Strange Days (1995)

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   Scratch47

   Mixing the vigilant sci-fi noir ideas of Blade Runner with the urban paranoia and violence of Do The Right Thing - Strange Days is an underrated classic that calls forth visions of a future looking more and more likely every day. Great performances from Ralph Fiennes and Angela Bassett. Some scenes are genuinely intense and disturbing, even for this viewer. 11 years 11 months ago
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   mcmakattack

   Could have used a bit less cringey dialog and a bit more Phillip K. Dick 1 year ago
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   Siskoid

   Kathryn Bigelow's Strange Days is a minute-in-the-future cyberpunk (Dec.31 1999, but 4-5 years in the production's future) where, sort of as a sequel to Brainstorm, experience-recording technology exists, and you can get the tapes on the black market. Ralph Fiennes plays a tape dealer and ex-cop who gets embroiled in a web of murder and snuff "films", but it's a nice surprise that Angela Bassett is actually the one to get all the great badass action. Bigelow knows how to do kinetic and visually-appealing action, so when the movie rocks, it really does, but it is somewhat hampered by James Cameron's script's structure. There's too much world-building up front (and really, how much does the time gap require?), so our protagonists get involved in the thriller later than the audience does, and then there are too many villains to defeat, requiring a tiring second climax. 6 years 1 month ago

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