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How do we know the "reality" we experience is real? How do we know we do not live in a computer program, or that we are not experiencing a dream? The reality of the humans in this movie is created by an alien race ("the Strangers"). Every night, reality changes: the whole city stops and physically transforms, memories are implanted, "reality" changes… Humans are experiments. There is a collaborator. A few of the humans cannot have their memory totally removed. One becomes a confused fugitive, and eventually the system of control collapses....

It really is dark. Incredibly well shot. I don't understand why this was never a hit. It is my favorite sci-fi. I must "sleep now"….

Male nudity (hey, there's no gratuitous female nudity for once!), bondage, sex toys, guns, mental institutions, drugs, transvestites, insanity, catatonia, and crime are topics you don't want to see, don't watch it. And you're probably not going to show it to your kids.

The lighting is a bit questionable, but the acting is not! I find this one of the funniest movies I've seen in a long time. It is black humour at very high level.

Clearly many rank it very low. I bought the DVD as a remainder when Blockbuster went bankrupt. Every time I watch it, I love it!