41 out of 42 people found the following review helpful:

The Greatest Sci Fi Film Ever Made

sassyschoolmarm from Avon, 8th December, 2003

"Bladerunner" is a film that shaped the way I think. There are not many films you can say that about. Based on a novel by Philip K. Dick called 'Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?', the film explores a dystopic future where the unwanted members of humanity live in polluted, murky and grossly overcrowded megacities. The golden children are whipped away from Earth to the planetary colonies to escape the degradation. Above the filth, the Tyrell Corporation churns out androids to cater to the whims of humans. What happens when a group of androids (that are very difficult to tell apart from humans) decide they are destined for something better and go on a murderous rampage? Easy, you hire a bounty hunter to wipe them out. In a startlingly intelligent examination of humanity's treatment towards what are considered lower lifeforms, you will find yourself rooting for both the bounty hunter and the androids - weird.
Harrison Ford is good as Deckard but the standout is Rutger Hauer as Roy Battey, the android leader. If you have dry eyes in his last scene, well, you're not human! Beautiful model work and a scorching soundtrack by Vangelis ensure the elevation of this film in to the ranks of the divine and holy!

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25 out of 29 people found the following review helpful:

Not Really That Good

A Customer from Wigan, 3rd December, 2007

I can see why people enjoyed this movie when it was first released but i have to say that it is so outdated and not very good at all really. I endured this movie for about 70mins before heading for another selection as i found it to be very very poor. I'm sure it'ss liked by some but even Harrison Ford let himself down in this one... What Happened Han???

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19 out of 20 people found the following review helpful:

TMR#1 from LONDON, 29th January, 2004

Quite possibly my favourite film of all time. A young Harisson Ford, directed by a young
Ridley Scott bring us one of the tightest sci-fi films of all time. The film's ability to actually
transport you to another place and time - somewhere in the futre - are a testament to the
director, screenwriter and cast. No silver suits, no flashy spaceships, just the same
amount of grunge that we have in large inner-cities today - only with a bunch of psychotic
cyborgs that need to be erradicated. There are, intertwined within all of this, a series of
wonderfully complex sub-plots and twists that leave you asking how / what / who / wha....
Essential viewing - no doubt.

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16 out of 17 people found the following review helpful:

It still rocks

Alethea1 from London, 21st December, 2004

I've loved this film since I first saw it about 14 years ago. My boyfriend hadn't seen it so I thought I'd get it out again for his benefit. I was a bit worried after singing its praises so highly that it might have dated a bit since I last saw it but it is still a fantastic film.

Dark and moody and very sexy. It's incredibly poetic too, but most of all its just a great stylish thriller.

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0 out of 2 people found the following review helpful:

Certainly No Classic

Bellepheron from , 28th July, 2010

Really didn't get the hype with this film. I wanted to love it but couldn't. I certainly think BladeRunner is an example of how sentiment and differing generations can effect how a film is received. All I saw was another laughable prediction of a future (only 40 years from when the film was made) where there never seemed to be any day light, it never stops raining and everyone leaves in dirty squalid conditions and own flying cars. Just like every other tacky 80's sci-fi film yet BladeRunner is deemed a masterpiece? What am I not getting? The premise of what defines being human is pretty standard sci-fi fare, one which I've seen a million times. Perhaps to a young man in the 80's this was a mind-blowing philosophical dilemma, but the whole thing seemed so dated I was left underwhelmed and quite frankly bored to tears. I think it goes back to the generational thing in that to someone growing up at the time the effects, the action (if you can call it that) the story and Harrison Ford the man of the moment would have added up to a fantastic experience and warmly remembered film. To modern audiences who are exempt from these sentiments it is just standard 'old' film and one even more disappointing for the hype which surrounds it as a classic.

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1 out of 4 people found the following review helpful:

Most over-rated film of all time

A Customer from Derby, 1st June, 2010

For the last 20 years I have been trying to understand what all the fuss is about with this film. I love sci-fi and am well knowledged on the genre, but I just dont get what everyone else gets about this film. This must be the 6th or 7th time I have watched this film trying to understand why it is so revered. I am well aware of all the issues raised and all of the discussion it provokes, but I am now in a position to comfortably be able to write this film off as simply terrible. Its badly directed, there is far too much emphasis on scene and setting to be anything other than boring, and there is far too much of the very minimal storyline that is far too poorly communicated to the audience to be engaging. Its like the director knows all the answers and he sits there smugly keeping the details to himself in the hope of generating intrigue, where in fact he generates nothing other than a painfully dull film. Quite poetically, the title means nothing and was chosen, it would seem, probably just because it sounds cool, and like the film has no real substance or depth, yet pretends to by hiding behind layers of hype. This film is a tease, it promises and pretends to be so much, yet when you finally invest in the film, you find it is nothing but an empty vessel.

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Orwellian Nightmare.

Kochise from , 26th May, 2010

A grim reminder of what awaits the planet if its despoiling is not stopped and an interesting moral question about 'giving' machines human feelings. K.

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A new beginning

WeeMadArthur from , 21st May, 2010

After all the hype surrounding Star Wars, Blade Runner came as a breath of fresh air. At last a science fiction film that treated fans like grown ups instead of children. The film created a nightmare world that was strangely attractive at the same time. Harrison Fords Deckard was as much unlike Han Solo as was possible. Whereas Solo was the loveable rogue, Deckard was a flawed, sombre character who was at once likeable and believable. Also, Rutger Hauer as the replicant was purely brilliant. The absence of pantomime characters and the sympathy that was tangible for the 'villains' made this a stand out film. My only criticism of the dvd release was the exclusion of the Harrison Ford voiceover that, in my opinion, added to the films 'Noir' factor.

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