Former policeman Lenny Nero has moved into a more lucrative trade: the illegal sale of virtual reality-like recordings that allow users to experience the emotions and past experiences of others. While they typically contain tawdry incidents, Nero is shocked when he receives one showing a murder.
Director Kathryn Bigelow comes closer than any other filmmaker to turning movies into a virtual reality trip.
– Jack Kroll,
Newsweek,
18 Jan 2013
rotten:
Once the premise has lost its promise, and Fiennes's brave attempts at characterization are sacrificed to pseudo-dazzle, everything appears awfully humdrum and, yes, distinctly dated.
– Rick Groen,
Globe and Mail,
12 Apr 2002
fresh:
Undeniably thrilling and troubling.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
12 May 2001
rotten:
Though the creators of Strange Days may well be interested in its dramatic and thematic elements, they do not have the same touch for these moments as they do for camera pyrotechnics.
– Kenneth Turan,
Los Angeles Times,
13 Feb 2001
rotten:
Bigelow is so enamored of high-tech thrills, and so mesmerized by the violence she seeks to condemn, that her efforts at 11th-hour moralizing seem limp and halfhearted.