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Strange Days
1995
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 |
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| 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 | |
| Genres | Action/Adventure, Sci-Fi/Fantasy, Thriller |
| Language | DVD: English |
| Released | DVD: 10 Jan 2005 Production year: 1995 |
| Format | DVD |
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Critics' reviews (6)
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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.
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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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13 out of 13 people found this review helpful
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. -
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Clonky, overly long and a missed opportunity
It takes over 40 nminutes for the real story or journey to begin, spending far too much time in exposition of the characters. All of which are cardboard thin hollywood creations. I was very dissapointed and couldn't belive that this was penned by Cameron. The premis is good but there is no story here which makes it very unfulfilling waste of time.
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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 ...
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