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Strange Days
Apocalyptic science fiction, counting down the final days and hours and minutes to the turn of the millennium (a/k/a 2K). The main gimmick -- the main gadget -- is a total-sensory recording and playback device (an advance on home video, an advance on virtual reality) whose chief function in the movie is to permit us to see through the eyes of an unknown murderer and to view a hyberbolized version of the Rodney King video. Angela Bassett is a strong presence in a supporting role, but she can't hold her ground against the eye-fatiguing, ear-pounding, brain-damaging assaults of director Kathryn Bigelow, much less against the baton blows of the LAPD in the crass finale. Written by James Cameron and Jay Cocks; with Ralph Fiennes, Juliette Lewis, Tom Sizemore, Michael Wincott. 1995.
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MPAA Rating: R
