It's a wildly messed-up, unwieldy, 145-minute movie designed specifically for those audiences who the filmmakers believe haven't been brutalized or quite desensitized enough.
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01/01/00
Strange Days (1995)
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Reviews Counted:36
Fresh:21
Rotten:15
Average Rating:6/10
Runtime: 2 hrs 25 mins
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
US Box Office: $0
Synopsis: It is 1999, and urban society is little more than a vast wasteland of anarchic violence. Seedy, burnt-out ex-cop Lenny Nero caters to the sensation-seeking citizens by dealing in "clips": virtual... [More]
Starring: Ralph Fiennes, Angela Bassett, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore
Director: Kathryn Bigelow
Reviews for Strange Days
It's big, explosive entertainment and, although not directed by Cameron, is very much in the vein we've come to expect from him.
01/01/00
An ambitious, unsettling, and effective work.
01/13/04
It's fascinating the way Bigelow is able to suggest so much of VR's impact (and dangers) within a movie - a form of VR that's a century old.
01/01/00
Top CriticWhat a kick -- Strange Days is an action movie with real characters and uncommonly skillful actors.
01/01/00
Once the premise has lost its promise, and Fiennes's brave attempts at characterization are sacrificed to pseudo-dazzle, everything appears awfully humdrum and, yes, distinctly dated.
04/12/02
Bigelow is so enamored of high-tech thrills, and so mesmerized by the violence she seeks to condemn, that her efforts at 11th-hour moralizing seem limp and halfhearted.
01/01/00
Ralph Fiennes is the perfect sleazebag, while Angela Bassett and Juliette Lewis provide good support.
08/16/01
Top CriticAfter awhile Strange Days becomes merely a predictable parade of senses-assaulting indignities with a surprisingly conventional, by-the-numbers story.
01/01/00
Little more than two-and-a-half hours of enjoyable action, futuristic gadgetry and characters perennially on the brink of being compelling.
01/01/00
The early promise of the film gives way to exploitation; satire mutates into drivel.
01/01/00
Set in LA at the end of the century, this morality tales showed again the main problem in the director's work: The great divide between simlistic plots and technical sophistication. Even so, it's one of a kind for its use of color, sound and motion
12/02/06
"Strange Days" is an ultimately heartless movie, all sheen and surface. It is an attenuated supermodel of a film, hip and beautiful and startlingly empty.
10/30/02
The end result is an interesting little film that's just, well, 'strange.'
01/01/00
An ambitious but ultimately disappointing attempt to assemble the latest in fringe-culture byproducts ... into a Hollywood package.
01/01/00
Undeniably thrilling and troubling.
05/12/01
Though the creators of Strange Days may well be interested in its dramatic and thematic elements, they do not have the same touch for these moments as they do for camera pyrotechnics.
02/13/01
Top CriticA successful story of mystery and lost love with a sci-fi twist.
01/01/00
Futuristic film noir mystery with excellent performances and thrilling cinematography.
01/01/00
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12/04/02
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