Review of Strange Days (1995) by Timothy M — 06 Nov 2010

I'm almost tempted to say that this is a bad film that's just trying really really hard to be a good one. I liked it in fits and starts (Bigelow's bravura handling of the POV sequences is admirable), but it's a complete structural nightmare - the inciting incident doesn't come until the 50 minute mark, and we get 20 minutes of denoument and a second climax after the true climax.

I think the acting is reasonably OK, and the concept is good (but some of the dialogue is woeful). It took a while for me to realise that "Yeah, this is actually trash," so credit where credit's due.