
The Thirteenth Floor(1999)
In Los Angeles, a wealthy man, known as Mr. Fuller, discovers a shocking secret about the world he lives in. Fearing for his life, he leaves a desperate message for a friend of his in the most unexpected place.


“Everything is not going to be OK.”
An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.

Keanu Reeves
Bob Arctor

Robert Downey Jr.
James Barris

Woody Harrelson
Ernie Luckman

Winona Ryder
Donna Hawthorne

Rory Cochrane
Charles Freck

Mitch Baker
Brown Bear Lodge Host
Sean Allen
Additional Fred Scramble Suit Voice (voice)
Cliff Haby
Voice from Headquarters (voice)

Steven Chester Prince
Cop
Natasha Valdez
Waitress
A Scanner Darkly is a animation, science fiction, thriller film released in 2006 exploring themes of future, california, dreams, schizophrenia, based on novel or book, undercover. Directed by Richard Linklater, it stars Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr., Woody Harrelson. An undercover cop in a not-too-distant future becomes involved with a dangerous new drug and begins to lose his own identity as a result.
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