See the movie most SF tries to emulate

Rating: 9/10 (27 March 2001)

No, this movie won't appeal to everyone. Anyone expecting an all-out action fest should probably look elsewhere; this film has a bit of that but the thrills are lugubriously spaced out in the time allotted, save perhaps for the ending. Anyone expecting a general, modern Sci-Fi pic may be disappointed as well, in that things aren't quite as outlandish as you may be used to. Still, this is the seminal SF flick, and it did surprise me that it spaces out the plot not as an actioner, but as a mystery!
We puzzle along with Deckard through the running time of Blade Runner the various themes that are laid in front of us. He's supposed to kill these replicants, but how to find them given they are so close in manner to regular people? And how can he reconcile that morally, since these constructs may, for better or worse, have developed some form of free thought, a soul if you will? If he exterminates them, what will that do to his soul? If AI keeps progressing as it seems wont to, we may be presented ourselves in reality with some of these same questions.
Thus, the amazing sets and feel of BR may be escapist, but the adventure and themes are chillingly down-to-earth. The acting is quite good too-one of Harrison Ford's best, and definitely Rutger Hauer's best. Catch it if you haven't, and think about it if you have.