The Thirteenth Floor: Blu-ray Movie Review (2009)

A film about time travel and dueling Los Angeles universes loosely based on Daniel Galouye’s 1964 novel, “Simulacron 3.”

There’s no question that the noirish “Floor” has its moments, particularly in its computerized reinvisioning of Los Angeles in 1937 (it's the film's best effect). But the story itself has had the computer chips sucked out of it with a been there, seen that feeling.

It’s about altered realities controlled by computers, which David Cronenberg explored in “eXistenZ,” and which “The Matrix” trilogy tackled famously. Further crippling “Floor” is its script, which again follows “The Matrix” in that it’s too dense to fully enjoy.

Gretchen Moll and Vincent D’Onofrio's performances are good, but never quite enough to lift this predictable film above basement level.

Rated R.

Grade: C-