I have to say that “Dark City” isn’t a movie I’m familiar with, although it had a pretty good cast – Kiefer Sutherland, Jennifer Connelly, Ian Richardson and William Hurt. Let’s see: dystopian future… things aren’t what they seem… memory loss… framed for a crime he didn’t commit… the movie certainly ticks all the “1990s sci-fi movie” boxes, that’s for sure.

Needless to say, “Shell Beach” is integral to the plot – why else the lingering close-up on its subway stop? The map itself is pretty nicely realised for a movie prop that’s only seen for a short time, although there does seem to be a ridiculously large number of routes, all tangled up together. The close-up, however, does give away the fact that the map is an inkjet print on a fairly coarse quality setting, including some less than optimal banding.