Blade Runner (1982)

Director: Ridley Scott

Starring: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M.Emmet Walsh, Daryl Hannah, William Sanderson, Brion James

More Info: IMDB

Tagline: Man Has Made His Match... Now It's His Problem

Plot: In a cyberpunk vision of 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, a cop who specialises in terminating replicants. Originally in retirement, he is forced to re-enter the force when six replicants escape from an offworld colony to Earth.



My Rating: 8/10

Would I watch it again? Yes

#48 on SCI-FI TRAILERS VOLUME 9 & 10 (part of the TRAILER TRASH PROJECT)

I've got this on Blu-ray. You should, too. It's absolutely beautiful. I remember watching this on VHS twenty something odd years ago and falling asleep on it then. Now with the stunning Blu-ray disc I'm able to sit through the whole thing and stay awake. Yeah, it's a slow moving film, but with Scott, it's all about atmosphere.

It really is a great film but the pacing hurts it for most people. I really like the changes made in the Final Cut version eliminating the narration. I always hated that. It's the Final Cut of the film that I will be watching from now on. The second disc of the set features a 214 minute documentary on every aspect you'd want to know about the film. It's absorbing and exhausting...just like the movie.