Blade Runner
2 Oscar Nominations·AFI #97·BFI #58·National Film Registry
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In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
What critics thought
Blade Runner landed to genuinely divided reviews in 1982 — critics fought over whether its labyrinthine plot and glacial pacing were fatal flaws or deliberate artistry — but its reputation has grown steadily ever since into something close to consensus masterpiece status. The gap between that hostile initial reception and its current standing is one of the widest in science-fiction cinema.
“Misunderstood by audiences and critics alike, it is by far the best science fiction film of the year.”
Ares
Genres
Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Cast & Crew
DirectorRidley Scott
StarringHarrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh
ComposerVangelis
Blade Runner
2 Oscar Nominations·AFI #97·BFI #58·National Film Registry
In the smog-choked dystopian Los Angeles of 2019, blade runner Rick Deckard is called out of retirement to terminate a quartet of replicants who have escaped to Earth seeking their creator for a way to extend their short life spans.
What critics thought
Blade Runner landed to genuinely divided reviews in 1982 — critics fought over whether its labyrinthine plot and glacial pacing were fatal flaws or deliberate artistry — but its reputation has grown steadily ever since into something close to consensus masterpiece status. The gap between that hostile initial reception and its current standing is one of the widest in science-fiction cinema.
“Misunderstood by audiences and critics alike, it is by far the best science fiction film of the year.”
Ares
Genres
Action, Drama, Sci-Fi
Cast & Crew
DirectorRidley Scott
StarringHarrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, M. Emmet Walsh
ComposerVangelis
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