The history of cinema is riddled with films that were brought down at the time of their release by the mere fact that something vaguely similar had already managed to have an impact before them. The Thirteenth Floor, directed by Josef Rusnak and produced by Roland Emmerich, is a classic case of this — an exciting creative work caught up in terrible timing. This film about virtual reality had the misfortune of coming out in 1999, a year already filled with great releases, but furthermore, the same one in which The Matrix made a giant splash. To top it all off, David Cronenberg's eXistenZmade its debut the same year.
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