Fresh
Director Kathryn Bigelow comes closer than any other filmmaker to turning movies into a virtual reality trip.
Jack Kroll, Newsweek
Strange Days
You Know You Want It
1995 · 2h 25m · R
Crime, Drama, Science Fiction, Thriller
Directed by
Kathryn Bigelow
Overview
Former policeman Lenny Nero has moved into a more lucrative trade: the illegal sale of virtual reality-like recordings that allow users to experience the emotions and past experiences of others. While they typically contain tawdry incidents, Nero is shocked when he receives one showing a murder.
Director and cast
- Kathryn Bigelow Director
- Ralph Fiennes as Lenny Nero
- Angela Bassett as Lornette 'Mace' Mason
- Juliette Lewis as Faith Justin
- Tom Sizemore as Max Peltier
- Michael Wincott as Philo Gant
- Vincent D'Onofrio as Burton Steckler
- Glenn Plummer as Jeriko One
- Brigitte Bako as Iris
- Richard Edson as Tick
- William Fichtner as Dwayne Engelman
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
70%
Tomatometer
Rotten
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.
Rick Groen, Globe and Mail
Fresh
Undeniably thrilling and troubling.
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Rotten
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.
Kenneth Turan, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
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.
Edward Guthmann, San Francisco Chronicle
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