Off-World Perfection!

Rating: 10/10 (29 August 2004)

In my humble opinion is Philip K Dick´s works among the most intelligent and fascinating in modern science fiction. Unfortunatily (or luckily, if you perfer) he has been ignored by filmmakers until recently... Except for this little gem by Ridley Scott! It flopped when it was released in 1982 because it was so much before its time. Star Wars still ruled and was more lightweight, and the philosophichal and existential matters that Blade Runner dealth with was probably not what people expected. It took at least 10 years before it chatched up and people understood its greatness... I´m still impressed by the special effects (no computers as far as the eye can see!) and the acting performances - especially Rutger Hauers - is marvelous. Its impact on filmmaking in general and science fiction in particular is not to underestimated (see Matrix etc.) and should be treated as the classic it deserves to be!