Along with 2001, the most unique science fiction film of all time. Coupled with film noir and dystopian elements, this is a film that stimulates the imagination.

Rating: 10/10 (22 February 2013)

One of my favorite films of all time. Before I get into the details of this classic, I cannot stress how much the final cut is the definitive version of this film. If you plan on purchasing this film, that is the best version to buy, hands down. I also cannot stress how much the visuals in Blade Runner make today's high budget CGI movies look like a joke, which they are in my opinion. This is a film noir story spliced with science fiction and the result is something that is unique and still is. A lot of films try so hard to be gritty and dark, and Blade Runner, in my opinion, achieves that in the highest caliber. With it's dystopian setting and bleak story, the movie is very dreamlike.
And what this movie achieves in doing is telling a very simple story, but with so much to say. Not a lot happens in the movie, but every scene is vital in progressing the story, without any unnecessary moments of filler. What I love about the film is that it has an ebb and flow to it which feels very intrinsic. When many films do so much and try so hard only to end up failing, Blade Runner easily succeeds by being very subtle.
What is very captivating to me is that Ridley Scott created a world that is one of a great imagination. Through the visuals, it has the looks of a world that is very different from our own, but one that is living and breathing, a world that feels run down and claustrophobic to give a feeling of urban alienation, one that exists within our society. The immersiveness of this film is very strong and it takes a great storyteller to pull off a feat as great as that.
While Blade Runner is a science fiction film, it hits the heart with its sense of humanity and to me, I think that is what it achieves in being such a sentimental film to me. Whenever I want to watch a film to escape, I will put on Blade Runner.