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The Thirteenth Floor
The Thirteenth Floor is a 1999 neo-noir science fiction crime thriller film written and directed by Josef Rusnak, and produced by Roland Emmerich. It is loosely based upon "Simulacron-3" (1964), a novel by Daniel F. Galouye, and a remake of the German film "World on a Wire" (1973). The film stars Craig Bierko, Gretchen Mol, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Vincent D'Onofrio, and Dennis Haysbert. In 2000, "The Thirteenth Floor" was nominated for the
. "The Thirteenth Floor" was released on DVD on October 5, 1999, and on Blu-ray on April 14, 2009.
Reception.
"The Thirteenth Floor" received mostly negative reviews.
Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, reported that 29% of critics gave the film positive reviews, with an average score of 4.5/10, based upon a sample of 63 reviews, and the critical consensus "Bad script and confusing plot undermine the movie's impressive visuals." At Metacritic, the film received