Final Cut... Still great!...

Rating: 10/10 (27 August 2012)

Visually stunning with a beautiful and atmospheric score by Vangelis, this film has a lot going for it (IMO). Great performances all round; Harrison Ford plays the world-weary Deckard to a tee, Rutger Hauer is excellent as the brutal but fragile Roy Batty and Sean Young plays Rachael with just the right amount of fear. Also worthy of note are; Edward James Olmos as Gaff, M. Emmet Walsh as Bryant, Daryl Hannah as Pris, William Sanderson as J.F. Sebastian, Brion James as Leon, Joe Turkel as Dr. Eldon Tyrell and Joanna Cassidy as Zhora.
This is the second time I have seen this particular cut of the film and I have to say I like it just as much as the 1992 Director's cut even though Ridley Scott didn't have an awful lot to do with that version.
A very introspective film with all the action focused on Deckard and the Replicants without the audience really seeing much outside this group. Yes there are hints; the advertising for the off-world colonies, but apart from that it's very insular. Moving on, I thought the effects were truly stunning, given that there was no CGI back then, although it has been used to enhance certain things in this cut, and the design, the look and the feel of the whole thing is superb. A world is created that the audience could easily imagine Los Angeles 2019 to be like OK, maybe not the flying cop cars, but you know what I mean. A truly excellent film that, for its day, has never been equalled.
SteelMonster's verdict: VERY HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
My Score: 9.5/10
IMDb Score: 8.3/10 (based on 263,718 votes at the time of going to press).
MetaScore: 88/100: (Based on 10 critic reviews provided by Metacritic.com at the time of going to press).
Rotten Tomatoes 'Tomatometer' Score: 92/100 (based on 104 reviews counted at the time of going to press).
Rotten Tomatoes 'Audience' Score: 89/100 'Liked it' (based on 288,583 user ratings counted at the time of going to press).
You can find an expanded version of this review on my blog: Thoughts of a SteelMonster.