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1995 Certificate 18
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Lenny Nero sells dreams and hustles nightmares, dealing in real-life experiences through a new technology that makes every sensation immediate. But on the eve of the new millennium, Lenny and his street-savvy friend and conscience, Mace, are suddenly caught in a deadly fantasy of conspiracy, murder and betrayal--plunging them .. Read more

Starring Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Vincent D'Onofrio
Director Kathryn Bigelow
Genres Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller

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Strange Days

Lenny Nero sells dreams and hustles nightmares, dealing in real-life experiences through a new technology that makes every sensation immediate. But on the eve of the new millennium, Lenny and his street-savvy friend and conscience, Mace, are suddenly caught in a deadly fantasy of conspiracy, murder and betrayal--plunging them into the bleak heart of the nightworld he has always inhabited.

Starring Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Vincent D'Onofrio, Richard Edson, Tom Sizemore, Glenn Plummer, Michael Wincott
Director Kathryn Bigelow
Studio 4 FRONT VIDEO
Run time DVD: 2 hrs 19 mins
Certificate Certificate 18
Genres Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller
Language DVD: English
Released DVD: 10 Jan 2005
Production year: 1995
Format DVD

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  • 4 stars out of 5

    Ralph Fiennes plays a dealer in virtual reality clips that replicate sensory perceptions in this dazzling sci-fi thriller from director Kathryn Bigelow. As New Year's Eve 1999 approaches, he tries to track down a killer who records his crimes for the ultimate “snuff” experience. This controversial, highly imaginative and inventively staged movie is a fascinating look at the moral implications of advanced technology. Using galvanising subjective camerawork to place the viewer in the voyeuristic frame, Bigelow cleverly reinvents film noir for audiences raised on Terminator 2, while presenting a dark vision of where cinema for pure sensation's sake could be heading. The result is an unsettling experience.

    • Radio Times
    • Posted 29 Jan 2006
  • 1 stars out of 4

    A thunderous, over-emphatic thriller of the near-future, when entertainment consists of experiencing other people's reality, from rape to murder; but under all the flash and frenetic activity is a narrative that was old when the world was much younger.

    • Halliwell's Film Guide
    • Posted 02 Mar 2006

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  • 13 out of 13 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 5 stars

    Highly enjoyable

    The combined filmmaking efforts of James Cameron (screenplay) and his then wife Kathryn Bigelow ensure that this film is at least going to have a touch of class. But it has that in bucket loads.

    Its 31st December 1999 and while the world prepares for the party of the millennium and the end of the world, Larry Nero, played here very well by Ralph Fiennes, trades in the seedy underworld of clips, direct recordings from someone's brain of the experience they’re having, a 100% total sensory immersion to be played back on a headset called a squid.

    Extremely William Gibson and commendably so, including a fantastic cast with Juilliette Lewis and Angela Bassett, they take the possibilities of this idea to its enormous and disturbing possibilities. And that’s before the police turn up.

    Brace yourselves for a bumpy ride, and hang on tight. Everything gets thrown into the mix here and no punches are pulled.

    The result is excellent. Make sure you watch this film.

      • blunderwood from East Sussex
      • Posted 10 May 2004 17:01

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  • 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful

    Rated - 4 stars

    Cyberpunk Millennium

    The film takes place on the last days of 1999 in a Los Angeles torn by crime and violence, where the ultimate high is to 'jack in' by attaching a 'squid' to your skull - a brain wave transmitter that creates the impression that you are having someone else's experiences. This is a tough cyberpunk thriller that is closer to the novels of Phillip K.Dick and William Gibson than Blade Runner ever was. The dialogue is slick and clever straight out of a 40's noir film. This is a cult film that will probably grow in status and be recognised as a key film of the 90s. Recommended.

      • Leon Collins from London
      • Posted 18 Jun 2006 19:54

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