Blade Runner Movie Review by Nived
Blade Runner Movie Review by Nived
Buy the Movie Poster for Blade Runner
Blade Runner is Ridley Scott’s second foray into science fiction, and it’s undoubtedly one of my top three favorites in the genre; next to Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Scott’s original Alien. Based on the Philip K. Dick novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, the film stars Harrison Ford as Deckard, as a detective (AKA “Blade Runner”) who specializes in hunting down and terminating androids (AKA “Replicants”) who look human, and have human implanted memories. Several replicants, including the sexy Pris (Daryl Hannah) and psychotic Roy (Rutger Hauer), have gone haywire and are searching for their creator (a metaphor for man's search for God) to extend their shortly encoded lifespans. As Deckard begins the hunt, his eye is immediately caught by a special replicant named Rachel (Sean Young), and even begins to wonder if he too might actually be a replicant.
Infused with a deeply dark film-noir tone, Ridley Scott brings Dick’s novel to fruition by layering into the journey philosophical subtexts and a highly captivating production design, which realizes the near-future of Los Angeles; looking more like it’s set on another planet, Blade Runner, feels and looks alien, which is an interesting playground for such a philosophical quest. Who are we? How can we know for sure? And what does it mean to be “more human than human”? The beautiful, yet grimy and smoke-filled scenery of Blade Runner, coupled with its trace-like musical score, provided by Vangelis, the film is—at least in my eyes—the birthplace of cinematic cyberpunk. There are several versions of the film available; a theatrical cut (with a more upbeat conclusion), a re-cut “Director’s Cut” of the film, and an actual Director’s prefer version simply called “The Final Cut”, it’s this version that I highly recommend checking out. Released in 2007, this version has been updated with more enhanced special effects and remastered for superior picture and sound quality. This is sci-fi at its best; thought-provoking and thrilling in the best way possible—visionary.
Buy the Movie Poster for Blade Runner
Blade Runner is Ridley Scott’s second foray into science fiction, and it’s undoubtedly one of my top three favorites in the genre; next to Kubrick’s 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Scott’s original Alien. Based on the Philip K. Dick novel, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, the film stars Harrison Ford as Deckard, as a detective (AKA “Blade Runner”) who specializes in hunting down and terminating androids (AKA “Replicants”) who look human, and have human implanted memories. Several replicants, including the sexy Pris (Daryl Hannah) and psychotic Roy (Rutger Hauer), have gone haywire and are searching for their creator (a metaphor for man's search for God) to extend their shortly encoded lifespans. As Deckard begins the hunt, his eye is immediately caught by a special replicant named Rachel (Sean Young), and even begins to wonder if he too might actually be a replicant.
Infused with a deeply dark film-noir tone, Ridley Scott brings Dick’s novel to fruition by layering into the journey philosophical subtexts and a highly captivating production design, which realizes the near-future of Los Angeles; looking more like it’s set on another planet, Blade Runner, feels and looks alien, which is an interesting playground for such a philosophical quest. Who are we? How can we know for sure? And what does it mean to be “more human than human”? The beautiful, yet grimy and smoke-filled scenery of Blade Runner, coupled with its trace-like musical score, provided by Vangelis, the film is—at least in my eyes—the birthplace of cinematic cyberpunk. There are several versions of the film available; a theatrical cut (with a more upbeat conclusion), a re-cut “Director’s Cut” of the film, and an actual Director’s prefer version simply called “The Final Cut”, it’s this version that I highly recommend checking out. Released in 2007, this version has been updated with more enhanced special effects and remastered for superior picture and sound quality. This is sci-fi at its best; thought-provoking and thrilling in the best way possible—visionary.
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