of movie and I felt a connection to all of the characters. A couple of years ago ... Read More
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