Dark City

Rufus is confused by lack of daylight so naturally he turns to Jack Bauer to count the hours. Proyas applies Crow sensibility to Chinatown sci-fi and populates his crazy Brazillian city with Riff Raff, Hurt, and a dreamy Connelly. Moody, atmospheric and clever, and outside the Matrix by one year.

30 Days of Night

Dark, stylized, and loyal graphic novel adaptation. Great performances by Hartnett and George are overshadowed by the fantastically creepy Foster, and out-of-place Huston, not to mention excessive attention to vampire faces. Scariest vampires yet despite silly fast motion seizure-feeding. Well executed action makes up for vampire pacing logic issues. Graaahhhhh!