Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future

Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future

Bringing you the truth in a world gone Max.

Directed by Annabel Jankel, Rocky Morton

Produced by Chrysalis Films

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

  • Is Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of films.

  • Does Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

54/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity95

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise26

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love50

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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