Blade Runner (1982)

Calificación de los usuarios:

8.3/10   

Director:

Ridley Scott

Escritores:

Hampton Fancher (screenplay) and
David Webb Peoples (screenplay) ...
(más)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

25 junio 1982 (USA)

Género:

Acción | Ciencia-Ficción | Suspenso

Frase comercial:

A Futuristic Vision Perfected [2007 Final Cut]

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

Replicant | Future | Vision Of The Future | Cyberpunk | Technology

Premios:

Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 14 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

Science Fiction Epic

US TV Schedule:

Sun. July 5	3:56 PM	SCIFI
Tue. July 7	11:27 AM	SCIFI

Reparto

Harrison Ford	...	Rick Deckard
Rutger Hauer	...	Roy Batty
Sean Young	...	Rachael
Edward James Olmos	...	Gaff
M. Emmet Walsh	...	Bryant
Daryl Hannah	...	Pris
William Sanderson	...	J.F. Sebastian
Brion James	...	Leon Kowalski
Joe Turkel	...	Dr. Eldon Tyrell
Joanna Cassidy	...	Zhora
James Hong	...	Hannibal Chew
Morgan Paull	...	Holden
Kevin Thompson	...	Bear
John Edward Allen	...	Kaiser
Hy Pyke	...	Taffey Lewis
Kimiko Hiroshige	...	Cambodian Lady
Bob Okazaki	...	Howie Lee
Carolyn DeMirjian	...	Saleslady
listado alfabético del resto del reparto:
Ben Astar	...	Abdul Ben Hassan (uncredited)
Judith Burnett	...	Ming-Fa (uncredited)
Leo Gorcey Jr.	...	Louie - Bartender (uncredited)
Sharon Hesky	...	Bar Patron (uncredited)
Kelly Hine	...	Showgirl (uncredited)
Tom Hutchinson	...	Bartender (uncredited)
Charles Knapp	...	Bartender (uncredited)
Rose Mascari	...	Bar Patron (uncredited)
Jiro Okazaki	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Steve Pope	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Robert Reiter	...	Policeman (uncredited)
Alexis Rhee	...	Geisha #1 (uncredited)

Dirigida por
Ridley Scott

Créditos del guión
Hampton Fancher		(screenplay) and
David Webb Peoples		(screenplay) (as David Peoples)
Philip K. Dick		(novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?")
Roland Kibbee		(voiceovers) uncredited

Producida por
Michael Deeley	....	producer
Charles de Lauzirika	....	producer (final cut version)
Hampton Fancher	....	executive producer
Brian Kelly	....	executive producer
Jerry Perenchio	....	co-executive producer
Ivor Powell	....	associate producer
Paul Prischman	....	associate producer (final cut version)
Run Run Shaw	....	associate producer
Bud Yorkin	....	co-executive producer
Ridley Scott	....	co-producer (uncredited)

Música original por
Vangelis

Fotografía por
Jordan Cronenweth		(director of photography)

Casting
Jane Feinberg
Mike Fenton
Marci Liroff

Diseño de producción por
Lawrence G. Paull

Dirección artística
David L. Snyder		(as David Snyder)

Decorados
Linda DeScenna
Leslie McCarthy-Frankenheimer		(as Leslie Frankenheimer)
Thomas L. Roysden		(as Tom Roysden)
Peg Cummings		(uncredited)

Diseño de vestuario por
Michael Kaplan
Charles Knode
Jean Giraud		(uncredited)

Departamento de maquillaje
Bridget O'Neill	....	makeup artist: Joanna Cassidy (final cut version)
Shirley Padgett	....	hair stylist (as Shirley L. Padgett)
Marvin G. Westmore	....	makeup artist
John Chambers	....	prosthetic makeups (uncredited)

Dirección de producción
C.O. Erickson	....	executive in charge of production
John W. Rogers	....	unit production manager

Ayudante de dirección
Newt Arnold	....	first assistant director (as Newton Arnold)
Morris Chapnick	....	second assistant director
Peter Cornberg	....	first assistant director
Donald Hauer	....	second assistant director (as Don Hauer)
Victoria E. Rhodes	....	dga trainee (as Victoria Rhodes)
Richard Peter Schroer	....	second assistant director (as Richard Schroer)

Departamento de Arte
William Apperson	....	model maker
Stephen Dane	....	assistant art director
Michael L. Fink	....	action property supervisor (as Mike Fink)
Linda Fleisher	....	action property consultant
Mentor Huebner	....	production illustrator
Sherman Labby	....	production illustrator
Terry E. Lewis	....	props (as Terry Lewis)
Basil Lombardo	....	stand-by painter (as Buzz Lombardo)
James F. Orendorff	....	construction coordinator (as James F. Orendorf)
David Q. Quick	....	assistant property master (as David Quick)
John A. Scott III	....	assistant property master
Arthur Shippee	....	assistant property master (as Arthur Shippee Jr.)
Tom Southwell	....	production illustrator
Michael Taylor	....	lead man
John C. Wash	....	graphic artist (as John Wash)
James T. Woods	....	painting coordinator
William Apperson	....	construction foreman (uncredited)
Charles Breen	....	set designer (uncredited)
Marco A. Campos	....	propmaker (uncredited)
Robert Clark	....	sculptor (uncredited)
Peter J. Hampton	....	production designer: additional scenes (uncredited)
Steven Ladish	....	props (uncredited)
Edward T. McAvoy	....	scenic artist (uncredited)
Michael McMillen	....	model maker (uncredited)
Curtis A. Schnell	....	set designer (uncredited)
Kevin Shanks	....	drapery man/floor covering (uncredited)
William Ladd Skinner	....	set designer (uncredited)
Drew Struzan	....	poster artist (uncredited)

Departamento de sonido
Bud Alper	....	sound mixer
Gene Ashbrook	....	boom operator (as Eugene Byron Ashbrook)
Brydon Baker III	....	cable person (as Beau Baker)
Peter Baldock	....	assistant dialogue editor
Joe Gallagher	....	assistant sound editor
Graham V. Hartstone	....	chief dubbing mixer
Mike Hopkins	....	dialogue editor (as Michael Hopkins)
Gerry Humphreys	....	dubbing mixer
Peter Pennell	....	sound editor
Joel Fein	....	sound recording mixer (uncredited)
John Hayward	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Nicolas Le Messurier	....	sound re-recording mixer (uncredited)
Gordon K. McCallum	....	sound mixer (uncredited)

Efectos especiales
William Curtis	....	special effects technician (as William G. Curtis)
David Dryer	....	special photographic effects supervisor
Logan Frazee	....	special effects technician
Terry D. Frazee	....	special floor effects supervisor (as Terry Frazee)
Steve Galich	....	special effects technician
Douglas Trumbull	....	special photographic effects supervisor
Richard Yuricich	....	special photographic effects supervisor
Robert Cole	....	special effects action property foreman (uncredited)
Robert DeVine	....	special effects (uncredited)
Ken Estes	....	special effects foreman (uncredited)
Scott Forbes	....	special effects technician (uncredited)
Gene Young	....	model construction (uncredited)

Visual Effects
Michael Backauskas	....	visual effects assistant editor (as Michael Bakauskas)
Robert D. Bailey	....	matte photographer (as Robert Bailey)
Don Baker	....	camera operator: special photographic effects
Philip Barberio	....	optical line-up
Jill Bogdanowicz	....	digital intermediate colorist (2007 restorated version)
Christian Boudman	....	compositing supervisor: SPI (final cut version)
Diane Caliva	....	visual effects producer: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version)
Trent Claus	....	digital compositor (final cut version)
Charles Cowles	....	camera operator: special photographic effects
Lisa Deaner	....	lead artist (final cut version)
Leslie Ekker	....	model maker
Collin Fowler	....	visual effects coordinator: Illusion Arts Arts (final cut version)
Robert Hall	....	optical photography supervisor
David R. Hardberger	....	camera operator: special photographic effects (as David Hardberger)
Jeffrey Jasper	....	digital artist: New Deal Studios (final cut version)
Benjamin Kutsko	....	Flame artist (final cut version)
Ronald Longo	....	camera operator: special photographic effects
Tim McHugh	....	camera operator: special photographic effects (as Timothy McHugh)
Gregory L. McMurry	....	electronic engineer (as Greg McMurray)
Syd Mead	....	visual futurist
Jarrod Nesbit	....	visual effects coordinator: SPI (final cut version)
Thomas Nittmann	....	visual effects producer: Lola Visual Effects (final cut version)
Brian Nugent	....	Flame artist (final cut)
Luke O'Byrne	....	visual effects executive producer: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version)
Richard Ripple	....	optical line-up
Jonathan Rothbart	....	visual effects supervisor: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version)
Marc Sadeghi	....	executive visual effects producer: The Orphanage (final cut version)
Georgia Scheele	....	visual effects coordinator (final cut version)
John Scheele	....	visual effects supervisor (final cut version)
Robert Spurlock	....	miniature technician (as Bob Spurlock)
Mark Stetson	....	chief model maker
David K. Stewart	....	cinematographer: special photographic effects (as Dave Stewart)
Tama Takahashi	....	matte photography
Sean Wallitsch	....	Flame artist (final cut version)
Edson Williams	....	visual effects supervisor: Lola Visual Effects (final cut version)
Matthew Yuricich	....	matte artist
Ryan Zuttermeister	....	associate visual effects producer: Lola Visual Effects (final cut version)
Daphne Apellanes-Ackerson	....	rotoscope artist: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Dana Basinger	....	film I/O coordinator: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Jerry Castro	....	editorial supervisor: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Craig Chandler	....	optical effects (uncredited)
Steve Cho	....	lead compositor: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Joe C. D'Amato	....	resource manager: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Tim Dobbert	....	matchmove supervisor: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Rama Dunayevich	....	public relations: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Bill George	....	miniature design and construction (uncredited)
Rocco Gioffre	....	matte artist (uncredited)
Julieta Gleiser	....	digital production manager: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Daniel Gloates	....	senior staff: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Joanna Goldfarb	....	post production supervisor: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Monique Gougeon	....	human resources: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Rich Grande	....	rotoscope artist: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Timothy Gross	....	systems administration: The Orphanage (uncredited)
Sunghwan Hong	....	rotoscope artist: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Michelle Kater	....	rotoscope artist: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Bill Kent	....	camera operator: special photographic effects (uncredited)
Ivan Landau	....	visual effects editor: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Diana K. Lee	....	roto/matchmove coordinator: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Soyoun Lee	....	rotoscope artist: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Stuart T. Maschwitz	....	senior staff: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Dan McNamara	....	senior staff: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Michele Moen	....	matte artist: EEG (uncredited)
Tom Pahk	....	model maker (uncredited)
Christine Peterson	....	roto/paint artist: The Orphanage (final cut version) (uncredited)
Aaron Rhodes	....	compositing supervisor: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Christopher S. Ross	....	miniature design and construction (uncredited)
Jonathan Seay	....	visual effects camera (uncredited)
Carsten Sørensen	....	senior staff: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Scott Squires	....	visual displays: DQI (uncredited)
Scott Stewart	....	senior staff: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Bee Jin Tan	....	rotoscope artist: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
George Trimmer	....	model maker (uncredited)
Ryan Tudhope	....	compositor: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Tiffany Wu	....	roto/matchmove coordinator: The Orphanage (The Final Cut version) (uncredited)
Hoyt Yeatman	....	visual displays: DQI (uncredited)

Especialistas
Gary Combs	....	stunt coordinator
Ray Bickel	....	stunts (uncredited)
Janet Brady	....	stunts (uncredited)
Diane Carter	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ann Chatterton	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gilbert B. Combs	....	stunts (uncredited)
Tony Cox	....	stunts (uncredited)
Rita Egleston	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gary Epper	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jeannie Epper	....	stunts (uncredited)
James M. Halty	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jeff Imada	....	stunts (uncredited)
Gary McLarty	....	stunts (uncredited)
Karen McLarty	....	stunts (uncredited)
Beth Nufer	....	stunts (uncredited)
Roy K. Ogata	....	stunts (uncredited)
Bobby Porter	....	stunts (uncredited)
Lee Pulford	....	stunts (uncredited)
Ruth A. Redfern	....	stunts (uncredited)
George Sawaya	....	stunts (uncredited)
Charles A. Tamburro	....	stunts (uncredited)
Jack Tyree	....	stunts (uncredited)
Mike Washlake	....	stunts (uncredited)
Michael Zurich	....	stunts (uncredited)

Cámara y Departamento Eléctrico
Albert Bettcher	....	camera operator
Dick Colean	....	camera operator
Michael Genne	....	first assistant camera (as Mike Genne)
George D. Greer	....	second assistant camera
Cary Griffith	....	key grip (as Carey Griffith)
Alan Harding	....	special camera technician
Richard Hart	....	gaffer (as Dick Hart)
Steven Poster	....	additional photographer
Gary Randall	....	gaffer
Steven H. Smith	....	first assistant camera (as Steve Smith)
Robert C. Thomas	....	camera operator (as Robert Thomas)
Brian Tufano	....	additional photographer
Patrick Van Auken	....	key grip
Stephen Vaughan	....	still photographer
Thomas Baker	....	motion-control camera (uncredited)
Michael B. Corbett	....	lighting technician (uncredited)
Adam Glick	....	set lighting technician (uncredited)
Dan Greer	....	assistant camera (uncredited)
Ernest Holzman	....	film loader (uncredited)
Michael E. Matteson	....	key grip (uncredited)
Peter Santoro	....	second assistant camera (uncredited)
Bernie Schwartz	....	grip (uncredited)
Haskell Wexler	....	additional photographer (uncredited)

Departamento de Animación
John C. Wash	....	animator (as John Wash)

Departamento de vestuario
Winnie D. Brown	....	costumer: women (as Winnie Brown)
Bob E. Horn	....	costumer: men (as Bobby E. Horn)
James Lapidus	....	costumer: men
Linda Matthews	....	costumer: women (as Linda A. Matthews)
Jan Ferris	....	designer/sculptor: jewelry and metalwork for costumes (uncredited)
Jerry Herrin	....	costumer supervisor: day crew (uncredited)

Departamento de Edición
Kurt P. Galvao	....	restoration consultant
Les Healey	....	editor: Director's cut
Terry Rawlings	....	supervising editor
R. William Zabala	....	assistant editor (as William Zabala)

Departamento de Música
Vangelis	....	music arranger
Vangelis	....	music producer
Ian Underwood	....	musician: synthesizers (uncredited)

Departamento de Transporte
Howard Brady Davidson	....	transportation captain
Mario Simon	....	transportation (uncredited)

Otros miembros del equipo
Vickie Alper	....	production coordinator
Tom Cranham	....	effects illustrator
Bud Elam	....	special engineering consultant
Joyce Goldberg	....	production office manager
David Grafton	....	special engineering consultant
Katherine Haber	....	production executive
Jack Hinkle	....	film coordinator
Richard E. Hollander	....	computer engineer (as Richard Hollander)
Saul Kahan	....	publicist
Michael Knutsen	....	craft service
Gregory L. McMurry	....	electronic engineer (as Greg McMurray)
Virgil Mirano	....	still lab
Michael Neale	....	location manager
George Polkinghorne	....	cinetechnician
Ana Maria Quintana	....	script supervisor (as Anna Maria Quintana)
David Scharf	....	electron microscope photography
Charles A. Tamburro	....	helicopter pilot
Steve Warner	....	production controller
Evans Wetmore	....	electronic and mechanical design
Brian O. Haynes	....	production assistant (uncredited)
Jeffrey A. Humphreys	....	studio utility (uncredited)
Roland Kibbee	....	voice-over engineer (uncredited)
Nancy Ramey	....	assistant accountant (uncredited)
Jasmine Sabu	....	horse trainer (final cut) (uncredited)

Compañías Productores

• Ladd Company, The (presents)
• Shaw Brothers (in association with)
• Norman Lear/Tandem Productions (uncredited)

Distribuidores

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1982) (USA) (theatrical)
• Warner-Columbia Film (1982) (Sweden) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. (1992) (Sweden) (theatrical) (director's cut)
• Svenska Filminstitutet (SFI) (1992) (Sweden) (theatrical) (director's cut)
• Warner Home Video (1998) (Sweden) (VHS) (director's cut)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Sweden) (DVD) (final cut)
• Columbia-EMI-Warner (1982) (UK) (theatrical)
• Warner-Columbia Films (1982) (Finland) (theatrical)
• Warner-Columbia Filmverleih (1982) (West Germany) (theatrical)
• Shaw Brothers (1982) (Hong Kong) (theatrical)
• Shaw Brothers (1982) (Singapore) (theatrical)
• Warner Bros. Finland (1992) (Finland) (theatrical) (director's cut)
• Warner Bros. (1993) (Argentina) (theatrical) (director's cut)
• Warner Bros. (1992) (UK) (theatrical) (director's cut)
• Argentina Video Home (Argentina) (video)
• Audio Visual Enterprises (Greece)
• Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) (1986) (USA) (TV) (broadcast premiere)
• Columbia TriStar (TV syndication)
• Criterion Collection, The (1989) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• ELKE (Greece)
• Falcon (19??) (Czech Republic) (theatrical)
• Fazer Musiikki Oy/Fazer Video (1988) (Finland) (VHS)
• Nelson Entertainment (19??) (USA) (video) (laserdisc)
• Sandrew Metronome Distribution (2000) (Finland) (DVD) (director's cut)
• Varus Video (Russia) (VHS)
• Warner Home Video (1995) (Germany) (video) (laserdisc) (director's cut)
• Warner Home Video (1999) (Germany) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (Germany) (DVD) (director's cut)
• Warner Home Video (1993) (Finland) (VHS) (director's cut)
• Warner Home Video (1999) (UK) (DVD) (director's cut)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (Japan) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (1999) (Netherlands) (VHS) (director's cut)
• Warner Home Video (2001) (Netherlands) (DVD) (director's cut)
• Warner Home Video (2008) (Netherlands) (DVD) (Blu-Ray Disc)
• Warner Home Video (1993) (USA) (video) (laserdisc) (director's cut)
• Warner Home Video (1994) (USA) (VHS) (director's cut)
• Warner Home Video (1997) (USA) (DVD) (director's cut)
• Warner Home Video (1999) (USA) (VHS) (director's cut)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2006) (USA) (DVD) (director's cut)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD) (HD-DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2007) (USA) (DVD) (final cut) (two-disc special edition)
• Warner Home Vidéo (1997) (France) (VHS)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (DVD)
• Warner Home Vídeo (Brazil) (VHS)

Efectos especiales

• Orphanage, The (final cut)
• Anatomorphex
• Filmfex Animation Services

Otras Compañías

• Dream Quest Images  visual displays
• Intralink Film Graphic Design  titles

También conocida como:

Blade Runner: The Final Cut (International: English title) (DVD title)
Blade Runner (Argentina) (Spain) [es]
El cazador implacable (Venezuela) [es]

MPAA:

Rated R for violence and brief nudity (definitive cut); Rated R for violence. (1991 version)

Duración:

117 min

País:

USA | Hong Kong

Idioma:

Inglés | Alemán | Cantonés | Japonés | Húngaro

Color:

Color (Technicolor)

Relación de Aspecto:

2.20 : 1

Sonido:

70 mm 6-Track (70 mm prints) | Dolby (35 mm prints)

Clasificación:

Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:A (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | Italy:T | USA:R (Definitive Cut) | Germany:12 (re-rating) (2007) | Brazil:14 | West Germany:16 (f) | Portugal:M/12 | Ireland:15A | New Zealand:M | Denmark:15 (original rating) | Spain:13 | UK:15 (video rating) (1986) | Argentina:16 | Australia:M | Chile:18 | Finland:K-16 | France:-12 | Ireland:15 | Israel:PG | Japan:R-15 (director's cut) | Netherlands:16 (director's cut) | Norway:15 | Peru:18 | Singapore:NC-16 | South Korea:18 | Sweden:15 | UK:AA (original rating) | USA:R | Norway:16 (original rating) | Iceland:16

Locaciones de Filmación:

2nd Street Tunnel, Downtown, Los Angeles, California, USA

Compañía:

Ladd Company, The

Trivialidades:

When author William Gibson went to see Blade Runner, he was preparing to begin his first novel, "Neuromancer." However, twenty minutes into Blade Runner he got up and walked out of the cinema, because he was so shocked by the similarities between the film and his as yet unwritten novel.

Errores:

Continuidad: When the street vendor is examining the snake scale, the serial number she reads out loud doesn't match the number on her video screen (corrected in the 2007 "Final Cut" of the movie; the graphic now matches her dialogue). Additionally, she never removes the scale from the plastic bag in which it resides when Deckard gives it to her. There is no conceivable way that any microscope could produce such a clear image through plastic.

Citas:

[first lines]
Female announcer over intercom: Next subject: Kowalski, Leon. Engineer, waste disposal. File section: New employee, six days.

Conexiones de Película:

Referenced in "Stargate SG-1: Divide and Conquer (#4.5)" (2000)

Banda de Sonido:

IF I DIDN'T CARE

Science Fiction Epic

I have an interest in science fiction films and TV programmes. I like shows like (the original) Star Wars trilogy, (most of) the Star Trek films, as well as Star Trek TV series (Voyager for modern times,preferably, as it had the least number of useless episodes), etc. In my experience, most SF material turns out to be distilled garbage. Kubrick's '2001: A Space Odyssey' was a masterpiece. I am not hesitant to say that I blatantly dislike Spielberg's definition of SF- ET, Close Encounters, & (worst of all) War Of The Worlds. Neither do I appreciate any 'Alien' film apart from R Scott's 1979 original (although Alien2 was OK)-Alien vs Pred is a disgrace not only to all genres, but to the film industry itself. So when I heard of Blade Runner on the net, I wondered; what could be so good about this film? I have HBO,Cinemax, Star Movies- yet this film has never been shown. So, I got myself the Director's Cut at the local video store. I watched it once. Then I re-watched it two days later. My verdict: This film is fantastic.

It is one of the greatest films ever made, on par with 2001: A Space Odyssey. Upon 1st viewing, new audiences may be bewildered. One anticipates a futuristic run-of-the-mill 80's shoot-em-up (in the like of Outland,say). What you get is a film so deep that it is difficult to grasp the 1st time. There is so much symbolism, introverts and questions that I was left stunned. The film is hauntingly beautiful, and I doubt that these screen landscapes could be reproduced today as well as they were here. The plot centres around the question of humanity- something we take for granted. It is not an auctioneer, which was probably what audiences expected when they walked into theatres in the 80s, causing the film to fail commercially. Blade Runner is not for the adrenaline junkie, nor for those who like flashy gadgets and bright explosions, with a healthy Hollywood-made dose of convincing storyline spoon-fed for their satisfaction.

The film is set in the apocalyptic, suggestively post-war future Earth, where there seems to be a lag in technology. Perhaps there was a war which ravaged the world, forcing humans to migrate (the cramped cultural richness of LA), and rebuild, explaining the retro technology. 6 'Criminal' Nexus 6 replicates (genetically engineered humanoids), hijack a ship and come to Earth seeking their maker. These slaves(machines/automatons// regard them as anything which has been created by Man to lessen his burden) have developed emotions, and they fear death for they cherish their memories (Think robots weeping over photographs). Their cause: They want a longer life, they want to experience more, they want to be... human.

Enter Rick Deckard, Blade Runner. His job: kill trespassing replicates; Kill living, breathing humanoids composed of flesh and blood who only have 4 years to live out their miserable lives, seeking haven on Earth rather than serving as slaves in mining outposts on Mars. Kill? Murder seems more appropriate. But that's his job. replicates which trespass are a hazard. These 6 replicates have killed 23 people and hijacked a ship. They have to be killed, right? If you're planning to take sides in this film, you will be pleasantly if not unnervingly surprised. There are no sides. There is no good and evil. Harrison Ford plays the reluctant, burned out Blade Runner very well. His character is drab and dull, as it was meant to be; look at him in the Spinner on the way to Tyrell corporation- pure boredom. He hates his job. If there were any narration, it Should sound dull and uninteresting, reflecting his character. Rutger Hauer gives the greatest performance of his career (so far) in this film, playing Roy Batty, Replicant 'project manager'. He dominates the later part of the film. He is cold, stiff and evil, but in the end speech, one of the Greatest endings I have ever seen, his performance alone makes this film a Classic. The ending is beautiful, and the score by Vangelis is perfect.

All in all, the film is excellent. Well directed by Ridley Scott, innovative and stunning imagery underlined by Vangelis' superb score, and plenty to think about (on your own- no spoon feeding). Check out the trivia for this film; scientists voted it better than 2001:A Space Odyssey. Is the quest for humanity a crime? Find out for yourself. Blade Runner is a Must-Watch, and a Must-Have film.

My rating: 8.9 / 10 Thank you for your time. Kris