Blade Runner"Man has made his match... Now it's his problem." |
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Rating: ***** |
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Age restriction?Contains violence and brief nudity. We recommend that this is not really suitable for pre-teens, not really because of the few violent scenes, but simply because they won't fully appreciate it. |
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Blade Runner (1982/1992/200?) |
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Ridley Scott's Blade Runner IS science fiction! From the first moments, flying over a stunning 2019 Los Angeles to the sound of majestic Vangelis music, we are transported to a world of Replicants, Blade Runners, action, desperation and the undying question of "What is human?" Deckard {Harrison Ford} is the Blade Runner, a detective in special police department Rep-Detect. Their aim - to find renegade Replicants, (advanced genetically created androids), and terminate them, because Reps are not allowed on Earth. Thing is, Deckard is "retired" ... Five Reps have captured a shuttle and returned from the Off-World Colonies to find their "creator" on Earth. He is Dr Eldon Tyrell {Joe Turkel}, head of one of the most powerful corporations on the planet and genius bio-engineer. What do these Reps want? Simple, they have been created as slaves with a limited lifespan - all they want is a longer life and a chance to live it. Blade Runner Holden {Morgan Paull} underestimates the new Nexus-6 Replicant Leon {Brion James} and ends up almost dead. So, Captain Bryant {M. Emmet Walsh} forces his best Blade Runner back on the case - Deckard. His first task - to go to the Tyrell corporation to meet the new Replicant experiment and test it using the Voight-Kampff machine. She is Rachael {Sean Young} ... and she thinks she's human. So begins this magnificent movie. We follow the Replicants, particularly the enigmatic Roy Batty {Rutger Hauer}, as they seek answers. We watch Deckard as he searches out the Reps. Can we empathize with Rachael who is cast out by her maker? Can Deckard? As we follow the scenes through a dark, oppressive cityscape, (like a wet Hong Kong on a bad day), we start to wonder if we are really sure about who the bad guys are, what is the difference between Human and Replicant and even whether the hunter himself is just like the hunted? Are artificial beings indicated by reflecting eyes? Does Deckard's unicorn dream, (cut by foolish producers and reinstated for the 1992 Director's Cut), link to Gaff's {Edward James Olmos} unicorn origami "visiting card" at the end? Is Gaff colleague or keeper? Our memories are played with and even when the Director himself tells us the nature of Deckard, can we be sure he's not still playing with us? Ridley Scott created a masterpiece of cinema that many have tried to emulate since. He had some great help, particularly Douglas Trumbull, who worked on a few of our Top 100 films! Blade Runner is one of the most influential films ever made and as time passes, seems to be increasingly prophetic of the world in which we now find ourselves. The Director's cut of 1992 removed the artificial voiceover, reinstated the unicorn dream and removed the ridiculous happy ending - all changes originally enforced by nervous producers pandering to a midstream US test audience. But as fans will know, even this DC was rushed through. The Special Edition will be the final word, but seems terminally bogged down in legal issues. It is strange that some critics still insist on referring to this as a "cult movie" when, for example, in the UK's favourite BBC TV programme on the movies, (Film '99 at the time), the British viewers voted Blade Runner as their second favourite movie of the twentieth century, (just after Star Wars). That is no fluke as it figures highly in many other reviews and is even rated by the BFI and the AFI as one of the most influential films of all time. Some critics may not like the fact that Science Fiction movies can be so mainstream, but we at SFTV.info know its true! Harrison Ford and Ridley Scott had their disagreements, but in our opinion, this is still one of Ford's best movies, (and he's played a few good parts!). Even so, he is outshone by a stunning performance by Rutger Hauer. The special effects and city models are superior to many films made two decades later. With all of this and the fundamental questions of life included, Doctor SciFi has no hesitation in putting this right at the top of the SFTV.info Top 100 List. The most "must see" of all "must see" films. |
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