Written by James Cameron, Strange Days is a cyberpunk thriller set in a chaotic Los Angeles on the eve of the year 2000. Lenny Nero (Ralph Fiennes), a former policeman, is now engaged in a more lucrative business: the illegal sale of recordings that allow users to experience memories and moments from other people's lives. The business takes a dark turn when Nero receives a recording of a brutal murder, drawing him into a dangerous conspiracy. Starring Angela Bassett and Juliette Lewis, Strange Days is marked by a frenetic pace and a futuristic noir aesthetic, fusing action, science fiction and social commentary in an electrifying portrait of paranoia, desire and despair on the threshold of the new millennium.