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title: "Strange Days"
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# Strange Days

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## Description

An apocalyptic turn-of-the-century tale of ex-cop Lenny (Ralph Fiennes), who deals in SQUIDs: stolen dreams which can be re-lived by the wearer of a special device. Lenny becomes involved in the murder of a famous pop star when he is sent a SQUID containing the rape and killing of one of his contacts. Written by James 'Titanic' Cameron and directed by his wife Kathryn Bigelow ('Point Break', 'Blue Steel').

Review: Do yourself a favour and grab this fantastic film, intelligent script, top cast, great direction - Underrated film that was a little too controversial on release and flopped which is a real shame. Because it's one of my faves. Bigelow showing she is a brilliant director. Loved her work since NEAR DARK and has since become a successful respected director in Hollywood. THE HURT LOCKER, ZERO DARK THIRTY, POINT BREAK to name a few great films. It's a fantastic cast, great original and intelligent storyline. Ralph Fiennes is fantastic as the heartbroken lead. Julienne Lewis looking stunning. Angela Bassett delivering a strong powerful performance. Hell.....even Tom Sizemore was bearable in this. And of course not forgetting the incredibly nasty as ever Micheal Wincott Plus Vincent O'nofrio Such a great cast, story and direction. It's shocking how it didn't knock it out of the park success wise. Maybe marketed badly? But it's since gained love from fans. 7.2 on imdb. It seems to have found its place. Eventually. Do yourself a favour and grab this masterpiece. Seriously get this if never seen you are in fir a nail biting intelligent time.
Review: An unknown Movie Gem from the late 20th century! - This film was released in 1994 directed by the excellent Kathryn Bigelow,script was by James Cameron. Amazing to see it was prophetic in it's predictions of American Police and it's attitude to the American Black Community. It all just happened 20 years later with the BLM riot's in Trumps Presidency. The film did have an advanced fiction of where Technology could be in the year 2000. But this very much catered to a Sci-fi element within the plot itself. Outstanding performance from Actress Angela Bassett who's feelings for the Main character played by a very young Brit Actor Ralph Fiennes (Who can pull off an American accent seamlessly), don't come out until much later but underarches the entire film. This is a Hi-tech Serial killer mystery at its core but with a message about the future, written in 1993/4. With a bit of that pre-millenium paranoia. Also worth mentioning one of Graeme Revels ( Film Music Composer) best scores ever put to film next to "The Crow'. I actually saw this film when it came out in British Cinemas originally(1994) But I hadn't seen it since. It was completely worth it. Especially with the advance of Cinematic Digital technology. This Blu-ray transfer to 1080 is sublime. As usual that clearer image of old celluloid film. Makes the film pop visually. It did show a vision very close to the eventual Celebrations seen across the world at the turn of the Century. But the best thing in the film is the grounded real life violence of the time. Plus Bigelow's almost adrenaline fuelled approach to Cinematic Storytelling. Backed up with an excellent more to real-life screenplay by James Cameron.

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Contributor | Angela Bassett, Brigitte Bako, Glenn Plummer, James Cameron, Jay Cocks, Josef Sommer, Juliette Lewis, Kathryn Bigelow, Matthew F. Leonetti, Michael Wincott, Ralph Fiennes, Richard Edson, Steven-Charles Jaffe, Tom Sizemore, Vincent D'Onofrio Contributor Angela Bassett, Brigitte Bako, Glenn Plummer, James Cameron, Jay Cocks, Josef Sommer, Juliette Lewis, Kathryn Bigelow, Matthew F. Leonetti, Michael Wincott, Ralph Fiennes, Richard Edson, Steven-Charles Jaffe, Tom Sizemore, Vincent D'Onofrio See more |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,224 Reviews |
| Format | Blu-ray, PAL |
| Language | English |
| Manufacturer | Mediumrare |
| Number of discs | 1 |
| Runtime | 2 hours and 19 minutes |

## Images

![Strange Days - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71iipe7FwrL.jpg)
![Strange Days - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81lsrtqOCyL.jpg)

## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Do yourself a favour and grab this fantastic film, intelligent script, top cast, great direction
*by J***T on 11 July 2025*

Underrated film that was a little too controversial on release and flopped which is a real shame. Because it's one of my faves. Bigelow showing she is a brilliant director. Loved her work since NEAR DARK and has since become a successful respected director in Hollywood. THE HURT LOCKER, ZERO DARK THIRTY, POINT BREAK to name a few great films. It's a fantastic cast, great original and intelligent storyline. Ralph Fiennes is fantastic as the heartbroken lead. Julienne Lewis looking stunning. Angela Bassett delivering a strong powerful performance. Hell.....even Tom Sizemore was bearable in this. And of course not forgetting the incredibly nasty as ever Micheal Wincott Plus Vincent O'nofrio Such a great cast, story and direction. It's shocking how it didn't knock it out of the park success wise. Maybe marketed badly? But it's since gained love from fans. 7.2 on imdb. It seems to have found its place. Eventually. Do yourself a favour and grab this masterpiece. Seriously get this if never seen you are in fir a nail biting intelligent time.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ An unknown Movie Gem from the late 20th century!
*by M***S on 16 January 2024*

This film was released in 1994 directed by the excellent Kathryn Bigelow,script was by James Cameron. Amazing to see it was prophetic in it's predictions of American Police and it's attitude to the American Black Community. It all just happened 20 years later with the BLM riot's in Trumps Presidency. The film did have an advanced fiction of where Technology could be in the year 2000. But this very much catered to a Sci-fi element within the plot itself. Outstanding performance from Actress Angela Bassett who's feelings for the Main character played by a very young Brit Actor Ralph Fiennes (Who can pull off an American accent seamlessly), don't come out until much later but underarches the entire film. This is a Hi-tech Serial killer mystery at its core but with a message about the future, written in 1993/4. With a bit of that pre-millenium paranoia. Also worth mentioning one of Graeme Revels ( Film Music Composer) best scores ever put to film next to "The Crow'. I actually saw this film when it came out in British Cinemas originally(1994) But I hadn't seen it since. It was completely worth it. Especially with the advance of Cinematic Digital technology. This Blu-ray transfer to 1080 is sublime. As usual that clearer image of old celluloid film. Makes the film pop visually. It did show a vision very close to the eventual Celebrations seen across the world at the turn of the Century. But the best thing in the film is the grounded real life violence of the time. Plus Bigelow's almost adrenaline fuelled approach to Cinematic Storytelling. Backed up with an excellent more to real-life screenplay by James Cameron.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ Strange Days - Blu-ray
*by K***N on 1 October 2017*

It’s been one of those films I’ve been a fan of since it first came out in 1995, and although it’s flawed, and touches on too many topics for it ever to come into focus because of the more mundane ‘conspiracy/whodunit’ plot elements that end up taking over, Kathryn Bigelow’s science fiction drama still has enough big scale (especially the finale), technical prowess and visual impact to still be worth a watch, even as some elements date it in ways that can only be found when looking back at early to mid 1990’s movies trying to visualise technology of the future can be. Scripted in part by James Cameron, it takes place over a few days at the turn of the Millenium. Lenny (played by Ralph Fiennes) is a former cop turned hustler who works in the L.A underbelly selling people memories experienced by others and recorded onto discs which can be played directly into the brain. So, if you can afford it, you can buy and experience any fantasy you want. Inevitably though, Lenny gets drawn into a larger conspiracy involving this technology when a friend is murdered. Unless you’re a big fan of ‘Strange Days’ I’d say there’s no real advantage to buying the Blu-Ray over the DVD that’s been out for years. The picture quality is better as you’d expect from the format, but extras are ported over from the DVD, which means a theatrical trailer, a 7minute featurette and what’s billed as a Director’s Commentary but actually isn’t. It’s a recording of a lecture given by Kathryn Bigelow discussing how the opening 5 minute sequence was created. It runs for about 50-odd minutes while the rest of the film plays as normal. It’s interesting as Bigelow gets quite technical about the processes involved but it doesn’t really allow any comment on the other two hours twenty minutes that follows. Good film, poor extras.

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