The feature film debut of renowned opera and theater director Chen Shi-Zheng, Dark Matter delves into the world of Liu Xing (Chinese for "Shooting Star"), a Chinese science student pursuing a Ph.D. in the United States in the early 1990s. Driven by ambition, yet unable to navigate academic politics, Liu Xing is inexorably pushed to the margins of American life, until he loses his way.

The release date of Meryl Streep's latest movie Dark Matter has reportedly been put back by film bosses because its plot eerily resembles the events of last week's Virginia Tech massacre.