Ruminations on "Dark City"

Tonight, while I planted seeds in my seed trays, I popped in one of my favorite movies, "Dark City". I noticed something I hadn't really focused on before.

If you haven't seen it...buy it using my purchase link, there, then watch it and come on back. I'm going to talk about something that's pretty much telling you the point of the movie.

Are they gone? OK, all clear...

Rufus Sewell plays the main character, John, a determined young man struggling to make sense of his new abilities and fighting to stay with the woman he loves. Keifer Sutherland portrays a sniveling psychiatrist who assists the Strangers in their experiments upon the humans. Right?

Here's the thinker: Keifer Sutherland is the hero.

It's true! Keifer's character makes the decision to fight to free the humans he betrayed. He takes a huge personal risk in concocting a plot to assist a guy who just lucked into some telekinetic abilities. If not for Keifer, John would have ended up captured, killed or mind-wiped by the Strangers.

Discuss!