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Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford) prowls the steel-and-microchip jungle of 21st century Los Angeles. He's a "blade runner" stalking genetically made criminal replicants. His assignment: kill them. Their crime: wanting to be human.
The story of Blade Runner is familiar to countless fans. But few have seen it like this. Because this is the Director, Ridley Scott's, own vision of his sci-fi classic. This new version omits Deckard's voiceover narration, develops in slightly greater detail the romance between Deckard and Rachael (Sean Young) and removes the "uplifting" finale. The result is a heightened emotional impact: a great film, made greater. Most intriguing of all is a newly included unicorn vision that suggests Deckard may be a replicant. 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' Is Deckard a replicant? As with all things in the future, you must discover the answer to find yourself.
Average rating (8 reviews)
If you are a sci-fi fan you must get this for your collection. This was the first film that I saw on VHS and even as a youngster was gobsmacked by Ridley Scott's vision of the future. As with Alien, I think they did a fantastic job with the sets, costumes etc. Watching this film now, its hard to believe that it was released in 1982. It has deep meaningful messages but is a sheer delight to watch with great performances from Ford and Hauer. In the top 5 Sci-Fi films ever.
like tears in the rain
nate23 | 08/07/2007 | See all nate23's reviews (26) »
Based on Philip K Dick's surrealist sci-fi novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep, Ridley Scott's masterful adaptation makes a belated but welcome DVD bow. Harrison Ford's voiceover has now gone, along with that tagged-on happy ending, which famously used up some of Kubrick's aerial outtakes from The Shining.
Despite its familiarity - having inspired every sci-fi dystopia from James Cameron's The Terminator to Spielberg's A.I. Artificial Intelligence - what continues to amaze is Blade Runner's inability to date; it may have been made when computers were the size of tenement blocks, but the stunning visualisation of a corroded near-future LA still steals the breath like no other.
Arguments over the Directors Cut aside, this is an essential addition to your widening DVD shelf.
No question, the greatest science-fiction film ever made.
Tomius | 16/06/2007 | See all Tomius' reviews (10) »
Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Daryl Hannah, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh, William Sanderson, Joanna Cassidy, Joe Turkel, Brion James, James Hong, Kevin Thompson, Bob Okazaki, Hy Pyke & Morgan Paull | |
15 years and over | |
1982 (1992) | |
Widescreen 2.35:1 Anamorphic | |
English - Dolby Digital (2.0) Stereo | |
English ; English for the hearing impaired ; Danish ; Finnish ; German ; Greek ; Norwegian ; Polish ; Portuguese ; Swedish ; Turkish | |
1 hour and 52 minutes (approx) | |
Region 2 - Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players. |
