One of the greatest films of all time...

Rating: 10/10 (25 March 1999)

From the start, when the somber score of Vangelis begins to thump in the backround, you are already being sucked into its thick atomsphere. Then, the opening titles and prologue come to a close, to reveal in large print: Los Angeles November 2019. Then you are hit with it: one the most stunning, incredibly elaborate, and dazzling visions of the future.
Plagued with acid rain, fog, topless skyscrapers and endless advertisements we are now into the horrendously beautiful world of retired blade-runner unit Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford). He is forced from retirement to hunt down 5 replicants (android units that incredibly resemble humans). His mission: to exterminate them. The underlying theme here is the slow, methodical, destruction of ourselves (it has not been determined whether Deckard is a replicant as well). That being the case, the film slowly molds itself into your psyche, where it will NEVER evacuate.
It might as well be the most visually staggering motion picture of all time. To this day, I have NEVER seen any movie come close to the eerie reality of it's special effects (it got robbed that year by E.T.--which was one of the biggest mistakes in a long-line of mistakes that the academy has made). The visuals, writing and cinematography, EVERYTHING whisks you away into a gorgeous, harrowing world full of our own numbness to life and humanity.
There are two different versions availible. The standard cut and the Director's cut. I strongly recommend the Director's cut (widescreen, of course), because it eliminates the original voice-over (making the film more quiet and menacing), and gets rid of the "happy" ending (creating an amazing ominous feel to it). I've said enough; I'll leave all of the characterizations for you to decide what you think...