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Strange Days Details

1995 Certificate 18
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Set in Los Angeles two days before the end of 1999, Strange Days introduces us to Lenny Nero (Ralph Fiennes), an ex-cop turned sleazy hustler who hawks the newest underground thrill on the black market: a squid, a headpiece that allows one to transmit digital recordings of other people's thoughts, feelings, and memories into .. 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

Set in Los Angeles two days before the end of 1999, Strange Days introduces us to Lenny Nero (Ralph Fiennes), an ex-cop turned sleazy hustler who hawks the newest underground thrill on the black market: a squid, a headpiece that allows one to transmit digital recordings of other people's thoughts, feelings, and memories into their brain; as Lenny describes it, this is real life, pure and uncut, straight from the cerebral cortex. Lenny deals clips (the software) as well as squids (the hardware) for this new and illegal entertainment system, and while sex and violence are the most popular themes, Lenny refuses to deal in blackjack -- slang for snuff clips. Lenny is nursing a broken heart after his girlfriend, punk singer Faith Justin (Juliette Lewis), left him, and he spends a lot of time with clips he recorded when they were together. Faith is now involved with Philo Grant (Michael Wincott), a music business tycoon who once managed Jeriko One (Glenn Plummer), a hip-hop musician and political activist whose murder has sent L.A. into a state of chaos. When a clip emerges that shows that Jeriko was killed by L.A. police officers, Lenny finds his life in danger, and he tries to escape possible death on both sides of the law with the help of his friend Mace Mason (Angela Bassett). Strange Days was written by James Cameron in collaboration with former film critic Jay Cocks; Kathryn Bigelow directed.~ Mark Deming, All Movie Guide

Starring Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Vincent D'Onofrio, 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 Production year: 1995

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    • 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.

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    • Rated - 5.0 stars  

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      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... read more »

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    • Rated - 1.5 stars  

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      High octane cheese

      High octane action wears well even after all these years, but the impressive and engaging concept has a clunky plot with more holes in it than Gruyere.
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