Blade Runner

< Previous Trailer  |   Add to My Scrapbook  |   Next Trailer >
Blade Runner

89% Liked It
liked it

Blade Runner

Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh

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  read more... ), a cop who specialises in terminating replicants. Originally in retirement, he is forced to re-enter the force when five replicants escape from an offworld colony to Earth.

Id: 9984991

Do you want to see this movie?

My Friends Said...

Blade Runner Recent Reviews

Register or sign-in to see your friends' reviews !

Recent Reviews

Blade Runner Recent Reviews
  • magnum32004
    October 11, 2006
    magnum32004
    An 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).
  • AgentLexi2132
    January 6, 2010
    AgentLexi2132
    ''Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? That's what it is to be a slave.''

    Deckard, a blade runner, has to track down and terminate 4 replicants who hijacked a ship in space and have returned to earth seeking their maker...

    Harrison Ford: Rick Deckard

    <...( read more)b>Rutger Hauer: Roy Batty

    Bladerunner(1982) is definitely one of the most visionary films out there; it's right up there with the best dystopia visions of the future.
    Ahead of its time artistically, visually and idealistically. As an end product The Final Cut, Director's Cut & Theatrical, all feel blooming with depth, messages, and significant poise ahead of it's 1982 release.
    The final cut with it's 10 discs, is such a delight to come from Ridley Scott tantilising questions and answers that will spark debate for many more years to come.


    Blade Runner is not merely confined to being a story; it's not restricted to its characters or being over blown entertainment. It is about landscape, a vast metropolis, and the pinnacle of civilization.
    Addressing topics such as correcting our present state, knowing what happened in the past and rectifying the future.
    The future is used; cue the science-fiction mood and atmosphere resounding from the visual locations. Paradoxical the resulting may be, the future tense gives the viewer the necessary distance towards what he is supposed to seeand what he does actually perceive.
    Practically every sci-fi film that tries to predict an entirely new city is based on what is futuristic in terms of its realization, from visual powerhouse masterpieces such as Metropolis; to franchised versions of a future world such as Judge Dredd, Dark City or Demolition Man.
    Ridley Scott proposes a city that exists already, today, now. We get to the future through present, our present and that links us to it where the future tense gave us distance. Everything is deliberately thrown in a dystopic, chaotic like a whirlwind, that shakes and twirls, not because it's dark and rainy, but because it's in a city that exists now; a future which could very well be the past.

    So, everything is classical and timeless; Sean Young, a replicant that doesn't know who she really is, has a unblemished beauty, the characterization, the way she moves, the way she talks. She plays the piano. She has a memory. She is human, except for the fact she is a replicant, created by man where man is elevated to the category of God and creator, in the exact measure that he creates with the same perfection as a higher being. The camera is Deckard, the camera is the observer and this observer works from the top of the buildings, works above humanity, works on the last floor of Tyrell's Olympus like industrial complex. What is made in here is a change in time scale notion in order to get us, as viewers, down to earth. If God is eternity, and men's life is a second in eternity; what we see here is Man's future uncertain and the replicants' 4 years of existence a paradoxical knowledge of when they expect life to meet death. Whenever replicants are seen in Blade Runner it is in fact a unique being shown. Ultimately, this may be about falling to earth with the notion that time is precious, and 4 years can be eternity, if perceived in a way condescending time. "All those moments will be lost in time like tears in rain", says Rutger Hauer's Roy Batty. This is about keeping memory for eternity, physicality the illusion; our souls eternal.

    Men pauses to reflect upon his creation, his imperfections, but also his qualities, show up in what he creates. So, throughout the story, we come to change our view of the replicants: from villainy and fear to empathy, from desire to eliminate aspiring to desire for embracement and consequent sadness for their demise. That's when replicants become the higher being than the humans that created them. That is when we know he's not talking about robots, but us. "Pity she won't live, but again, who will?"... This is the revelation; nothing lasts forever, creator or creation. Still, facing the inevitability of death doesn't stop Deckard from running from life or replicants from trying to live.

    Another aspect is that there is no soundtrack as such, there is no music in this one, only soundscapes, as dystopic as the city, as dark as this future, as empty as no future.
    This is given life by Vangelis whom match the visuals and bring them to our perception with sound by blending the two together. Those sounds are the story of that city, are the story of our past, as told in our present, where there is no memory, where memories are forgotten, or made up as, once more, a survival device. Memory is a pillow for emotions, says Tyrell, he is god, he knows emotions are needed in order to exist, but he also knows he can't perpetuate lies about it, he knows he will die.

    You will find practically every aspect of film noir in Blade Runner. For every aspect I referred, i believe this to be the essential sci-fi film, fulfilling completely the role that sci-fi was always supposed to have, but hardly ever had before. Between 1979 with Alien and 1982 with this offering, Ridley Scott moved definitely forward in understanding what science fiction is, and how it should cross over into film making. Every artist has his limits in innovation and creation, apparently Scott's limit was defined here. His post-work never would be as influential or visionary as these two films.
    I don't remember ever being this blown away by a film upon first viewing and made to think on higher aspects of life in general.
    Usually it takes multiple viewings for a film to gain my love but more viewings only show me visions I never comprehended the previous times. As it stands; This IS Ridley's Scott's shot on answers, on questions regarding existence, time and our fear of mortality, time and existence.

    Blade Runner is greatness that is deep and hypnotic in all it's glory.
  • stopitgoaway
    December 20, 2009
    stopitgoaway
    Blade Runner is an extraordinary science fiction film that not only packs in good action and special effects, but a good plot and storyline. Harrison Ford, who by this time was best known for Han Solo and Indiana Jones, is now a police officer named Rick Deckard, also known as th...( read more)e Blade Runner. We are also introduced to characters like Holden, Leon, Roy Batty, and Sean Young as Rachael.

    Based upon the novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" by Phillip K. Dick, this film is jam packed with hours of high quality effects and many glorious stunts that will make you ask yourself. How did they do that? Blade Runner is an excellent film, and if you are bored on a Saturday night, I say watch this film, it is very entertaining and a lot of fun.
  • RiderOfTheStorms
    October 6, 2009
    RiderOfTheStorms
    I 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.
  • SirPant
    August 27, 2009
    SirPant
    Everything about this film is perfect. The acting, the direction, the lighting, the soundtrack.... I don't care which version either, they're all brilliant!
  • quaintspace
    February 8, 2010
    quaintspace
    Best sci-fi movie ever!
  • ifitz
    February 1, 2010
    ifitz
    I'm not really sure what to make of this- it kind of sucked! Well, aspects were good: the visuals are amazing but a little fake, still good however. The costumes and sets as well are really well done. The story really sucked, esp. the horrible voice over. The actors were okay- Ha...( read more)rrison Ford was really the worst of them all. Daryle Hannah- what a psycho! The futuristic soundtrack, story and visuals seem really dated however- I know it had 40s noir but it also had technology and futuristic stuff that clearly won't be around in 9 years or we've already surpassed it! However, I do need to see what differs between this and the other four versions! Ahhh! Too much! I might not!
  • dwightlan
    January 31, 2010
    dwightlan
    A classic. The original screening version is better IMO, I like Ford's voice-overs.
  • jackthorn42
    January 25, 2010
    jackthorn42
    Adapted from the book "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick.
  • Jaymundo87
    January 23, 2010
    Jaymundo87
    Couldn't get into this, i tried and tried but the film just failed to hold my attention. While i love the almost Noir feel to it the story line just didn't pull me in.
View All Reviews

Opening This Week

Top Box Office

Upcoming Movies

New on DVD