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- 1995
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 2 h 25 m
- 1995
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 2 h 25 m
Summary A former cop turned street-hustler (Ralph Fiennes) accidentally uncovers a conspiracy in Los Angeles in 1999.
Directed By: Kathryn Bigelow
Written By: James Cameron, Jay Cocks
- 1995
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 2 h 25 m
- 1995
- R
- Twentieth Century Fox
- 2 h 25 m
Strange Days
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8.2
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Summary A former cop turned street-hustler (Ralph Fiennes) accidentally uncovers a conspiracy in Los Angeles in 1999.
Directed By: Kathryn Bigelow
Written By: James Cameron, Jay Cocks
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
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67% Positive
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
27% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
7% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 30 Critic Reviews
66
67% Positive
20 Reviews
20 Reviews
27% Mixed
8 Reviews
8 Reviews
7% Negative
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
Bigelow's knack for fast-paced action, her skill at evoking a threatening atmosphere and her affinity with damaged people all come together in the daringly kinetic new film. [13 Oct 1995, p.28]
Everything in the movie is excessive, and if you have no taste for
flamboyant or violent genre pieces, you may find much of it--and especially
the amazingly protracted climax--a little ridiculous. But what's fascinating
about "Strange Days" is both its sheer kinetic energy, the vitality of the
actors and the density and detail of its crazy little world. [13 Oct 1995, p.C2]
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 95 User Ratings
8.2
83% Positive
79 Ratings
79 Ratings
7% Mixed
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
9% Negative
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 95 User Ratings
8.2
83% Positive
79 Ratings
79 Ratings
7% Mixed
7 Ratings
7 Ratings
9% Negative
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
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I wasn't bored at all by this, and Angela Bassett's action-hero charisma often blew me away, but fans of Bigelow at her best (e.g., Near Dark) may be put off by the movie's calculation, which doesn't always fit with its intellectual pretensions.
If anything, Strange Days belongs to the rotters hovering around its edges: Michael Wincott, a vision of Drano-throated malevolence; Tom Sizemore, who, as Lenny’s bikerish pal, suggests Judd Nelson if he’d let the corruption ooze a little further out of his pores; and the wonderfully weaselly Richard Edson as an underground software techie.
Strange Days is an ambitious but ultimately disappointing attempt to assemble the latest in fringe-culture byproducts - distortion-laden torch songs, millenarian fantasies and cyberpunk nightmares - into a Hollywood package. Its failures are those of limited imagination; its brands of strangeness, like the clips its characters replay, never stray far from the familiar landscapes of 1995 pop culture.
It hurts to see this story reach for a tidy ending... STRANGE DAYS hurtles down the track for two hours, frantically trying to warn us en route to the Big Switchback, only to pull up in a hiss of smoke and hot air.
The movie is shot as if Bigelow wanted to take her audience to the very edge of sensory overload. Her pulsing, super-psychedelic images are edgy and invasive. They burn as they hit your retina. After a while, however, Bigelow's careening camera, the heavy-metal music and the flash cutting begin to make you feel hammered and abused. Though the movie is jammed with plot, nothing seems to happen. [13 Oct 1995, p.F01]
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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The story is good, the idea of dealing with memories is nice. But the characters are annoying, especially Nero: I dont enjoy to watch such loosers, especially when they are running behind women, its a behaviour from Teenies.
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Awards
Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films, USA
• 2 Wins & 5 Nominations
Chicago Film Critics Association Awards
• 1 Nomination
