I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Must See Movie...

It's complicated... I really like the directing, acting and writing but, there are issues with the way it's shot that I just can't deny. As much as I love the storytelling and the fantastic performance but, there are also certain scenes that didn't need to exist.

This is a coming of age storyline that you've seen in one form or another for decades. It takes a truly unique voice to make yet another one worth watching.

The few remaining regular humans live in a small enclave surrounded by animalistic mutants. The mutants are called 'recessives' because the trait is inherited that way. One of the characters is - get this - HALF RECESSIVE, with all the increased strength and toughness but without the bestial aggression and reduced intelligence. Also, the inhabitants of the city wear colored crystals making their genetic status clear, to prevent the wrong kind of couple forming and producing the wrong kind of offspring. That would be fine, except there are THREE colors (should only be 2, carrier or not) and people are forbidden from mating with anyone whose crystal is a DIFFERENT color (should be, 2 carriers may not mate).This script was in desperate need of review by someone who knows what 'recessive' means. Little wonder that this back door pilot was not picked up for a series.

I saw this movie when i was a teenager and I loved it - at the time i did not realize it was a pilot for a TV show, I have been searching for it for years, I could never remember the title and it was driving me nuts. Over the years i would try searching for it, all i could remember was that City was in the title, well now i found it and I agree with most who have posted on this title. Sci-Fi really should pick it up and run with it. I think that it could rank right up there with Stargate etc. Maybe if everyone who enjoyed the pilot wrote to Sci-Fi they would try to revive the plot. If anyone has a copy of the pilot I would LOVE to get a copy of it.

Although it was a low budget film, it had a great concept and reminded me of some oldies but goodies that I re-watch occasionally (Genesis II, Planet Earth, Damnation Alley, Ultimate Warrior etc). The casting was pretty good and there was some real chemistry between the actors. Special effects are about what you expect from the low budget but did not distract from the film. The folks that really disliked it probably are not big fans of the low budget "B" sci-fi type films and may like the big budget blockbuster flicks at the theater that have the backing for better scripts and effects. I am glad that I had the chance to tape it from a TV broadcast. Hopefully, it was not edited too much. I am having a friend dub it on to a DVD for me so it will keep it's quality in my library and not deteriorate. Any "B" sci-fi fans out there will enjoy watching this. I would have really liked to see it released as a series, just to see where the writers wanted to go with the basic idea.

The turning point in my "enjoyment" of this obvious TV-series pilot came when the heroine announced that no one in this future post-apocalyptic world is allowed to have sexual relations with anyone not of a "compatible" genome type, for fear that they will have killer mutant babies. It's the 21st century, and no one's heard of contraceptives?I turned off the TV at that point.