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.

CrimeScience FictionThrillernew year's evefuturepornographyprostitutepolice brutalitydreamsrapepolicevirtual realityparanoiaex-girlfriendbodyguard

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