Random rental of cheap movies from the video shop, number four: Strange Days. The other gem amongst the unfortunate swill we rented. It's a tad long, but entertaining enough that this is acceptable. Fairly thought-provoking with its choice of sci-fi technical advancement; a device endearingly named 'the squid', which sits on your head (ideally beneath a convincing wig) and records your every perception and/or plays back someone else's recorded perception to you. The movie fairly realistically portrays this technology as being originally intended for surveillance purposes, and perverted around to being used for pseudo-interactive pornography and other 'thrill' experiences. Of course. That's what happens to technology.
Throw in the obligatory evil tycoon, a likeable antihero smut-dealer, a few loony murders and a reasonable degree of unclarity as to who's responsible for Bad Things Happening, and you have a quite entertaining movie. At last. Hoorah.
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