Film

Strange Days 1995

Directed by Kathryn Bigelow

  • Crime, Science Fiction, Thriller
  • 145 min
  • R

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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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  • Sexual violence

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Character

Grave, earnest, contemporary and bleak.

  • gravecomic
  • earnestironic
  • contemporarynostalgic
  • warmbleak
  • character-ledplot-driven

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The Prestige HunterThe Prestige Hunter: loved by 3The Prestige Hunter: disliked by 13 / 1The SincereThe Sincere: loved by 1The Sincere: disliked by 21 / 2The CartographerThe Cartographer: loved by 1The Cartographer: disliked by 21 / 2The ProvocateurThe Provocateur: loved by 22The FormalistThe Formalist: loved by 11The EmpathThe Empath: loved by 11The Thrill ChaserThe Thrill Chaser: loved by 11The Genre DevoteeThe Genre Devotee: disliked by 10 / 1loved (4★+)disliked (2.5★ or less)

28 profiled raters. Loved most by The Prestige Hunters; disliked most by The Cartographers.

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  • Is this Kathryn Bigelow's best work?

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  • Is the dystopia too on the nose?

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