Synopsis:
On the eve of the millennium Ralph Fiennes must stop a killer who’s leaving him virtual reality downloads of his crimes.

Review:
I didn’t particularly care for this movie and I’ll tell you why. It was boring.

For starters it’s about half an hour too long. I understand the need to set up the story at the beginning of a movie, but it took 45 minutes for the killer to claim his first victim for fuck sake. And even after that the story moved at a snails pace.

And who the hell told Juliette Lewis she could sing? Forget singing sweetheart, get some more acting lessons. Do yourself a favour, fast forward the 2 singing scenes (I did).

That said, Zorbs is of the opinion that Strange Days redeems it self with it the POV shots. Balls! I’ve seen this shit before. I can’t remember the name of the film, but there was a Vietnam movie made in the eighties where the whole movie was seen through the eyes of Medic (Shane?*).

Special Features :
There wasn’t anything really special on this DVD. Just a couple of trailers, 2 deleted scenes, and a “Discussion of the opening sequence” by the director.

I really liked the teaser trailer, but the regular trailer was a little boring. The deleted scenes were also worth watching. Personally, I think the second of the two should have been reinserted into the movie, it answered a question one of the characters asks in the film.

The “Discussion of the opening sequence” by the director really blew. Can anyone out there tell me why this commentary didn’t start until the opening sequence was over? And why was the commentary of a 5 minute sequence 30 minutes long anyway? Fuck that shit!

Video and Audio:
The audio and video transfers on the DVD were good. It’s THX for Christ sake, what more could you want?

The only exception to this was the commentary track, which I think was recorded on a pocket tape-recorder. During one section you can actually tell that the director leaned back in her chair because the volume drops.

Best Line: “See, I can get you what you want. I can…I can get you any thing. You just have to talk to me. You have to trust me, OK? Trust me. Cause I’m your priest. I’m your shink. I’m your main connection to the switchboard of the soul. I’m the magic man. The Santa Claus of the subconscious. You say it, you think it, you can have it. You want a girl? You want two girls? I don’t know what your thing is…what your curious about. You want a guy? Maybe you want to be a girl. Hey, think of that. Be a girl. See what that feels like. Maybe you want a nun to tie you up. It’s all doable.” - Lenny Nero

-Nicky Eyes

* Props to everyone that understood that joke.