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Blade Runner (1982)

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Average Rating: 8.5/10
Reviews Counted: 104
Fresh: 96 | Rotten: 8

Misunderstood when it first hit theaters, the influence of Ridley Scott's mysterious, neo-noir Blade Runner has deepened with time. A visually remarkable, achingly human sci-fi masterpiece.

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Average Rating: 8.6/10
Critic Reviews: 20
Fresh: 19 | Rotten: 1

Misunderstood when it first hit theaters, the influence of Ridley Scott's mysterious, neo-noir Blade Runner has deepened with time. A visually remarkable, achingly human sci-fi masterpiece.

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A blend of science fiction and noir detective fiction, Blade Runner (1982) was a box office and critical bust upon its initial exhibition, but its unique postmodern production design became hugely influential within the sci-fi genre, and the film gained a significant cult following that increased its stature. Harrison Ford stars as Rick Deckard, a retired cop in Los Angeles circa 2019. L.A. has become a pan-cultural dystopia of corporate advertising, pollution and flying automobiles, as well as

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Hampton Fancher, David Peoples

Aug 27, 1997

$1.2M

Warner Bros. Pictures

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All Critics (105) | Top Critics (20) | Fresh (96) | Rotten (8) | DVD (30)

This is perhaps the only science-fiction film that can be called transcendental.

September 7, 2011 Full Review Source: Entertainment Weekly | Comments (4)
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As a display terminal for the wizardry of Designers Lawrence G. Paull, Douglas Trumbull and Syd Mead, the movie delivers.

August 22, 2008 Full Review Source: TIME Magazine
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This definitive print should be the last little push that "Blade Runner" needs to complete its 25-year journey from box office failure to cult favorite to full-blown classic.

November 30, 2007 Full Review Source: San Francisco Chronicle
San Francisco Chronicle
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The film still represents the cutting edge of dark science fiction.

November 29, 2007 Full Review Source: Minneapolis Star Tribune
Minneapolis Star Tribune
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Blade Runner: The Final Cut plays better now than ever.

November 16, 2007 Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press
Detroit Free Press
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Open the champagne: Blade Runner is finally just the way Ridley Scott wanted it. And it only took 25 years.

November 16, 2007 Full Review Source: Boston Globe
Boston Globe
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A motion picture masterpiece on the short list of Reasons Why This Medium is Worthwhile.

June 25, 2012 Full Review Source: Mania.com
Mania.com

It takes a particularly weird kind of sincerity to end a movie that has been for its entire running time an exploration of surfaces... with its most sublime and humane gesture.

June 11, 2012 Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy
Antagony & Ecstasy

[VIDEO] Blade Runner is one of the most enigmatic yet problematic science fiction films ever made.

July 3, 2011 Full Review Source: ColeSmithey.com
ColeSmithey.com

A quintessential film noir of the 1980s, much underestimated at the time of release.

June 6, 2011 Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com
EmanuelLevy.Com

A dark, philosophical sci-fi drama for older teens.

January 1, 2011 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media
Common Sense Media

...a hopelessly overrated piece of work.

October 18, 2008 Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | Comments (60)
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From the opening shot of a Los Angeles cityscape at night in the year 2019, it is clear that Scott has conjured up something special.

August 22, 2008 Full Review Source: Film4
Film4

For all its armor of brutalizing urban dystopia (and, boy, is there a lot of that -- you could fund a war on terror with the fog- and rain-machine budgets alone), Blade Runner has a gooey center.

April 2, 2008 Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review
Sacramento News & Review

It may be a quarter of a century old, but Blade Runner still seems like the future . . .

March 19, 2008 Full Review Source: Sci-Fi Movie Page
Sci-Fi Movie Page

Paradoxically, Scott's crowded, misty, neon streetscape seems even murkier; fuzz I chalked up to VHS tapes is production designer Lawrence G. Paull dumping ashtrays in the air.

February 22, 2008 Full Review Source: I.E. Weekly | Comments (10)
I.E. Weekly

Probably close to being on par with Fritz Lang's Metropolis in terms of grandeur -- although of a stunningly different and far more unsettling kind.

February 19, 2008 Full Review Source: Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

The new version helped me see the soul because, ironically, this rendering is so much brighter. Noir or not, a film you can't see properly is a film you can't fully appreciate.

January 4, 2008
Kansas City Star

Though it's a triumph of visual futurism and an ornament to sci-fi cinema as well as to cinema in general, I resist it on some level.

January 1, 2008 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com
eFilmCritic.com

It's an overwhelming, immersive experience, a total creation of a possible future so complete that you don't need exposition to know how we got from here to there (2019).

January 1, 2008 Full Review Source: MSN.com
MSN.com

Stylistically, Blade Runner is the Citizen Kane of sci-fi movies.

December 18, 2007 Full Review Source: Movie Metropolis
Movie Metropolis

Scott's film may keep us at arm's length, but it holds us, too.

December 17, 2007 Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com
Filmcritic.com

Blade Runner, which does not look one bit dated, envelops us so completely in its off-kilter, near-future world.

December 7, 2007 Full Review Source: St. Paul Pioneer Press
St. Paul Pioneer Press

The changes are minor, but the overall effect is a much cleaner, more logical, and more organically flowing movie.

December 6, 2007 Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid
Combustible Celluloid

Audience Reviews for Blade Runner

Ridley Scott's hardworking and stressful developmental stages pays off with this sensational sci-fi action thriller. Blade Runner is a mesmerizing and imaginative film that broadens the mind visually and mentally. Harrison Ford's witty performance as well as the supporting casts blends well with Scott's vision and direction as the film transcends and, to this day, is being labelled as one the best, if not the best, sci-fi films in motion picture history. 4/5
May 6, 2013
Eugene Bernabe

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An undeniably impressive science-fiction movie that works best whenever Rutger Hauer's wry grin appears on screen, but isn't as compelling whenever Harrison Ford is on screen with a very robotic Sean Young. The thing that makes this movie work so well are the intriguing questions it raises concerning "what is life?" and if the dependency and increasing amount of technology in our world is necessarily a good thing. Scott has proved to be a visionary artist before, and he successfully captures a dystopian society in which it is always black and raining and society is on a downward spiral. This unremittingly bleak, sometimes almost unbearably dark backdrop actually works wonders for the overall story, which is itself serious and not easy to watch. While Ford has definitely been better, Hauer's rich performance compensates for this, and the ending struggle between the two serves as an iconic portrayal of the "man vs. machine" battle - before pulling the rug out from under you in it's last, unexpected shot.
September 15, 2007
Dan Schultz

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    1. Roy Batty: I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhuser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain. Time to die.
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    1. Gaff: It's a shame she won't live - but then again, who does?
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    1. Roy Batty: I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I watched C-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in rain...
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    1. Tyrell: More human than human is our motto.
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    1. Harry Bryant: You know the score,pal. If you're not a cop, you're little people!
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