Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future

Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future

Bringing you the truth in a world gone Max.

198557 min6.6 / 10

A playful, high-energy cyberpunk satire that uses surreal visuals and postmodern humor to critique media manipulation and corporate greed while maintaining an irreverent, comedic tone.

While trying to expose corruption and greed, television reporter Edison Carter discovers that his employer, Network 23, has created a new form of subliminal advertising (termed "blip-verts") that can be fatal to certain viewers.

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