Blade Runner is about a detective that must hunt down and retire some fugitives

Rating: 7/10 (16 September 2012)

Warning may contain spoilers Blade Runner is a film about a blade runner, a cop that hunts down replicants, and his journey to hunt down four replicants that hijacked a ship and returned to earth. The film proceeds to follow the blade runner Deckard played by Harrison Ford on his hunt to retire the remaining replicants that are led by Roy played by Rutger Hauer. The hunt for the replicants takes Deckard to various places, such as a China town bar, and the Tyrell Cor. HQ. Along the way, he falls for a woman and questions what he does for a living. The theme of the movie is the desire to live and be one's own person even if they are viewed by society as a slave or machine. A movie that has a similar theme would be A.I.
The film does a couple of things to maintain the flow and rhythm of the movie throughout. One of the ways it does this is through the editing. The dominant editing style of the film is outside/in editing. This is used since the film is quick paced and helps the audience quickly identify where the scene is going to take place. It adds to the overall coherence of the film. If this were not the dominant style, the film would be more difficult to follow and would slow the pace of the film. The inside/out style is used sparingly throughout the film. When this style is used, it causes increased curiosity in the upcoming scene. An example would be towards the beginning of the movie when the Tyrell Corp. employee is interviewing the replicant. The camera shows a building in the background, and then cuts to a man in a smokey room, then back to the exterior of a closer view of the building, then back to the man in the room, then a fluid motion up to a window in the building where one can see the fans of the room. This helps to create curiosity and tension for the upcoming scene.
The film also uses camera angels to give us a sense of the scale of the environment and helps us to relate to the characters. The film uses a mixture of indirect-subjective and objective points of view. The objective pints of view help us to take in the environment in all of its size and detail, as well as to view interactions between characters. The indirect-subjective viewpoint is used to make us feel like we are in the action and to get a better sense of the characters.
The film is entertaining and is quick paced. I however believe it is slightly lacking in character development. Other than that item, the film flows and is coherent. The movie is a good watch.