A masterpiece of filming-art

Rating: 10/10 (27 July 2000)

This movie by Ridley Scott is unique to me for for several reasons: The future-scenery of Los Angeles created by Scott makes the viewer believe in how the world could develop in the next decades. Asian majority, black sky with never-ending rain, ruling advertisements, decadent people´s behaviour and anonymity. Placed in this strange surrounding the fight against the Replicants turns out to be connected to the meaning of life. Using strong and impressive scenes, mostly with a high amount of light/shadow contrast in the actor´s faces, Scott knows how to tie the viewer´s attention onto the story. Highly metaphoric and often referring to background-knowledge (read the trivia!)this movie becomes a very complex and well developed piece of filming-art. Exciting entertainment with a deeper meaning. Ask the unicorn!