MOVIE COMPANY: WARNER BROS.
CAST:Â Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward J. Olmos, Darryl Hannah and more.
DIRECTED BY:Â Ridley Scott
PRODUCED BY:Â Michael Deeley
INTERNET MOVIE DATABASE URL: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0083658
TYPE OF MOVIE: Action, Sci-Fi, Drama, Film-Noir
DURATION:Â 117 minutes
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 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 humanoid. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? Is Deckard a replicant? As with all things in the future, you must discover the answer for yourself.
DVD EXTRAS:
• Region 1 encoding (US and Canada only)
• Color, Closed-captioned, Dolby, Widescreen, Director’s Cut
• Production notes
• Full-screen and widescreen letterbox formats
KNOWN DVD SECRET(S): None at this time
DVD REVIEW:
“Blade Runner” is a very dark, cerebral film of the future of Los Angeles. I watched it a long time ago and I was really impressed by the special effects. Almost two decades later, I watch this film in awe what they accomplished on this film back in 1992. I don’t recall too much about the original version but this movie is one of those movies that will not attract everyone.
If anything, I wish they released the original and director’s cut in one DVD (possibly a special edition hint hint) and also making the movie in digital 5.1. It’s plain stereo. The colors are very nice but the audio is blah…
A really good movie for those who can really appreciate it…
THE MOVIE:Â B+
THE DVD EXTRAS:Â D
THE DVD OVERALL:Â C+