Blade Runner

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Blade Runner

R

1982

2h 2m

Sci-Fi

Mystery & Thriller

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Deckard (Harrison Ford) is forced by the police Boss (M. Emmet Walsh) to continue his old job as Replicant Hunter. His assignment: eliminate four escaped Replicants from the colonies who have returned to Earth. Before starting the job, Deckard goes to the Tyrell Corporation, and he meets Rachel (Sean Young), a Replicant girl he falls in love with.

Critics Consensus

Misunderstood when it first hit theaters, the influence of Ridley Scott's mysterious, neo-noir Blade Runner has deepened with time. A visually remarkable, achingly human sci-fi masterpiece.

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Sacha Molitorisz

Sydney Morning Herald

Apr 23

A dazzling cult classic that oozes ambience.

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Pauline Kael

The New Yorker

09/19/2023

This movie loses track of the few expectations it sets up, and the formlessness adds to a viewer's demoralization -- the film itself seems part of the atmosphere of decay.

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Scott Cain

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

11/09/2021

3/5

Ridley Scott ought to be a set decorator, rather than a director. In Blade Runner, he loses sight of the story while devoting all his attention to decor and lighting. The decor and lighting, it must be admitted, are stupendous.

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Michael Walsh

The Province (Vancouver)

Apr 14

Into this superficially simple detective drama, Scott has built a complex set of moral questions. Visually stunning, his Blade Runner offers us an otherworldly nightmare.

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Clotilde Chinnici

Loud and Clear Reviews

09/14/2024

4.5/5

Thanks to its powerful visuals and brilliant acting, it is a movie that does not get old: no matter how many times you revisit it, there will always be some new elements or symbolism that stand out with each rewatch.

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

08/20/2024

4/4

Rarely in the annals of film history has a movie received a complete critical and popular reevaluation in as short a period of time as Blade Runner (and those of us who championed it since Day One plugged it at every opportunity).

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gungi T

@WhatWhere 2d

As a concept that raises questions about identity, memory, transience and the death of the subject, the film tackles significant themes. However, it never manages to draw its audience into the major themes it attempts to allude to; instead, these serve as templates representing ideas. Alongside the bleak, gloomy, muddy and rainy city, which mirrors the depressing, apathetic and soulless everyday events, the characters are also so lifeless that the predicament faced by both humans – represented by Harrison Ford’s character – and the replicants seems trivial and insignificant. At the same time, there is not enough information to make one care about them, whilst Harrison Ford, through his indifferent, bored and detached performance, perfectly embodies the problems that run through the film.

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King H.

@Kinghomeless 4d

One of my favorites you can’t go wrong with this movie.

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Jovy J

@RT89138185 5d

This film and Dr. Strangelove are my favorite films in a lifetime of viewing

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Vincent S

@Vin_E_At_The_Movies Apr 29

One of my favorite film noir masterpieces, this classic science fiction movie gets better with every viewing. Harrison Ford gives another subtly commanding performance, Rutger Hauer gives us another outstanding villain and Daryl Hannah is very sexy. Ridley Scott and Jordan Cronenweth give us a breathtaking looking, film noir masterpiece.

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R. F. F

@RT36265540 Apr 18

Sci-fi classic, neon, dreamy, dystopian. Too much saxaphone but it was the eighties whatareyougonnado.

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Thyaagu C

@Thyaagu Apr 14

It took me a while to catch up and settle in, but once I did, the movie was energetic and thumping all the way to the end. Stunning work in imagining and depicting the future, especially for a film from the early 1980s.

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Synopsis

Deckard (Harrison Ford) is forced by the police Boss (M. Emmet Walsh) to continue his old job as Replicant Hunter. His assignment: eliminate four escaped Replicants from the colonies who have returned to Earth. Before starting the job, Deckard goes to the Tyrell Corporation, and he meets Rachel (Sean Young), a Replicant girl he falls in love with.

Director: Ridley Scott
Producer: Michael Deeley, Charles de Lauzirika
Screenwriter: Hampton Fancher, David Webb Peoples, Philip K. Dick
Distributor: Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Co: Scott Free Productions, Warner Bros., Shaw Brothers, Ladd Company, Blade Runner Partnership
Rating: R
Genre: Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 25, 1982, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Jun 9, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $3.9M
Runtime: 2h 2m
Sound Mix: Dolby A, Magnetic Stereo 6 Track, Dolby Stereo, Surround
Aspect Ratio: 70mm, Scope (2.35:1)