Blade Runner

Pros: Ford, Sets, Direction, Supporting Cast
Cons: None

Blade Runner (1982)

Possibly Director Ridley Scott’s greatest work, Blade Runner stars Harrison Ford as "Rick Deckard", a blade runner, newspeak for detective/hitman. The year is 2019 and the environment has deteriorated to...

Pros: Nice scenery, good sound effects
Cons: Drags...

I finally sat down and watched this movie for the first time about a month ago. I saw the Director's Cut version (without the much-talked-about voice over). I can honestly say that I almost fell asleep during this movie. What is all the fuss about?...

Pros: the original and best dark future film
Cons: a bit dark for some tastes

The world of Blade Runner ia a world of contrasts, it is at once familiar and strange, futuristic and retrospective, sprawling and confined. Set against the backdrop of the Los Angeles of the not too distant future with its dramatic skylines, and urban ...

Pros: a film that actually makes you think
Cons: original theartical release was inferior

Warning*** Spoilers Ahead***


BladeRunner, inspired by the novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, by Philip K. Dick, was directed by Ridley Scott (Alien, Legend). When first released Bladerunner was...

Pros: compelling and beautiful examination of basic questions
Cons: strikes many as cold and confusing - many can be wrong

If the three pillars of science fiction are time, space, and identity - there are possibly no better nor more exquisite modern examples of the form than an early trio of Ridley Scott films released in the five year period between 1977 and 1982: The...

Pros: A very depp and dark movie that is full of atmosphere and intrigue.
Cons: The director's cut may be to difficult for some to follow.

After watching Witness, an excellent bi-cultural movie that shows the diversity of Harrison Ford’s acting abilities, I decided to revisit another classic Harrison Ford movie. There are many movies that can be classed as Classics, but there are not ...

Pros: Excellent futuristic and dark setting with some superb acting.
Cons: The directors cut is difficult to follow at times.

Ridley Scott, a serious purveyor of modern day science fiction movies that prove that sci-fi is more than simple concepts and aliens, proves with some of his earliest movies that he has a penchant of sublime and idiosyncratic movies. With the likes of...

Pros: Engaging story, realistic characters for sci-fi, superb acting
Cons: Might be a bit confusing for some, need to pay close attention to the story

Even though I found that this movie has already been reviewed 24 times, I still felt compelled to write my review on it for several reasons. One being, this movie had a major impact on me as a child, with the ideas and perceptions it introduced to me....

Pros: Beautiful cinematography and special effects; challenging plotline; amazing cast of characters
Cons: Dark, dark, dark

...Leon, the oafish but buff replicant, says to Deckard, the seasoned, dark blade runner, as he's about to bash Deckard's head into a futuristic dump truck....

Welcome to Ridley Scott's lurid slither into sci-fi noir. Blade Runner was...

Pros: While "Blade Runner" is visually striking and well-constructed...
Cons: ...it's very difficult to enjoy as an action film or admire as an exploration of existential themes.

The staggering cult popularity of this film, even seventeen years after its release, is easy to understand. It's a visual masterpiece, a film with a look all its own. It has a plentitude of theological and philosophical subtexts, so fans can wax literate...

Pros: Visual masterpiece...cinematography, sets, costumes, lighting & makeup are exquisite.
Cons: Not for the happy-go-lucky types.

Other movies in my Top Ten list come and go but Blade Runner -- Director's Cut or original -- still remains. The older I become, and the more I lose youthful idealism and hope, the more the movie means to me. Ridley Scott has gone on to create many more...

Pros: Stylish cinema at it's best.
Cons: Hollywood's fear of taking risks.

"I walked out of the theater and thought- 'Something's not right, this guy's(George Lucas) making Star Wars? And what's interesting is, the next film I made was Alien.'"-Ridley Scott. This Science Fiction influence on...

Pros: Great filmmaking technique.
Cons: Doesn't live up to its hype.

Certain films age like wine, and are perpetual bliss on celluloid. These same films, if only for the reason that they are so good, are also perpetual thorns in the side to critics. You know the movies I’m talking about… those culturally significant...

Pros: almost perfect
Cons: none

Blade Runner is not an easy film to like. It has little overt characterization, a slow pace, and a lot of background information to absorb before the whole thing makes any sense. I remembered hating that film when I saw it the first time. But, it was...

Pros: Excellent film, great effects and moral questions.
Cons: Not a con to be mentioned.

Interesting that they (epinions) put this film into the 'Film Noir' category. True, it IS a very dark film, mood-wise, and literally throughout most of the movie. But is it really a film-noir? And why haven't they placed it into the category of...