A real classic.
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06/05/04
Blade Runner (1982)
91 %
Reviews Counted: 45 Fresh: 41 Rotten:4 Average Rating: 8.1/10
Consensus:
Misunderstood when it first hit theaters, the influence of Ridley Scott's mysterious, noir-influenced Blade Runner has deepened with time. A visually remarkable, achingly human sci-fi masterpiece.
Runtime: 2 hrs 2 mins
Synopsis: Director Ridley Scott's hauntingly prescient vision of the not-too-distant future stars Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard, a retired police assassin, or "blade runner." The Los Angeles of 2019 is a dark, polluted, overcrowded dystopia dominated by cloud-piercing buildings and looming neon... [More]
Genre: Science-Fiction/Fantasy
Starring: Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Daryl Hannah, Edward James Olmos
Director: Ridley Scott
Story: Philip K. Dick
Screenwriter: David Peoples, Hampton Fancher
Producer: Michael Deeley
Composer: Vangelis
Story: Philip K. Dick
Screenwriter: David Peoples, Hampton Fancher
Producer: Michael Deeley
Composer: Vangelis
Reviews
Blade Runner fully and richly deserves its reputation. It is simply one of the most extraordinary films ever made.
04/17/01
Top Critic
Though it's a triumph of visual futurism and an ornament to sci-fi cinema as well as to cinema in general, I resist it on some level.
01/01/08
Undoubtedly an impressive achievement in set design and visuals, Blade Runner otherwise possesses few elements designed to effectively capture (and subsequently hold) the viewer's interest...
12/17/07
This definitive print should be the last little push that "Blade Runner" needs to complete its 25-year journey from box office failure to cult favorite to full-blown classic.
11/30/07
This is a movie that absolutely demands to be seen and heard on the big screen.
11/30/07
Few would call this a classic because of coherence of story. As a prime example of special effects and production design, however, it's notable.
11/03/07
This is the tenth final version of the Blade Runner. This version is the best. It goes snap . . .snap . . . snap.
10/20/07
These days, it's almost impossible to find a gritty science fiction motion picture that doesn't owe at least a small debt to Blade Runner's visual style.
05/29/07
A stylistically dazzling film noir set in November 2019 in a brilliantly imagined Los Angeles marked by both technological wonders and horrendous squalor.
05/29/07
Top Critic
One of the most visually influential science fiction films ever made.
05/29/07
Top Critic
The most remarkably and densely imagined and visualized SF film since 2001: A Space Odyssey, a hauntingly erotic meditation on the difference between the human and the nonhuman.
05/29/07
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