Strange Days

Strange Days

You Know You Want It.

Directed by Kathryn Bigelow

Produced by Lightstorm Entertainment, 20th Century Fox

1995145 min7.0 / 10

A paranoid, tech-noir thriller set in a dystopian Los Angeles where virtual reality and memory trafficking become tools for exploitation and murder.

In the last days of 1999, ex-cop turned street hustler Lenny Nero receives a disc which contains the memories of the murder of a prostitute. With the help of bodyguard Mace, he starts to investigate and is pulled deeper and deeper in a whirl of murder, blackmail and intrigue.

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  • Is Strange Days scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Is Strange Days violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Does Strange Days end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 78% of films.

  • Is Strange Days easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is Strange Days sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

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Cinnamon Score

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

Distinctly its own thing.

Rarity71

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise58

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love70

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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