Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young
In the future, man has developed the technology to create replicants, human clones used to serve in the colonies outside Earth but with fixed lifespans. In Los Angeles, 2019, Deckard is a Blade Runner...( read more
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DVD Release Date: August 27, 1997
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October 11, 2006An grim and satisfying tale of the future as seen through the eyes of not only Detective Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), but also, the dangerous Nexus 6 (led by Rutger Hauer, in his starmaking role).
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October 6, 2009I saw the D's Cut of this film and visually this movie fucking amazing, the story starts off as very intriguing but it fell a little short for me. Rutger Hauer is so cool doh. I'm determined 2 watch every version of this film but im giving the D cut 3 stars.
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August 27, 2009Everything about this film is perfect. The acting, the direction, the lighting, the soundtrack.... I don't care which version either, they're all brilliant!
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June 29, 2009Probably the greatest sci-fi distopian lookin flick made. Really grim yet sooo ice cool. Hauer rules in this, so uneasy so lethal and unpredictable, the score is spooky and touching and the action is cold and realistic. So many details and so many different stories haunt this fil...( read more)
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June 13, 2009This movie is set in the future 2019 in Los Angeles. In the future there are human clones that populate other planets but when 5 of them realise that they have a short lifespan, they come to Earth to find their creator. Harrison Ford is a cop who has to track down these rogue rep...( read more)
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November 19, 2009I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in rain... Time to die.-Roy Batty
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November 16, 2009An amazing film that gets better every time you see it. It is what Sci-Fi should be. I mean, you've got Harrison Ford as a detective who hunts down clones(replicants) for a living and Rutger Hauer as a psychotic Replicant who refuses to die. Then you've got this futuristic landsc...( read more)
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November 15, 2009One of the most amazing sci-fi classics of the era, Ridley Scott is inspired. The director's cut is decidedly better, so if you are planning on watching it aim for that version. Wonderful noir influences and amazing performances from Ford, Hauer and Young make this an amazing min...( read more)
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November 11, 2009Blade Runner has a brilliantly intense and controversial subject matter. Dystopian and utopic, totalitarian futuristic cities is a concept that has been treated several times since we have memory (Metropolis, 1927), but this is one of the first American films (of the 80's at leas...( read more)
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January 1, 2000
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
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April 17, 2009Has anyone ever heard of Blade Runner the cartoon!? (Obviously based on the movie!) I know that it didn't run for very long, I can't even be sure that it was a series. But, I do remember that at least some of the storyline revolved around the Kipple, efforts to clean it up, and the problems & hazards of doing that while other issues arose, like someone being killed and their body being dumped there to try and cover it up.
Even if it was never released on vhs or dvd I would still like to find this thing, preferably over the computer!
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September 26, 2007
I liked the regular version and the directors cut. In fact, the directors cut version has gotten so popular that I find it to be somewhat overated, but that has more to do with the fans who like to cut hairs back & forth between the two versions of the movie. I love this movie! However, I read the book and it sucked as did its sequal Blade Runner 2...! Ridley Scott is a God among men.
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June 19, 2007By the way, I loved the movie from the first time I saw it! It's a modern day sci-fi classic!!
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June 19, 2007
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June 15, 2007It's weird how so many people have the exact same reaction to Blade Runner, where they originally hate it, but there opinion of it improves after re-watching it. There seems to be 6 stages, you either graduate to the next stage at each repeat viewing, or you stay exactly where you are:
Stage One: Bored to death. Were expecting a cool sci-fi film, instead got movie where nothing happens for long stretches of time.
Stage Two: The movie is sort of intersting. Though it does drag at times, the acting is good and the story is solid, so all in all a decent film.
Stage Three: This movie is really good. The characters and plot are deeply compelling, and I don't even find the slow parts boring anymore.
Stage Four: This is the greatest movie ever made.
Stage Five: The is humanity's greatest accomplishment.
Stage Six: Rutger Hauer is God.
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May 28, 2007Well, I didn't really care much for the movie but then I read the book it's [loosely] based on, Do androids dream of electric sheep by Philip K Dick and the movie became a lot more entertaining.
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March 27, 2007You know, I think the film is a grower. When I first watched it I was bored to tears, but a few years later and a little wiser to the world I really enjoyed and I know count it as one of my fav films. I think because its regarded so highly it may be disappointing for some new viewers. It's a very dark moody piece and if your looking for Matrix style sci-fi, maybe should look elsewhere.
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